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Published 30 Apr 2024, 09:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Star Academies - Employee Health Plans and Benefits

Official notice

Authority: Star Academies (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,250,000exc. VAT4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 31 May 2024awarded 16 Jul 2024
Awarded to Simplyhealth Access

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Star Academies are looking to run an FTS compliant tender with the intention of creating a contract with a single supplier of employee health plans and benefits. This will be an open tender process and a process timetable can be found within the tender documents. The supplier selected will be able to provide both a cash plan and employee assistance programme. They may also provide access to third parties where applicable. Whilst the tender will be used as a basis for future works and pricing, the Trust are looking to engage a supplier who will work collaboratively with us and tailor their approach, so that they are able to meet the specific needs of the Trust.

  • Recurrence: 4 years

CPV: Health services · Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations · Wellness services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Open tender FTS process to source a single supplier - demonstrations includedAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,250,000
Extensions: Amendments to the EAP may be offered and agreed with the winning bidder but all bids must be based on the specification for consistency. · Retender after 5 years (full potential contract term)Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Questions & Service Capability: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Questions & Service Capability: 60
  • Price: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Able to provide a range of wellness and health services including an online portal/app.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Awarded
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
Yes · 4 years
First published
30 Apr 2024, 09:21 BST
Last source update
16 Jul 2024, 14:00 BST
Award evaluation window
31 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
ITT/2024/EHPB
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021834
Classification (CPV)
Health servicesServices furnished by business, professional and specialist organisationsWellness services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)West Midlands (UKG)London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0455f6 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Review by independent Trust SLT member

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home ↗

Submission deadline
31 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
31 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 May 2024 → 16 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    31 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    31 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    16 Jul 2024, 14:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Jul 2024, 14:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Simplyhealth AccessStar Academies - Employee Health Plans & Benefits£1,200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Star Academies - Employee Health Plans & Benefits · Simplyhealth Access

    Signed
    16 Jul 2024
    Value
    £1,200,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Star Academies

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Shadsworth Road, Blackburn, North West, BB1 2HTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Simplyhealth Awarded supplier183035 Hambleden House Waterloo Court, Andover, South East, SP10 1LQ

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria