Official UK procurement notice
PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH ON WORK-RELATED STRESS (WRS)
Authority: Health and Safety Executive (Central government)
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a Crown non-departmental public body with specific statutory functions in relation to health and safety. It is appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Reducing work-related ill health (with a specific focus on mental health and stress) is a key strategic objective in HSE's strategy from 2022-2032 Protecting people and places: HSE strategy 2022 to 2032 Implementing this strategic objective is dependent on having urgent access to underpinning evidence to enable the shaping of standards required in HSE's guidance which enables proposed inspection and enforcement activity. Three critical research questions/topics have been identifed that are required to help provide this evidence:
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a Crown non-departmental public body with specific statutory functions in relation to health and safety. It is appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. HSE regulates a wide range of industries including offshore, chemical, agriculture and construction industries as well as a range of manufacturing industries, and employs around 2700 staff including policy advisers, inspectors, technologists and scientific and medical advisers. HSE's job is to prevent people being killed, injured or made ill by work in Great Britain.
HSE consists of a governing Board comprising of a Chair, the Chief Executive of HSE and ten non-executive members, all of whom are appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions after consultation with organisations representing employers, employees, local authorities and others, as appropriate.
HSE comprises various directorates and groups and is led by a senior management board. HSE works from over 30 locations throughout Great Britain.
Reducing work-related ill health (with a specific focus on mental health and stress) is a key strategic objective in HSE's strategy from 2022-2032 Protecting people and places: HSE strategy 2022 to 2032 Implementing this strategic objective is dependent on having urgent access to underpinning evidence to enable the shaping of standards required in HSE's guidance which enables proposed inspection and enforcement activity. An improved evidence base will allow HSE to advise others is relation to WRS.
Three critical research questions/topics have been identifed that are required to help provide this evidence:
RQ1 What primary and secondary control measures/interventions show efficacy for preventing and mitigating WRS?
RQ2 How is WRS assigned and/or labelled by (a) an organisation and (b) medical professionals?
RQ3 What are the enablers and barriers to organisations effectively controlling WRS risk?
Further information can be found within the ITT documentation at in-tendhost.co.uk/hse ↗
CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Reducing work-related ill health (with a specific focus on mental health and stress)…Published value£400,000
Reducing work-related ill health (with a specific focus on mental health and stress) is a key strategic objective in HSE's strategy from 2022-2032 Protecting people and places: HSE strategy 2022 to 2032 Implementing this strategic objective is dependent on having urgent access to underpinning evidence to enable the shaping of standards required in HSE's guidance which enables proposed inspection and enforcement activity. An improved evidence base will allow HSE to advise others is relation to WRS.
Three critical research questions/topics have been identifed that are required to help provide this evidence:
RQ1 What primary and secondary control measures/interventions show efficacy for preventing and mitigating WRS?
RQ2 How is WRS assigned and/or labelled by (a) an organisation and (b) medical professionals?
RQ3 What are the enablers and barriers to organisations effectively controlling WRS risk?
Further information can be found within the ITT documentation at in-tendhost.co.uk/hse ↗
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Feb 2024, 11:50 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Feb 2024, 13:39 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Mar 2024 – …
- Authority reference
HSE/T4555- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-005667- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04383bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Mar 2024, 09:00 GMT
Timeline
21 Feb 2024 → 12 Mar 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published21 Feb 2024, 13:39 GMT
- Submission deadline11 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened12 Mar 2024, 09:00 GMT
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
It was noted that the duration says 2 months. Please ignore this as the duration should be 24 months.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Tommy Johnson - HSE Head of ProcurementReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.