Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-06-29
Buyer: SRUC
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85147000
Estimated value: 225000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-08-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: SRUC is currently reviewing its Occupational Health provision to ensure that it is obtaining the best value for money, whilst at the same time providing excellent service.
Given SRUC's geographically dispersed locations, SRUC is seeking responses only from organisations which can provide an on-site occupational health nurse service throughout Scotland.
The appointed Supplier will be required to provide Occupational Health Services to locations throughout Scotland.
The Supplier must ensure that its staff has the knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and training for the tasks they perform.
The Supplier must support its clinical staff in maintaining continuing professional development and revalidation. The Supplier must ensure that all staff has an annual appraisal and that their personal development plans for continuing professional development meet the needs of the individual, the occupational health service, and its clients.
The Supplier shall have appropriately qualified staff in sufficient quantity to carry out the functions required. The Supplier must also ensure that the services provided by each of the staff are appropriate to their qualification and the nature of the individual service.
The Supplier shall have appropriately qualified staff in sufficient quantity to carry out the functions required.
Due to the complex nature of work within SRUC, some bodies may want the flexibility to engage an OH professional at a particular level with appropriate skills and qualifications.
The Supplier must ensure that their clinical staff are registered with the relevant regulatory body on the appropriate part(s) of its register(s). Where the Supplier's staff are medical doctors they will have the appropriate medical qualifications, other applicable training/qualifications and have undertaken the necessary continuing professional development stated by their Royal College/GMC. They must have General Medical Council (GMC) Registration and be able to provide evidence of this current registration.
Where the Supplier's staff are nurses, they will have the appropriate nursing qualification, nursing registration and be suitably trained, and have undertaken the necessary continuing professional development stated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). They must be able to provide evidence of this current registration with the NMC.
Supplier staff carrying out specialised services, such as health screening services or specialised medicals are required to have the necessary qualifications, training and experience.
It is a mandatory requirement that those staff who will deliver the services do not have any competence/ professional issues pending with the GMC or NMC or other relevant body/employer. The Supplier must provide an annual statement confirming this to be the case on each anniversary of the Contract Commencement Date. If the Supplier becomes aware of a competency/professional issue with regards to any of its employees, the Supplier shall immediately remove the relevant employee from the Contract and shall advise the SRUC of this action.
To allow some flexibility, through the Supplier, the SRUC may wish to engage the services of a dedicated administrator for example, for the purpose of scheduling appointments. Such institutional requirements will be discussed with the Supplier as part of the mini competition process.
Where turnover information is not available for the time period requested, the bidder will be required to state the date which they were set up or started trading.
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below in the Minimum level(s)of standards required.

Eligibility requirements: List and description of conditions: (ESPD 4A.1 & 4A.2 refers.) The Supplier must ensure that its staff has the knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and training for the tasks they perform. The Supplier must support its clinical staff in maintaining continuing professional development and revalidation. The Supplier must ensure that all staff has an annual appraisal and that their personal development plans for continuing professional development meet the needs of the individual, the occupational health service, and its clients. The Supplier shall have appropriately qualified staff in sufficient quantity to carry out the functions required. The Supplier must also ensure that the services provided by each of the staff are appropriate to their qualification and the nature of the individual service. The Supplier shall have appropriately qualified staff in sufficient quantity to carry out the functions required. Due to the complex nature of work within SRUC, some bodies may want the flexibility to engage an OH professional at a particular level with appropriate skills and qualifications. The Supplier must ensure that their clinical staff are registered with the relevant regulatory body on the appropriate part(s) of its register(s). Where the Supplier's staff are medical doctors they will have the appropriate medical qualifications, other applicable training/qualifications and have undertaken the necessary continuing professional development stated by their Royal College/GMC. They must have General Medical Council (GMC) Registration and be able to provide evidence of this current registration. Where the Supplier's staff are nurses, they will have the appropriate nursing qualification, nursing registration and be suitably trained, and have undertaken the necessary continuing professional development stated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). They must be able to provide evidence of this current registration with the NMC. Supplier staff carrying out specialised services, such as health screening services or specialised medicals are required to have the necessary qualifications, training and experience. It is a mandatory requirement that those staff who will deliver the services do not have any competence/ professional issues pending with the GMC or NMC or other relevant body/employer. The Supplier must provide an annual statement confirming this to be the case on each anniversary of the Contract Commencement Date. If the Supplier becomes aware of a competency/professional issue with regards to any of its employees, the Supplier shall immediately remove the relevant employee from the Contract and shall advise the SRUC of this action. To allow some flexibility, through the Supplier, the SRUC may wish to engage the services of a dedicated administrator for example, for the purpose of scheduling appointments. Such institutional requirements will be discussed with the Supplier as part of the mini competition process. The Supplier must provide both male and female doctors and counsellors. The above conditions are a requirement of this contract.

Award value: 225000