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Published 30 Mar 2023, 15:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

The Provision of Occupational Health Services

Official notice

Authority: North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£5,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 May 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The North West Ambulance Services NHS Trust is issuing an invitation to tender for the provision of Occupational Health Services

  • Recurrence: Minimum of 36 months or a maximum of 60 months.

CPV: Health services · Miscellaneous health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Trust's staff have specific health needs relating to the nature of their work and…RenewalPublished value£5,000,000

The Trust's staff have specific health needs relating to the nature of their work and particular note should be taken of the high level of manual handling under emergency conditions, the requirements of emergency driving and C1 standards and the specific issues relating to call centre employment. An NWAS staff profile is detailed in the tender documents. <br/>Currently, Occupational Health Services are provided through a single provider via a ‘Hub and spoke’ model, with clinics situated throughout the North West. <br/><br/>The People Directorate is currently based in four locations across the North West. The teams are set up as follows:<br/>

  • Corporate HR team are based the Headquarters in Bolton;<br/>
  • Four Area HR teams are based in Mersey, Manchester, Bolton and Lancashire;<br/>
  • The HR Hub are based in Mersey.<br/><br/>The Occupational Health Service will be expected to work closely with all sections of the People directorate.
Delivery: North West
Extensions: The duration of the contract will be 36 months with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months following the initial 36 months period.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Closed
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
Yes · Minimum of 36 months or a maximum of 60 months.
First published
30 Mar 2023, 15:12 BST
Last source update
24 Apr 2023, 15:12 BST
Award evaluation window
9 May 2023 – …
Authority reference
NWAS TR 35 22
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011685
Classification (CPV)
Health servicesMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b769 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Any United Kingdom Ambulance Trusts or successor organisations to the below list may at their own discretion choose to purchase through the resulting agreement with the appointed supplier. Please note that no volume of business is guaranteed and Trusts are not obliged to use the contract. The NHS ambulance services and home countries ambulance services which may utilise this agreement are:<br/><br/>• North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust <br/>• North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust <br/>• Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust <br/>• East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust<br/>• West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<br/>• South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<br/>• East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust<br/>• London Ambulance Service NHS Trust<br/>• South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust <br/>• South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust<br/>• Scottish Ambulance Service <br/>• Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust<br/>• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service <br/>• Isle of Wight Ambulance Service

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
15 May 2023, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
9 May 2023, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Apr 2023 → 9 Nov 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    24 Apr 2023, 15:12 BST
  2. Bids opened
    9 May 2023, 13:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    15 May 2023, 17:00 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    9 Nov 2023, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Deadline moved to 15 May 2023, 17:00 BST
    24 Apr 2023, 15:12 BST
    +6 days · was 9 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineDeadline for EOI date · IV.2.2.19 May 202315 May 2023+6 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Chorley New Road, Bolton, North West, BL1 5DDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court (Technology and Construction Court)Review body London

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