Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-10-25
Buyer: County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85120000: Medical practice services
Estimated value: 500000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-11-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority wish to engage with a health provider to provide an occupational health and related service. The authority is committed to provide for the health, safety and welfare of its employees and one of its prime objectives is to develop and implement preventative measures to assist in the reduction of health issues. The provider is required to provide support and special expertise in assisting the authority in meeting its current and future occupational health needs.
The services must be flexible, providing availability of an OH-trained nurse and physician from Monday to Friday (inclusive) between the hours of 0800 and 1800 with occasional evenings until 2100 (as agreed with the Authority) for ‘Core’ Services (Administration & Medical). ‘Specialist Core’ Services i.e. Counselling and Employee Assistance must be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (the ‘Authority’) wish to engage with a health provider to provide an occupational health and related service. The authority is committed to provide for the health, safety and welfare of all its employees and one of its prime objectives is to develop and implement preventative measures to assist in the reduction of health issues. Occupational health is integral to the development of the authority's overall health and wellbeing strategy. The provider is required to provide support and special expertise in assisting the authority in meeting its current and future occupational health needs.
The provider must have effective business continuity plans in place to deal with the loss or unavailability of key members of its occupational health team engaged in the provision of the services or in the event of force majeure, (including fire and pandemic) or emergency of any description. The services must be flexible, providing availability of an OH-trained nurse and physician from Monday to Friday (inclusive) between the hours of 8:00 and 18:00 with occasional evenings until 21:00 (as agreed with the Authority) for ‘Core’ Services (Administration and Medical) (see paragraph 5 below). ‘Specialist Core’ Services i.e. Counselling and Employee Assistance must be available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Occupational health appointments conducted by the provider will be based at the provider's premises unless the authority requires the provider to attend any of the premises outlined in section 2.3 above and/or other addresses in the authority's locality on an ad hoc basis. The provider should offer suitable alternatives to face to face appointment (for example, telephone, Skype, webcam) in order to assist the authority in its resourcing requirements is desirable. The availability and provision of services should be based on 52 weeks per annum, and continuous cover is required on a 52 week basis. Home visits may be required.
Bidders failing to pass all identified criteria, will be rejected from the process. For those which do pass the identified criteria, the Authority will then rank Bidders according to the total score. The 5 highest scoring Bidders will be invited for further competition subject to exceeding a minimum of 50 % of the score available.
In accordance with Article 57 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulations 57 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire(PQQ) available on the portal.
This tender opportunity is being advertised on the blue light portal. Organisations can register electronically for the documents which are ready for download via the blue light portal.
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information of the award of the Contractis communicated to bidders. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for the unsuccessful bidders to EN Standard Form 02 Contract notice 12/16 challenge the award decision before the Contract's entered into. The Public Regulations 2015 provide the aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland).

Eligibility requirements: Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: In accordance with Article 57 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulations 57 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and as set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire(PQQ) available on the portal. Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As set out in the pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) available on the portal.

Award value: 500000