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Published 1 Mar 2023, 13:24 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Employer-paid Cashplan · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Jisc (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£300,000exc. VAT27% above published estimate
Submissions closed 31 Mar 2023awarded 19 Jun 2023
Awarded to MEDICASH

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc has awarded a contract to provide an employer-paid cashplan that covers the cost of employees’ everyday healthcare, such as optical and dental treatments, physiotherapy appointments, private screenings, complementary therapies, and can offer more and wider benefits.

CPV: Health insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1An employer -paid cashplan that covers the cost of your employees’ everyday…AwardedPublished value£300,000

An employer -paid cashplan that covers the cost of your employees’ everyday healthcare, such as optical and dental treatments, physiotherapy appointments, private screenings, complementary therapies, and can offer more and wider benefits.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contract will be for 1 year initially with the option to extend annually, following review of premium & cover values, up to a maximum of 3 years.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 sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 50
  • Price: 50
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
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
1 Mar 2023, 13:24 GMT
Last source update
21 Jun 2023, 10:55 BST
Award evaluation window
31 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
Proc2146
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-017624
Classification (CPV)
Health insurance services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ad39 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Jisc will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The public contracts Regulations 2015 article 91 provides for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court(England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
31 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
31 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 Mar 2023 → 21 Jun 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    31 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    31 Mar 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    21 Jun 2023, 10:55 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jun 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Jun 2023, 10:55 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    21 Jun 2023, 10:55 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £381,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jun 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MEDICASH£381,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Employer-paid Cashplan · MEDICASH

    Signed
    19 Jun 2023
    Value
    £381,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Jisc

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 56579 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, South West, BS1 6NBContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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