Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-08
Buyer: West Lothian Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85142100 | 85312320
Estimated value: 1415000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-02-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: To provide West Lothian Council and West Lothian College with Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and EAP/counselling services.
Re. ESPD question Part 4C: qualifications, staff are required to hold the following qualifications and or certificates (as applicable):
The OH provider will provide professional medical practitioners that have training, qualifications appropriate to the provision of an occupational health service, and who can demonstrate ongoing professional development. Such qualifications would include:
— OH Nurse: registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as aspecialist community public health nurse in occupational health or specialist community public health nurse in occupational health or possession of an occupational health qualification at certificate, diploma, or degree level,
— Occupational Therapists: approved occupational therapy qualification at certificate, diploma or degree level and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
The physiotherapy provider will provide professional qualified Chartered Physiotherapists registered with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
All counsellors and support staff engaged by the EAP Provider must be suitably qualified, operating to the professional standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and/or the UK Employee Assistance Professionals’ Association (UK EAPA).
Re ESPD Question 4B.6 West Lothian Council will use Dun and Bradstreet’s DBAi financial reporting system to assess the financial stability of tenderers. Tenderers with a Failure Score of 35 or above on the DBAi system will be deemed to have evidenced satisfactory financial stability. Please note that 35- (minus) will not be considered as having met this criteria. If a tenderer has a Failure Score of less than 35, the tenderer may be required to submit their last 3 years accounts.
In the event that the tenderer is not required to publish accounts and therefore does not have a Dun and Bradstreet or equivalent rating, tenderers should be able to provide financial accounts when requested. The council will then conduct an analysis of the accounts to ensure that there is no significant financial risk. Please note that if you intend on attaching 2 years accounts, these must include financial data over a 3 year period.
It is recommended that candidates review their own Dun and Bradstreet Score in advance of submitting their tender. If following this review tenderers consider that the Dun and Bradstreet Score does not reflect their current financial status, details of this should be provided, complete with evidence of a good high street credit rating (the equivalent of Dun and Bradstreet Score 35) from a recognised credit referencing agency. The Council will review any such information as part of the evaluation of Tenderer’s financial status.
In the event that a firm does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their Tender Submission is supported by a Parent Company Guarantee.
Should after review of the financial evaluation the tenderer fail, then the tender submission may be rejected.
Re. ESPD question Part 4C: Qualifications, staff are required to hold the following qualifications and or certificates (as applicable):
The OH provider will provide professional medical practitioners that have training, qualifications appropriate to the provision of an occupational health service, and who can demonstrate ongoing professional development. Such qualifications would include:
— OH Nurse: registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Specialist community public health nurse in occupational health or possession of an occupational health qualification at certificate, diploma, or degree level

Eligibility requirements: Re. ESPD question Part 4C: qualifications, staff are required to hold the following qualifications and or certificates (as applicable): Lot 1: Occupational Health: The OH provider will provide professional medical practitioners that have training, qualifications appropriate to the provision of an occupational health service, and who can demonstrate ongoing professional development. Such qualifications would include: — OH Physicians: membership of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, — OH Nurse: registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as aspecialist community public health nurse in occupational health or specialist community public health nurse in occupational health or possession of an occupational health qualification at certificate, diploma, or degree level, — Occupational Therapists: approved occupational therapy qualification at certificate, diploma or degree level and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council. Lot 2: Physiotherapy: The physiotherapy provider will provide professional qualified Chartered Physiotherapists registered with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Lot 3: EAP/Counselling; All counsellors and support staff engaged by the EAP Provider must be suitably qualified, operating to the professional standards of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and/or the UK Employee Assistance Professionals’ Association (UK EAPA).

Award value: 1415000