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Published 17 Oct 2023, 10:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Working for a Healthy Economy (Provision of Clinical Health Interventions)

Official notice

Authority: North Ayrshire Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,900,000exc. VAT · 1 value update0.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 22 Apr 2024awarded 2 Aug 2024
Awarded to Salus Return to Work Services

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Working for a Healthy Economy (WfHE) is a large-scale investment in an occupational health service to ensure that Ayrshire has the requisite workforce to drive economic growth in the future. This project will serve to widen the labour pool and provide the basis for the

maximisation of benefits arising from Ayrshire Growth Deal capital investments. Funded by the Ayrshire Growth Deal, WfHE will support:

  • unemployed residents overcome health barriers to economic activity
  • employed residents to retain employment by addressing health barriers
  • local businesses to access health related supports to improve retention and productivity of their workforce.

The current contract expires in June 2024, therefore NAC are seeking bids for the a new contract which is anticipated to commence in July 2024. The contract period will be 2 years and 9 months, with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months.

The contract will be let under North Ayrshire Councils Terms and Conditions 2 for the Purchase of Services.

CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Company health services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services · Services provided by medical personnel

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This contract will deliver services which address health barriers for both unemployed…AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,900,000

This contract will deliver services which address health barriers for both unemployed and employed participants as well as supporting local

businesses in Ayrshire address health related work issues.

This programme is a very specific health intervention programme, to be delivered by clinicians. It will deliver health interventions and address health barriers to work for unemployed, inactive and employed individuals.

Delivery: Scotland · East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire
Extensions: Option to extend for up to a further 24 months.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: 50%Price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50
  • Price: 50
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    Bidders will be required to confirm that they and/or the service provider have the following relevant educational and professional qualifications:

    • Educated to Degree level or equivalent within a relevant field (social sciences, Education, health sciences, psychology, AHP, Nursing, and Human resources).

    Please include CV’s of staff involved in the delivery of the contract, to demonstrate you have the required health-based expertise to deliver this contract.

  • Economic & financial standing

    Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 1,500,000 GBP for the last 3 years in the business area covered by the contract.

    Bidders who cannot meet the required level of turnover will be excluded from this tender.

    Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.

    It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP in respect of any one event

    www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf ↗

    Public Liability Insurance 10,000,000 GBP in respect of any one event

    Medical Malpractice Insurance 1,000,000 GBP in respect of any one event (without limit to the amount of claims)

    Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance - A valid motor vehicle certificate must be held in the company name or (where there is no fleet but rather the company permits its employees to use their personal vehicles for business purposes), a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority - confirming that the company has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure their employees' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide 2 examples of services carried out in the past 3 years that demonstrates they have the relevant experience to deliver the services described in the Contract Notice. The services must be of a similar value, size and scope. Unsatisfactory experience will result in exclusion from the tender process.

    Bidders must also provide 2 satisfactory references for the same 2 contracts on the reference templates provided. References should be completed and signed by previous customers for contracts of a similar value, size and scope. If any of the referees score the bidder less than 2 the bidder will be excluded from the tender process.

    Completed experience and reference templates must be zipped and uploaded at question 4C.1 of the qualification envelope.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Oct 2023, 10:41 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2024, 13:10 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Apr 2024 – …
Authority reference
NAC/5176
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-025040
Classification (CPV)
Administrative healthcare servicesCompany health servicesHealth servicesMiscellaneous health servicesServices provided by medical personnel
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040c98 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reasons stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Delivery of the contract is location specific. Lots could potentially introduce a risk of discontinued employment for transferring employees. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) or a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. (SC Ref:774767)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
22 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Feb 2024 → 20 Aug 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    5 Feb 2024
  2. Submission deadline
    22 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    22 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    8 Aug 2024, 13:10 BST
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    20 Aug 2024, 23:59 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Mar 2024
  1. Published value updated to £2,900,000
    19 Mar 2024, 16:07 GMT
    was £3,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    19 Mar 2024, 16:07 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    19 Mar 2024, 16:07 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 22 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
    19 Mar 2024, 16:07 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2024, 13:10 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,895,9681 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Aug 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Salus Return to Work Services£2,895,968 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

3 public bodies on the notice

North Ayrshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, Scotland, KA12 8EEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff CourtReview body KilmarnockContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.