Award

ScotRail Employee Health Cash Plan

SCOTRAIL TRAINS LIMITED

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

29 Jul 2024 at 12:55

Tender

18 Oct 2023 at 09:48

Planning

13 Jul 2023 at 12:49

Summary of the contracting process

ScotRail Trains Limited has concluded the award stage of a procurement process to contract a supplier for the ScotRail Employee Health Cash Plan. The procurement falls within the services category under the industry classification of health insurance services (CPV 66512200), and it covers a range of health-related benefits including dental, optical, chiropody, prescriptions, and more. The contract location is based in the UKM region, particularly Glasgow where ScotRail’s head office is situated. The original call for tender required submissions by 12:00 on 17 November 2023, with the process following a negotiated procedure with a prior call for competition. The successful supplier, Medicash, was awarded the contract valued at GBP 3,680,834, which was signed on 22 December 2023.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health services, especially those who can provide comprehensive health cash plans. Companies with previous experience in delivering health insurance solutions efficiently to large organisations, such as those within the railway industry, are well-suited to capitalise on future similar opportunities. The selective procurement method and the detailed evaluation criteria used by ScotRail highlight the importance of both technical quality and competitive pricing, indicating that businesses excelling in these domains are likely to succeed in securing such contracts.

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Notice Title

ScotRail Employee Health Cash Plan

Notice Description

ScotRail are looking to contract with a supplier for the provision of a Health Cash Plan for employees. The appointed supplier will be required to provide services to provide cashback to employees and dependent children on the following services at a required, set level: Dental, Optical, Chiropody, Prescriptions, Health & Wellbeing, Health Screening, Combined Physiotherapy, Hospital Benefits, Parental Hospital Stay, Specialist Consultation, Dental Accident, Maternity and Personal Accident Protection. In addition, Tenderers are required permit employees to extend Health Cash Plan cover to their partners and to elect a higher level of cover.

Lot Information

Lot 1

ScotRail are looking to contract with a supplier for the provision of a Health Cash Plan for employees. The appointed supplier will be required to provide services to provide cashback to employees and dependent children on the following services at a required, set level: Dental, Optical, Chiropody, Prescriptions, Health & Wellbeing, Health Screening, Combined Physiotherapy, Hospital Benefits, Parental Hospital Stay, Specialist Consultation, Dental Accident, Maternity and Personal Accident Protection. In addition, Tenderers are required permit employees to extend Health Cash Plan cover to their partners and to elect a higher level of cover. Additional information: Please note that your response to the PQQ and your Initial Tender are to be completed simultaneously and both are to be submitted at the latest by 12:00 on 17 November 2023. As such, please ignore section 'IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates' in this notice and the dates provided there.

Renewal: ScotRail reserves the right to extend this contract by a further two 12 month periods.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e18e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023594-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

66512200 - Health insurance services

85100000 - Health services

85147000 - Company health services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,680,834 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jul 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Nov 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
16 Aug 2023Expired
Award Date
22 Dec 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Proposed initial term is to 31st December 2026 with potential options to extend to 31st December 2028 - this contract may be re-tendered beyond these dates.

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SCOTRAIL TRAINS LIMITED
Contact Name
Kathryn Murphy
Contact Email
kathryn.murphy@scotrail.co.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3448110141

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 6HQ
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

MEDICASH

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