Prior Information Notice - Occupational Health Provision for HI NENC

The purpose of this PIN is to inform market operators of a potential future exercise to procure services supporting the provision of Occupational Health and Wellbeing services for Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria (HI NENC) employees.

HI NENC require an Occupational Health provider that can offer both physical and mental health support for our employees. There would also be an expectation for the successful provider to offer counselling, physiotherapy and other specialist support as and when we deem necessary.

The supplier will be required to provide professional advice and guidance on both physical and mental health issues to the HR team to enable us to support employees to fulfil their role and responsibilities; return to work after sickness absence; and to help manage long-term conditions.

The provider will also be expected to assess potential new employees for their fitness to work as part of our pre-employment checks, providing professional guidance on any reasonable adjustments or support that may be required. This will be prior to the potential employee joining the organisation and throughout their employment with us as well as any new issues as and when they arise.

The ability to provide additional wellbeing support on specific health related topics via onsite and/or online training and other events would also be beneficial.

Additional information:

HI NENC would like to invite potential providers of Evaluation services to apply to our Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) DN670401 as a supplier.

You can do this by following this link: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=7c5bf33c-52fa-ed11-8122-005056b64545

This opportunity will be developed as a further competition under Lot 5 of our DPS. You should therefore ensure you apply to Lot 5 to be able to bid to provide this service.

You are also welcome to apply for any other Lots on our DPS that you feel are relevant to your organisation.

We are expecting to put out the Invitation to Quote to our Lot 5 suppliers at the beginning of August 2024. This timeline is subject to change. Interested suppliers are advised to apply to the DPS promptly to ensure they have been accepted to the framework and receive the competition notification.

This notice is for information and engaging with the supply market only. It is not a binding statement of intent or call for competition. HI NENC reserves the right not to enter a formal process and not award a contract. The information contained in this notice, including information relating to the nature and scope of the requirements, the service classification of this requirement from the list of CPV codes, is only indicative of the HI NENC's current thinking and is neither exhaustive nor binding. HI NENC reserves the right at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notices or at any other time.

HI NENC will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a potential supplier in acting on the basis of this PIN