Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-08-27
Buyer: Scottish Prison Service
Country: UK
Region: SCOTLAND
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85147000
Estimated value: 1800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-09-23

Technical requirements: Framework agreement for Occupational Health Services (OHS) for use by (30+ in number) public bodies in the Scottish central government sector incl. the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies such as the Scottish Prison Service), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, non-Ministerial Departments, some public corporations, Tribunals, Commissioners and Ombudsman, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament (including bodies financed, subject to management supervision or appointed by 1 or more of the foregoing bodies) and other relevant affiliated public bodies including the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. Information about the Scottish Public Bodies who may electively decide to use the Framework is available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about
OH services will be variously provided at some client premises, OH provider premises in Scotland, or by telephone/video link to service users.
01400, Occupational Health (OH) Services. The contract reflects a single Lot for all services. The service Provider may work with selected partners or to sub-contract elements of the work to provide availability of services to the partner organisations across Scotland.
Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Bidders must pass the minimum standards sections of the ESPD (Scotland). These will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
Bidders will be registered and accredited by Safe, Effective and Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS); operate to 18001:2007, Occupational Health and Safety Management System; and hold ISO 14001:2015, Environmental Management System.
Bidders shall be able to evidence a minimum of Public Liability insurance of 5 000 000 GBP; Employers Liability insurance of 5 000 000 GBP and Professional Indemnity (medical liability) insurance of 5 000 000 GBP.
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly turnover of 1 000 000 GBP for the last 2 years in the business areas covered by the proposed contract. There must be no qualifications or contraindication 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). 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 Workforce Matters (including 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 1998 in respect of the management and appropriate handling of personal data/medical records. This will include evidencing appropriate systems and processes to support compliance.
Contract award criteria will reflect 40 % Price and 60 % Quality. Any sub-criteria will be indicated in the Invitation to Tender document.
There are 30 000+ employees within the relevant public bodies; this typically leads to circa 6-7 000 OH referrals per annum (circa 1/2 being phone based consultations, the rest face to face or on-site clinic). The services incl. OH case referrals by OH Doctors and/or Nurses; pre-employment medical screening; advising re-ill health retirements; various forms of statutory and non-statutory health surveillance; Health and Lifestyle screening; Vaccinations; Health promotion activity; provision of specialist assessment, diagnostic testing and therapies such as psychology, physiotherapy, etc. and general OH advice to the public bodies using the Framework. Services will be provided across Scotland as required (within agreed service levels) in response to client need. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 6683. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
Bidders seeking review should contact the head of Procurement at the above SPS address or e-mail (see para VI.4.1)).


Award value: 1800000