Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-10-28
Buyer: Scottish Prison Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85147000
Submission deadline: 2020-11-25
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) are leading a collaborative procurement on behalf of a range of Scottish public bodies (30+) in the Scottish Central Government Sector to secure a provider of occupational health services. The services include:
— provision of specialist assessment, diagnostic testing and therapies such as psychology, physiotherapy, etc.; and
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) are leading on this procurement process with the intention of awarding a framework agreement which reflects a single lot with a single framework contractor for all required services.
The OH provider may work with selected partners or to subcontract elements of the work to provide availability of services to the partner organisations across Scotland.
Following publication of this contract notice an Invitation to Tender (ITT) including the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) will be publish via Public Contracts Scotland Tender Portal. Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS, Scottish Government (SG), Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS) and Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in accordance with the evaluation methods outlined in the ITT.
Bidders must pass the minimum standards sections of the ESPD (Scotland). These will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
Bidders shall be registered and accredited by Safe, Effective and Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) hold ISO 18000 Occupational health and safety management system; hold ISO 14001 Environmental management system; and ISO 9001 Quality management system.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of GBP 1 million for the last 2 years in the business areas covered by the proposed contract. There must be no qualifications or contra-indication from any evidence provide in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.
Medical staff shall be appropriately qualified and registered with the General Medical Council or the Royal College of Nursing/Nursing and Midwifery Council (as role appropriate).
occupational Health (OH) support staff will be suitably trained, experienced and supervised relative to the role. All disciplines will be able to evidence continuing OH development and appraisal as required by their professional body.
The OH provider will be expected to provide assurances regarding Fair Work Practices (Living Wage) in respect of those engaged to provide the services.
Staff utilised will (as role appropriate) be subject to employer led vetting with Disclosure Scotland and/or as required by the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The employer shall ensure that individuals engaged to perform the services are able to undertake regulated work and are not subject to any formal consideration which restricts their duties in respect of the ability to perform the services.
The OH provider will be expected to comply with the terms of the Data Protection Act 2018 in respect of the management and appropriate handling of personal data/medical records. This will include evidencing appropriate systems and processes to support compliance.
The Purchasing Authority, Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is contracting for itself and on behalf of other contracting authorities as detailed below:
The Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, special health boards, Forestry Commission, Scottish Futures Trust, Student Loans Company Ltd, the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, Business Stream Ltd, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the above, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the above, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the above and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the above.

Eligibility requirements: Bidders must pass the minimum standards sections of the ESPD (Scotland). These will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis. Bidders shall be registered and accredited by Safe, Effective and Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) hold ISO 18000 Occupational health and safety management system; hold ISO 14001 Environmental management system; and ISO 9001 Quality management system. Bidders shall hold Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001 or equivalent. Bidders shall be able to evidence a minimum of public liability insurance of GBP 5 million. Employers liability insurance of GBP 5 million. Professional indemnity (medical liability) insurance of GBP 5 million.