Contract

CO0334 Occupational Health Services

  • Essex County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-022042

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03c5c9

Published 28 July 2023, 3:27pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Essex County Council

County Hall, Market Road

Chelmsford

CM1 1QH

Contact

Ms Sophie Jarrett

Email

sophie.jarrett@essex.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 333

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH3 - Essex

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.essex.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.essex.gov.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

CO0334 Occupational Health Services

Reference number

DN666750

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85147000 - Company health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The purpose of this procurement opportunity for an Occupational Health Service is to secure a high-quality Provider that can deliver a comprehensive Occupational Health service that meets the requirements. The Provider will be expected to provide a range of services aimed at meeting the service needs, common law, and statutory duties of care for the health, safety and wellbeing of ECC's workforce.

These services should include at a minimum, management referrals, health surveillance, ill health retirement, and advice and support for managers, employees, and HR personnel on occupational health issues.

The Provider should have a strong track record of delivering Occupational Health services and be able to demonstrate expertise in areas such as a range of mental and physical health needs, data management, and proactive health monitoring. The aim is to secure so far as is reasonably practicable the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of wellbeing of ECC’s employees during their employment

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £650,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH3 - Essex

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The purpose of this procurement opportunity for an Occupational Health Service is to secure a high-quality Provider that can deliver a comprehensive Occupational Health service that meets the requirements. The Provider will be expected to provide a range of services aimed at meeting the service needs, common law, and statutory duties of care for the health, safety and wellbeing of ECC's workforce.

These services should include at a minimum, management referrals, health surveillance, ill health retirement, and advice and support for managers, employees, and HR personnel on occupational health issues.

The Provider should have a strong track record of delivering Occupational Health services and be able to demonstrate expertise in areas such as a range of mental and physical health needs, data management, and proactive health monitoring. The aim is to secure so far as is reasonably practicable the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of wellbeing of ECC’s employees during their employment.

The service will be required to cover employees who work for ECC across Essex, as the organisation is a hybrid working organisation, and in line with our Ways of Working programme, employees work a range of remote and flexible working patterns based on their ‘workstyle’ (anywhere worker, community-based worker, fixed-based worker and operational field-based worker) which also means they work from multiple locations. As such, the service will need to be designed to accommodate remote working arrangements, with most of the provision delivered virtually.

Services:

Management Referrals for Occupational Health Assessments

Pre-Employment Escalations

Ill Health Retirement

Case Conferences, Other Attendance and Advice

Health Surveillance

Specific Types of Assessment, e.g. workstation and stress

Publicity and Health Promotion

Further details can be found in the project specification.

Please note that Employee Assistance Programmes are not included in this tender.

The Agreement will be for an initial period of 38 months commencing 1st July 2023 until 31st August 2026 with an option to extend for a period of up to 24 months in total.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Qualoty / Weighting: 55

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 5

Price - Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-012572


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

CO0334

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

5 July 2023

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Innovate Healthcare Management Group Ltd,

Stockport

SK1 1TA

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH3 - Essex
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £287,296.80


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court, Royal Courts of Justice

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom