The Provision of an Occupational Health Service

TEWV currently have a fully managed outsourced service provider to deliver Occupational Health Services to their workforce. Under this agreement they utilise a range of services including, management referrals, health screening, immunisations, vaccinations and physiotherapy and MSK services.

The services are provided predominantly on a virtual basis (telephone/ video conference) except for those that require face to face such as physiotherapy, immunisations, and exceptional cases.

In addition to this core occupational health service the organisation operate an Employee Assistance programme via VivUp and have in-house staff support and staff psychological services offering individual and group interventions. The intention is to continue utilising these services and therefore they are not in scope.

Physiotherapy / MSK services are also outside of scope as a separate contract.

The Trusts current Occupational Health activity levels are:

Activity over a 6 month period

Pre-Employment Health Questionnaires - Paper 779

Pre-Employment Telephone Appointments 14

Needlestick reviews 22

Occupational Health Advisor Master Days ** 192

Occupational Health Advisor Case Reviews 4

Occupational Health Physician Appointments 35

Occupational Health Physician Case Reviews 4

Occupational Health Nurse Master Days * 132

Ill Health Retirement 6

*Occupational Health Nurse Master days offer approx. 18 Appointments per day. E.g. Immunisations and new starter checks.

** Occupational Health Advisor Master day offer approx. 6 - 8 appointments per day.

Activity from 1 December 2022 - 30 November 2023 (12 months)

Hep B Core ABS Serology 86

HEP B Serology Antibody 756

Hep B Serology Surface Antigen 112

Hep B Vaccination booster 90

Hep B Vaccination Stage 1 Energix 353

Hep B Vaccination Stage 2 Energix 500

Hep B Vaccination Stage 3 Energix 655

Hep C RNA PCR Serology 22

HEP C Serology Antibodies ABS 21

HIV1 & HIV2 Serology 20

IGRA Blood Test 5

Measles Immunity Serology 109

MMR 1st Vaccination 96

MMR 2nd Vaccination 131

Needlestick 12 week bloods 2

Needlestick 24 week bloods 3

Rubella Serology Immunity 112

Vaccination Check Appointment F2F 16

Varicella 1st Vaccination 23

Varicella 2nd Vaccination 16

Varicella Serology Immunity 95

TEWV require the successful supplier for Occupational Health services to mobilise for a smooth transition for a go live date of 1st December 2024.

The organisation is keen to engage with the market to better understand supplier capability ahead of a potential further competition process and are seeking to understand whether suppliers are interested in bidding for this opportunity and the services that they can offer.

In advance of commencing a formal procurement process we are able to offer interested parties an hour-long pre-tender engagement session to better understand our requirements and discuss high level requirements and service delivery options.

Proposed Contract start date: 1st December 2024

We envisage an initial term of 2 years with 2 x 1-year extension options.

Confidentially requirements:

The organisation may ask interested parties to complete a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

To express an interest in the pre tender engagement sessions please click on the following link

www.cardea.nhs.uk/Cardea/DisplayModule… ↗

The closing date for expressions of interest is the 6th June 2024 at 12 Noon.

The pre- tender engagement sessions will take place 11th and 12 th June 2024.