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Published 20 Feb 2022, 22:44 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Occupational Health and Employee Counselling Services for Belfast City Council

Official notice

Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

3 lotsServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiationSME suitableMax 2 lots per supplier
Awarded value£1,152,0002 contracts · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2022awarded 9 Aug 2022
Awarded to OHRD Ltd, Apheideo Associates Ltd2 awards

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Notice of award of Contract by Belfast City Council for the provision of an Occupational Health Service and an Employee Counselling Service.

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

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · 2 with a published value (£1,152,000 together) · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Occupational Health Service for Belfast City CouncilAwardedPublished value£562,000

Notice of award of an independent occupational health service for Belfast City

Council to support approx. 2500 members of staff across a range of job

roles and provide the following services:

  • Medical referrals and assessments for advice on matters including

absence management, fitnness for work, rehabilitation, adjustments,

redeployments, ill health recommendations, employee counselling

support.

  • Health surveillance and screening
  • Workplace health asssessments
  • Driving licence medicals
  • Pre-employments medicals
  • Immediate telephone referrals to an OH advisor/nurse
  • GP and other specialist referrals
  • Provision of management information reports
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Contract shall be for the period of two years with the option to renew for a further year (up to 12 months)
Lot #2Employee Counselling Service for Belfast City CouncilAwardedLot estimate not published

Notice of award of an independent employee counselling service for Belfast City

Council to support approx. 2500 members of staff across a range of job roles

and provide the following services:

  • EC referrals, including line management, self, sickness, emergency,

specialist, stress related referrals for advice on matters including absence

management, fitness for work, rehabilitation, adjustments, redeployments, ill

health recommendations, Occupational Health support.

  • Training of Council staff e.g. stress awareness
  • Mediation, mentoring
  • Provision of management information reports
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Contract shall be for the period of two years with the option to renew for a further year (up to 12 months)
Lot #3Employee Counselling Service for Belfast City CouncilPublished value£590,000

An independent employee counselling service is required for Belfast City Council to support approx. 2500 members of staff across a range of job roles and provide the following services:

  • EC referrals, including line management, self, sickness, emergency, specialist, stress related referrals for advice on matters including absence management, fitness for work, rehabilitation, adjustments, redeployments, ill health recommendations, Occupational Health support.
  • Training of Council staff e.g. stress awareness
  • Mediation, mentoring
  • Provision of management information reports
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Contract shall be for the period of two years with the option to renew on for a further year (up to 12 months)

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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Methodology and Approach to delivery of service: 40%
  • Contract Resourcing: 20%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Methodology and Approach to delivery of service: 40%
  • Contract Resourcing: 20%
  • Price: 40%
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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Feb 2022, 22:44 GMT
Last source update
24 Aug 2022, 14:01 BST
Authority reference
T2240
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023624
Classification (CPV)
Company health servicesCounselling servicesHealth and social work services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031926 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Notice of award of contract let under Public Contract Regulations 2015 as amended (PCR2015) and the services in scope are listed under Schedule 3, therefore associated procurement procedures apply as allowed for under these scope of services i.e. Light Touch Regime.

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
Submission deadline
28 Mar 2022, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Mar 2022 → 24 Aug 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Mar 2022, 15:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    24 Aug 2022, 14:01 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Aug 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Aug 2022, 14:01 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    24 Aug 2022, 14:01 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,152,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 9 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Occupational Health Service for Belfast City Council1 award
OHRD LtdSMELot 1 Provision of an Occupational Health Service£562,000 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · Employee Counselling Service for Belfast City Council1 award
Apheideo Associates LtdLot 2 Provision of an Employee Counselling Service£590,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Lot 1 Provision of an Occupational Health Service · OHRD LtdSME

    Signed
    9 Aug 2022
    Value
    £562,000
    Status
    active
  • Lot 2 Provision of an Employee Counselling Service · Apheideo Associates Ltd

    Signed
    9 Aug 2022
    Value
    £590,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Occupational Health Service for Belfast City Council1bids1——
2 · Employee Counselling Service for Belfast City Council1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Belfast City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DJContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Apheideo Associates LtdAwarded supplier Forsyth House, Cromac Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8LA
  • OHRD LtdAwarded supplier Princes House, 44-46 Princes Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 3FP

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