Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-24
Buyer: RCS (Rhyl City Strategy)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85142100 | 85147000 | 85170000: Acupuncture and chiropractic services | 85172000 | 85312300
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-02-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: RCS launched the In Work Support Service in 2015 in partnership with Welsh Government. The service built on the highly successful Fit for Work Service (FFWS), which RCS first established in 2010 as part of a UK government programme of pilot. RCS secured European Social Funding to continue and expand Fit for Work beyond the pilot, and worked with Welsh Government to develop a successor scheme after 2014. The in work support service extended the boundaries of the operation in North Wales to cover Conwy, Denbighshire, Anglesey and Gwynedd. The operation has now received approval of extension funding to 2022.
The service has maintained its focus on supporting employees or self-employed people in the early stages of sickness absence from mild to moderate health conditions to return to work. It also works with employers to develop effective strategies for improving wellbeing in the workplace.
The process will be conducted under an open procedure tender exercise via the e-tender Wales portal (https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk).
The key objective of this tender exercise is to secure high quality and effective support and therapeutic interventions offering best value through a multi supplier Framework Agreement.
RCS wishes to establish a framework of qualified and experienced providers to deliver work-focussed psychological and physical therapies to clients of our in work support service. The aim of the therapies is to help employees who are on or at risk of sickness absence to return to work, or to improve their productivity and attendance. It is anticipated that the framework will run from April 2019 to December 2022, subject to confirmation of funding.
The majority of referrals to the service present with mild to moderate musculo-skeletal disorders, or common mental health problems such as anxiety, stress or depression. Clients refer themselves voluntarily to the service, and we would expect that the majority of clients will wish to improve their productivity or attendance at work. We are therefore looking for providers who are qualified and experienced in delivering work-focussed therapies that help to promote this aim, and that give clients the tools and techniques to self-manage their condition where appropriate.
If the funding is extended there maybe provision for a short extension to cover this or whilst a new framework is procured.
The ITT reference is itt_72462. By expressing an interest in this ITT you should be required to complete a qualification, technical and commercial envelope relating to this Lot 1. If you have already applied for another lot you should be required to complete only the technical and commercial envelopes against this lot and the Qualification envelope already completed will carry over.
The process will be conducted under an open procedure tender exercise via the e-tender Wales portal. (https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk).
The key objective of this tender exercise is to secure high quality and effective support and therapeutic interventions offering best value through a multi supplier Framework Agreement.
RCS wishes to establish a framework of qualified and experienced providers to deliver work-focussed psychological and physical therapies to clients of our in work support service. The aim of the therapies is to help employees who are on or at risk of sickness absence to return to work, or to improve their productivity and attendance. It is anticipated that the framework will run from April 2019 to December 2022, subject to confirmation of funding.
The majority of referrals to the service present with mild to moderate musculo-skeletal disorders, or common mental health problems such as anxiety, stress or depression. Clients refer themselves voluntarily to the service, and we would expect that the majority of clients will wish to improve their productivity or attendance at work. We are therefore looking for providers who are qualified and experienced in delivering work-focussed therapies that help to promote this aim, and that give clients the tools and techniques to self-manage their condition where appropriate.
If the funding is extended there maybe provision for a short extension to cover this or whilst a new framework is procured.
The ITT reference is itt_72461. By expressing an interest in this ITT you should be required to complete a Qualification, Technical and Commercial envelope relating to this Lot 1. If you have already applied for another lot you should be required to complete only the technical and commercial envelopes against this lot and the qualification envelope already completed will carry over.
The process will be conducted under an open procedure tender exercise via the e-tender Wales portal. (https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk).

Eligibility requirements: We will require therapeutic service applicants to have appropriate professional qualifications and to be a member of an appropriate regulator. These will be either a statutory regulator or a voluntary register that is regulated by the Professional Standards Authority. Further details are available via these links: https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work-with-regulators/find-a-regulator https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/what-we-do/accredited-registers/find-a-register

Award value: 2000000