Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-04-27
Buyer: Dudley MBC
Country: UK
Region: Dudley and Sandwell
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85142100 | 85147000 | 85323000
Submission deadline: 2016-05-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council invites Tenders for the Framework as described in these Tender Documents.
Dudley MBC has a requirement for the provision of a comprehensive and highly integrated range of Occupational Health Service (OHS) to enable the Council to meet its common law and statutory duties of care for the health, safety and welfare of its employees in their working environment.
The aim is to secure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical and mental well-being of the Council's employees during their employment.
As the largest employer in the local economy, the Council has a responsibility and a commitment to be an exemplary employee with regard to the health of its staff. The Council therefore understands the importance of promoting good health in the workplace and the role of effective Occupational Health provision in achieving that aim.
An essential feature to the success of the Occupational Health Service is the confidence which employees and managers will have in it. Developing a Corporate and integrated approach requires Occupational Health to work closely with a range of services across the Council and with line managers and the employees themselves. Its practitioners must address a wider remit and embrace closer working with public health, general practice and vocational rehabilitation in meeting the needs of the Council's employees. This will be underpinned by excellent operational relationships and good quality data and analysis.
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking to establish a framework agreement for use by West Midlands boundary public sector bodies. The successful Contractor(s) are required to take account of sustainable development e.g. environmental, social and economic impacts of delivery and to actively participate in the protection of the environment. Accordingly contract performance and conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
Please note that estimated spend figures provided in this notice are based on historical information and cannot be guaranteed under this contract.
Dudley MBC will be utilising its e-procurement portal In-Tend for this procurement exercise. The Tender should be received no later than 26.5.2016 at (noon) 12.00 hours hours and will be available for download until 23:59 hours on 25.5.2016. URL: www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk
To access documents bidders are required to register with the website. This may be done in 2 ways; 1) use the Register/Sign In button located on the Home screen or 2) find the project under the All Opportunities link and use the Express Interest button. Companies who have previously registered with the website will be invited to input their login detail.
New users will be invited to go through the Registration wizard. New Users, upon registration will receive an automatic notification of their unique login details. Once an expression of interest has been accepted by the system, Users must log back into the system to access documents. Now they will appear under the My Tenders tab. Further assistance with the system may be obtained by contacting the System Administrator on 01384 814862 or contracts@dudley.gov.uk Guidance documents are also published under the Help screen which can be found on the home screen at www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk
Please note that the estimates given above for the potential value of this Framework Agreement cannot be guaranteed by the Framework owner. They are based on the best available knowledge at the time of compiling this Notice.
Where information is absent the Framework owner has taken their own estimated contract value and extrapolated this to give potential bidders an indication of the potential value of this Framework Agreement.
No potential participating Authority/Organisation can guarantee the level of business that may be generated by this arrangement.
i) Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
iv) To award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Council be liable for any costs incurred by candidates or organisations principally the 32 West Midlands local authorities including Educational Establishments, The West Midlands based Fire and Rescue Services, Police Services, Voluntary Community organisations (i.e. Charities) and Third Sector based Social Enterprises and the West Midlands NHS Health Organisations and Hospitals (i.e. NHS England, NHS Trusts).