PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH ON WORK-RELATED STRESS (WRS)

  • Health & Safety Executive

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-005667

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04383b

Published 21 February 2024, 1:39pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Health & Safety Executive

Redgrave Court, Merton Road

Bootle, Liverpool

L20 7HS

Email

tenders@hse.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD73 - Sefton

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.hse.gov.uk


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH ON WORK-RELATED STRESS (WRS)

Reference number

HSE/T4555

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a Crown non-departmental public body with specific statutory functions in relation to health and safety. It is appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. HSE regulates a wide range of industries including offshore, chemical, agriculture and construction industries as well as a range of manufacturing industries, and employs around 2700 staff including policy advisers, inspectors, technologists and scientific and medical advisers. HSE's job is to prevent people being killed, injured or made ill by work in Great Britain.

HSE consists of a governing Board comprising of a Chair, the Chief Executive of HSE and ten non-executive members, all of whom are appointed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions after consultation with organisations representing employers, employees, local authorities and others, as appropriate.

HSE comprises various directorates and groups and is led by a senior management board. HSE works from over 30 locations throughout Great Britain.

Reducing work-related ill health (with a specific focus on mental health and stress) is a key strategic objective in HSE's strategy from 2022-2032 Protecting people and places: HSE strategy 2022 to 2032 Implementing this strategic objective is dependent on having urgent access to underpinning evidence to enable the shaping of standards required in HSE's guidance which enables proposed inspection and enforcement activity. An improved evidence base will allow HSE to advise others is relation to WRS.

Three critical research questions/topics have been identifed that are required to help provide this evidence:

RQ1 What primary and secondary control measures/interventions show efficacy for preventing and mitigating WRS?

RQ2 How is WRS assigned and/or labelled by (a) an organisation and (b) medical professionals?

RQ3 What are the enablers and barriers to organisations effectively controlling WRS risk?

Further information can be found within the ITT documentation at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hse


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2024/S 000-004188


Section seven. Changes

seven.1) Information to be changed or added

seven.2) Other additional information

It was noted that the duration says 2 months.

Please ignore this as the duration should be 24 months.