Occupational Health Service and Employees Assistance Programme

This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article 74 (health and social services).

The contracting authority invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified providers of occupational health services, including an employee assistance programme.

The contracting authority's key requirements for this service are:-

Web based pre-employment health screening and case referral management system.

Medical surveillance to meet statutory requirements.

Provision of advice to managers and HR services on occupational health issues, absence, ill health referrals.

Reports on complex or ill health retirement cases requiring an independent Occupational Health Physician. Liaison with GP’s, medical specialists as required. Sound knowledge of ill health retirement under the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Employee counselling services.

Health & well being services.

Additional information: The contracting authority has decided that it would not be appropriate to subdivide this contract into lots owing to the nature of the service and the contracting authority's operational requirements and administrative capacity.

Full details of the applicable timetable and procedure that will be followed by the contracting authority are set out in this notice, the pre-qualification questionnaire and the tender documentation, all of which are available on Contracts Finder (www.contracts-finder.gov.uk).

Pre-qualification questionnaires will be distributed to any organisation expressing an interest in this contract to the contact detailed in Section I. All prequalification questionnaires must be submitted by the time and date noted in Section IV.3.4.

The contracting authority shall not be liable for any costs (including any third party costs, fees or expenses) incurred by those expressing an interest in or tendering for this contract opportunity.

The contracting authority reserves the right to withdraw from or discontinue the procurement process, which shall include the right not to award as a result of this call for competition.

Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be in English and must be priced in Pounds Sterling.

The contracting authority offers tendering organisations no guarantee, warranty or assurance as to the value of its purchases under the contracts (once awarded).

Interested organisations should also note that the view of the contracting authority is that the provisions of the European Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 (TUPE) may apply on the award of this contract, although organisations should seek their own independent advice in that regard and the contracting authority offers no assurance in respect of the operation, effect or impact of TUPE on the contract.