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Published 10 Aug 2022, 08:44 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Occupational Health Services · Working on Wellbeing Ltd for South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Aug 2022)

Official notice

Authority: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,894,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Sept 2022awarded 2 Feb 2023
Awarded to Working on Wellbeing Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A competitive procurement to secure an effective, efficient and fit for purpose Occupational Health Service that is capable of and focused on supporting the Authority's objectives through proactive involvement with the health and wellbeing of the workforce.

CPV: Company health services · Health and social work services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Provision of an effective, efficient and fit for purpose Occupational Health Service…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,894,000

Provision of an effective, efficient and fit for purpose Occupational Health Service (OHS) that is capable of and focused on supporting SECAmb's objectives through proactive involvement with the health and wellbeing of the workforce.

The contract will be for a period of 3 years from 1 April 2023 with the option to extend for up to 2 one-year periods.

Delivery: South East · Kent, Sussex and Surrey
Extensions: Option to extend for up to 2 x one-year periods, at the Authority’s discretionVariant 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    NHS Occupational Health accreditation

    OH Physicians must be registered with the General Medical Council, Faculty of Occupational Medicine, General Practitioner Registration with a Diploma in Occupational Medicine

    OH Advisors must hold a post-registration qualification in OH or have specialist Occupational Health training and experience

    Occupational Therapist with Occupational Health specialism must be registered with the HCPC and membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
10 Aug 2022, 08:44 BST
Last source update
8 Mar 2023, 16:15 GMT
Award evaluation window
14 Sept 2022 – …
Authority reference
ITT 4160
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-006796
Classification (CPV)
Company health servicesHealth and social work servicesHealth servicesMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035a71 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

The supplier must provide services across the Trust's 3,600 square mile geographical area - Brighton & Hove, East and West Sussex, Kent, Surrey, and North East Hampshire during the life of the Contract.

Publisher note: In order to comply with the Department of Health eProcurement Strategy and NHS paperless agenda, the Trust encourages Suppliers to submit invoices electronically via an e-Invoicing portal, Tradeshift. You can find more information on the Tradeshift portal at http://tradeshift.com/supplier/nhs-sbs/

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Submission deadline
14 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
14 Sept 2022, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Sept 2022 → 8 Mar 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Sept 2022, 12:01 BST
  3. Notice published
    8 Mar 2023, 16:15 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Mar 2023
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Mar 2023, 16:15 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    8 Mar 2023, 16:15 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Feb 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Working on Wellbeing Ltd——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
Provision of an effective, efficient and fit for purpose Occupational Health Service…2bids · 2 electronic1—£1,546,473 – £3,000,000
Whole notice———£1,546,203 – £3,000,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Nexus House, 4 Gatwick Road, Crawley, South East, RH10 9BGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LiverpoolContact 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