Planning

Herts Valley Payroll and Occupational Health Services

N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT

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Planning

20 Dec 2018 at 16:34

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "Herts Valley Payroll and Occupational Health Services" is currently in the planning stage, led by the N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT. This initiative is centred in the East of England and pertains to the healthcare industry, specifically focusing on personnel and payroll services. The key date for interested providers to submit their expressions of interest is 5:00 PM on 7th January 2019, following an engagement notice published on 20th December 2018. The procurement aims to enhance back office functions across the Hertfordshire and West Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), involving payroll and occupational health services.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses specialising in payroll administration and occupational health services. Organisations that are suitably qualified and experienced in these fields, particularly SMEs and voluntary community sector enterprises, are encouraged to participate. The project aims to meet statutory health and safety obligations while improving employee welfare and reducing sickness absence, creating an advantageous marketplace for providers capable of delivering comprehensive and efficient services tailored to healthcare environments.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Herts Valley Payroll and Occupational Health Services

Notice Description

Herts Valleys CCG ODL Shared service are leading on the review of back office functions across the Hertfordshire and West Essex STP. The NHS Provision for the STP comprises of 3 Acute Hospitals, 1 Community Trust, 1 Mental Health Foundation Trust and 3 CCGs. The intention is to deliver a solution for the following services: * Payroll service o Administration of payroll for all employees; o First-line advisory support for payroll and HR queries; o HR service provision - a full HR transactional service for the majority of HR life events; o Provision and maintenance of the HR database, Oracle 12.1.3; and o Live file handling, updating employee information on payroll and HR * Staff Occupational Health Service to work with the in house HR department and Health and Safety teams with an aim to o Offer a comprehensive range of Occupational Health services that allows organisations to meet their statutory duties of care, health and welfare of their employees in their working environment. o reduce overall employee sickness and absence, o address the causes of work related ill-health, o promote general wellbeing and implement an occupational health management system which is electronically enabled, o present a self-service portal for staff o offer some reporting and higher functionality for back office HR and management staff. o Offer OH guidance for referrers around the possible need for referral o Assessments of employees by relevant OH professionals o Access to mental health nurses and assessments o Provision of case reports on each referral outlining the relevant recommendations for the employee and any relevant signposting o Employment health checks for employees under specified roles o Ill health retirement duties and advice o Deferred pension advice The commissioners are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the above services across the STP footprint of Hertfordshire and West Essex. Please see attached Expression of Interest form. Those organisations, which have demonstrated compliance with the requirements set out in the attachment and confirmed their interest by submitting a copy of the completed Expression of Interest document by email to nelcsu.procurementnorthants@nhs.net no later than 5.00pm on Monday 7th January 2019 may be invited to take part in the next stage of the tender/procurement process.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-d3d5b8e5-c53c-43f2-9ad5-2dc907513e0f
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3191abb-6a54-4481-934f-18bc0570c4a6
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

79631000 - Personnel and payroll services

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Dec 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
7 Jan 2019Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NORTHAMPTON
Postcode
NN3 6BJ
Post Town
Northampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF24 West Northamptonshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
West Northamptonshire
Electoral Ward
Boothville and Parklands
Westminster Constituency
Northampton North

Further Information

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