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# Provision of Occupational Health (OH) Services for OH Physician Resource, OH Services for the OH Service and Specialist Service Referrals

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-occupational-health-oh-services-for-oh-physician-resource-oh-services-for-the-ocds-h6vhtk-04edf6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED: "Provision of Occupational Health (OH) Services for OH Physician Resource, OH Services for the OH Service and Specialist Service Referrals". Published status: complete. Published Value: £13,047,321. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Apr 2025, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/network-rail-infrastructure-limited-GB-PPON-PNZN-9524-VCQJ)
- **Published Value:** £13,047,321 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 April 2025 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £11,448,513 (exc. VAT, 2 awards)
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-occupational-health-oh-services-for-oh-physician-resource-oh-services-for-the-ocds-h6vhtk-04edf6#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04edf6`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-occupational-health-oh-services-for-oh-physician-resource-oh-services-for-the-ocds-h6vhtk-04edf6#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [networkrail.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnetworkrail.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-occupational-health-oh-services-for-oh-physician-resource-oh-services-for-the-ocds-h6vhtk-04edf6#participate

## Description
Lot 1 – Occupational Health Physicians, Occupational Health Services for the Occupational Health Service and Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessment & Neurodiversity Assessments.
Occupational Health Physicians:
OHP Attendance Management referrals 
OHP Preplacement referrals 
OHP Escalations from safety critical medicals 
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) Tier 4 
OHP Health Surveillance escalations (for example silica, welding fumes, noise) 
Ill Health Retirement referrals
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Group 2
Train Driver Medicals 
Strategic project work - for example developing and improving medical standards (Excludes Clinical Governance responsibilities)
Case Conferences 
Expert witness services
Occupational Health Services for the Occupational Health Service
Pre-placement health assessment processed by the NR Shared Service team where fitness to work reports will be provided within 1 working day of assessment. For clinical staff there is an additional requirement to schedule a face-to-face vision test [colour and peripheral vision] as part of the pre-placement process. 
Performance and attendance management referrals - where attendance triggers have been met, there is a concern over the impact of a disability or where guidance in relation to the impact of health on performance is required.
Ill Health Retirement referrals.
Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessment & Neurodiversity Assessments: 
Provide occupational therapist resource either from an inhouse resource or a Supplier network.
To assess the suitability of work duties and to gain a better understanding of the nature of the Network Rail employee’s work, assessing the physical, psychosocial, cognitive and communication demands of the job.
Lot 2 – Specialist referrals
The requirement of specialist consultations, scans, assessments &and x-ray services to determine fitness to work either as part of the competence specific medical.
Chest X-ray programme for Respiratory Crystalline Silica
Including x-ray, radiologist reporting & management information
Not including employee selection and case management
MRI
Cardiology consultation (Initial appointment}
Cardiology consultation (review appointment)
Cardiologist echocardiogram
Cardiologist Exercise stress test 
24-hour ECG Holter monitoring 
ECG Interpretation (Train Driver medical only)
Neurology consultancy
Electroencephalogram 
Psychological Assessment
Psychiatric Assessment 
HAVs Tier 5 assessment
Any other specialist service required.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Occupational Health Physician (OHP) Services, Occupational Health Services for the NR Occupational Health Service and Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessments & Neurodiversity Assessments.
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £10,785,935
- **Description:** Occupational Health Physicians: 
OHP Attendance Management referrals 
OHP Preplacement referrals 
OHP Escalations from safety critical medicals 
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) Tier 4 
OHP Health Surveillance escalations (for example silica, weldi...
- **Contract Period:** 05/01/2026 to 31/03/2033

### Lot 2: Specialist Referrals
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000

- **Estimated Value:** £2,261,386
- **Description:** The requirement of specialist consultations, scans, assessments &and x-ray services to determine fitness to work either as part of the competence specific medical.
Chest X-ray programme for Respiratory Crystalline Silica
Including x-ray, radiologist ...
- **Contract Period:** 05/01/2026 to 31/03/2033

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Occupational Health Physician (OHP) Services, Occupational Health Services for the NR Occupational Health Service and Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessments & Neurodiversity Assessments (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **HEALTH PARTNERS GROUP LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-184172`
  - Value: £9,555,347
  - Date: 26/11/2025

- **Award:** Specialist Referrals (active)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **Optima Health UK Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-181914`
  - Value: £1,893,166
  - Date: 26/11/2025

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** ecm_49483 Specialist Referrals (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,721,060
  - Signed Date: 12/01/2026

- **Contract:** ecm_49482 OHP Services, OH Services for OH Services and Occupational Therapy  Workp;ace ASsessments and Neurodiversity Assessments (active)
  - Signed Value: £8,686,679
  - Signed Date: 05/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009703-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-23T21:58:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T08:53:19.874Z
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