Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-17
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85111800 | 85111810 | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services
Estimated value: 92000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-03-10
Award criteria: Lot 1 — Quality, Lot 1 — Price, Lot 2 — Quality, Lot 2 — Price, Lot 3 — Quality, Lot 3 — Price, Lot 4 — Quality, Lot 4 — Price

Technical requirements: Lot 1 — Quality
Lot 1 — Price
Lot 2 — Quality
Lot 2 — Price
Lot 3 — Quality
Lot 3 — Price
Lot 4 — Quality
Lot 4 — Price
Crown Commercial Service (the Authority), intends to put in place a Framework Agreement for the provision of Occupational Health Services, Employee Assistance Programmes and Eye Care Services. The Framework Agreement will be available to Central Government and Wider Public Sector organisations to provide the Goods and Services throughout the UK including Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The duration of the RM3795 Framework Agreement is three (3) years with the option to extend the initial Framework period for a maximum of one (1) year in total.
Potential Providers have the opportunity to bid for all or any combination of Lots 1, Lot 2, Lot 3 and/or Lot 4. However, in order to ensure that the Framework Agreement benefits from a diverse range of providers, each Potential Provider bidding for Lots 1, 2 and 3 may only be awarded a maximum of 2 Lots in Lots 1-3 and/or Lot 4.
In order to ensure that the competition on the Framework Agreement is not distorted, Potential Providers are not permitted to submit more than 1 Tender for each Lot regardless of whether that Tender is submitted in their own name or as part of a Group of Economic Operators. If a Potential Provider submits more than 1 Tender for a Lot, the Authority is entitled to disqualify 1 or all of the Tenders submitted by the Potential Provider in respect of the relevant Lot.
Please be advised that the Authority does not consider that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (‘TUPE’) to be an issue in respect of this Procurement at Framework Agreement Award Stage as services are not provided at this level. The Authority considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (‘TUPE’) may apply at the Call Off stage for Lots 1, 2 and 3.
It is the responsibility of Potential Providers to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply at the Call Off Contract stage and to act accordingly.
Lot 1 is for the provision of Full Service Occupational Health Services and Employee Assistance Programmes, providing Occupational Health advice/ services and Employee Assistance Programme confidential support/ services for all of Contracting Authorities Personnel within UK Central Government and Wider Public Sector Organisations and to those working remotely and travelling or postings overseas.

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of Chapter 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, (implementing Title II, Chapter III, Section 3, Sub-section I of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council), on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). This Procurement will be managed electronically via the Authority's e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this Procurement, participants must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, please go online to: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk, you can then access the link ‘Register for CCS eSourcing’. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esourcing-tool-guidance-for-suppliers Once you have registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the Potential Provider; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The Authority will process the email and then enable the Potential Provider to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to e-Sourcing Suite email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Support Desk email: eEnablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk A full copy of the ITT documentation for this Procurement will be available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge via Crown Commercial Service website from the date of this publication of the contract notice: http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline Responses must be published by the date in IV.3.4. The services within this Framework Agreement will involve the Potential Provider holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of Official-Sensitive. It is a condition of this contract that this material must be protected. Baseline protection controls are defined in ISO27001:2013 and further defined by the Security Policy Framework https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-security. Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with the Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). The Authority may take into account the following information; a) a copy of your audited accounts for the most recent two (2) years; b) a statement of your turnover, profit and loss account/income statement cash, balance sheet/statement of financial position and statement of cash flow for the most recent year of trading; c) a statement of your cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position; and/or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As stated in the Invitation to Tender (ITT). Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 implementing the Directive, on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT. The Authority may take into account the following information: (a) Two (2) suitable contract examples, from the public or private sector, where similar requirements to those sought under this Procurement have been performed. Contracts should have been performed during the past three (3) years. Customer contacts must be appraised that they may be contacted by Crown Commercial Service, to verify the accuracy of the information provided at any time: (b) A list of the principal deliveries or main services provided over the past three (3) years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved; (c) A description of the technical facilities and measures used by the Potential Provider for ensuring quality and data security; (d) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the Potential Provider intends possibly to Sub Contract. Potential Providers should note that, in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the Authority intends to publish the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document and the text of any Framework Agreement awarded, subject to possible redaction's at the discretion of the Authority. The terms of the proposed Framework Agreement will also permit public sector Contracting Authorities, awarding a contract under this Framework Agreement, to publish the text of that contract, subject to possible redaction's at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities. Further information on transparency can be found at: ttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ procurement-and-contracting-transparency-requirements-guidance.
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with the Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). The Authority may take into account the following information; a) a copy of your audited accounts for the most recent two (2) years; b) a statement of your turnover, profit and loss account/income statement cash, balance sheet/statement of financial position and statement of cash flow for the most recent year of trading; c) a statement of your cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position; and/or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As stated in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with the Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). The Authority may take into account the following information; a) a copy of your audited accounts for the most recent two (2) years; b) a statement of your turnover, profit and loss account/income statement cash, balance sheet/statement of financial position and statement of cash flow for the most recent year of trading; c) a statement of your cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position; and/or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As stated in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 implementing the Directive, on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT. The Authority may take into account the following information: (a) Two (2) suitable contract examples, from the public or private sector, where similar requirements to those sought under this Procurement have been performed. Contracts should have been performed during the past three (3) years. Customer contacts must be appraised that they may be contacted by Crown Commercial Service, to verify the accuracy of the information provided at any time: (b) A list of the principal deliveries or main services provided over the past three (3) years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved; (c) A description of the technical facilities and measures used by the Potential Provider for ensuring quality and data security; (d) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the Potential Provider intends possibly to Sub Contract. Potential Providers should note that, in accordance with the UK Government's policies on transparency, the Authority intends to publish the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document and the text of any Framework Agreement awarded, subject to possible redaction's at the discretion of the Authority. The terms of the proposed Framework Agreement will also permit public sector Contracting Authorities, awarding a contract under this Framework Agreement, to publish the text of that contract, subject to possible redaction's at the discretion of the Contracting Authorities. Further information on transparency can be found at: ttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ procurement-and-contracting-transparency-requirements-guidance.