UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Occupational Health Services

The aim of the tender exercise is to award a contract for the provision of Occupational Health Services for 3 years with the optional annual extension for up to 2 years (3+1+1) from commencement of the Contract.

To enable UKRI, to fulfil their obligations to employees, it is UKRI policy to provide a safe working environment and to employ best practice to ensure the health, safety and welfare of their workforces. Employees are predominantly office based with some degree of external travel within the UK and abroad. In addition to the Polaris House, Swindon Campus, Medical Research Council (MRC) has staff located at MRC Harwell Institute, which comprises the following units: Mammalian Genetics Unit (MGU), Mary Lyon Centre (MLC), and Centre for Macaques (CFM). In addition, occupational health provision will be for the employees with MRC at the Research Complex at Harwell (RCAH).

MRC Harwell and RCAH are located at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, and CFM is based at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) site, located in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Employees located at CFM currently attend the Harwell campus for Occupational Health appointments. UKRI has a small number of staff located at a site in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire and also has staff located at Victoria Embankment, London. Research England has staff located in Bristol. NC3Rs has staff based in Euston Road, London. MRC London Head Office, to be located at 30 Stamford Street, Southbank (currently based at 58 Victoria Embankment, London). Innovate UK staff are predominately field based across the UK. Home and field-based staff will attend the nearest supplier site and they must also have the option for telephone consultations

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