This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

20 Aug 2024 at 13:37

Tender

06 Feb 2024 at 15:22

Summary of the contracting process

The University of Southampton has awarded an eight-year contract for Occupational Health Services and Supplementary Services to TP Health Limited. The services will support the university in meeting legislative requirements, maintaining duty of care to staff, ensuring fitness to work or practice for staff and students, and promoting overall wellbeing. The contract, valued at approximately £8,000,000, covers various health-related services, including pre-employment assessments, health surveillance, pathology services, and counselling. The procurement followed a restricted procedure, comprising selection and invitation to tender stages, culminating on 14 August 2024.

This tender offers a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in occupational health services, particularly those accredited by the Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS). Companies equipped to provide medical assessments, health surveillance, and wellness programmes would find this contract beneficial for growth. The contract's scope to add additional services over time implies potential future business opportunities for service enhancement and expansion. Businesses with a strong track record in delivering similar services within educational settings are well-suited to compete in such tenders.

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Notice Title

Occupational Health Services and Supplementary Services

Notice Description

The University of Southampton is looking to enter into an Eight (8) year contract for the provision of Occupational Health Services for both Staff and Students. The Provider shall deliver the services that support the University of Southampton in meeting the objectives of: * Meeting legislative requirements and maintaining duty of care to staff * Ensuring fitness to work and/or fitness to practice of staff and students. * Performing inoculations and vaccinations * The provision of counselling * Promoting physical and mental wellbeing amongst staff and students to optimise attendance, engagement, resilience, and performance. * Supporting staff and students with illness, injury or other medical or health requirements assisting in the prevention of health-related problems amongst the University of Southampton' staff and students as a result of their activities and providing assistance in the treatment of any such problems. * Assisting the University of Southampton to reduce levels of sickness absence. * Identifying trends in work-related absence and prioritising and tackling significant health and wellbeing-related issues. The Provider shall at the point of tendering hold Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service ('SEQOHS') accreditation or equivalent and this must be maintained for the duration of the contract. It is a requirement that the provider will ensure that any services conducted under the Contract meet the requirements of all relevant legislation, regulations, guidelines, and standards current at the time of delivery. This includes all Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Department for Education (DfE) standards applicable to the services. The University currently retains an in-house Occupational Health Manager to maintain the triage system, filtering OH requests ahead of referral to the external Provider. The Provider will be required to understand and operate in accordance with this process. The estimated Contract Value is in the region of PS6,000,000 - PS10,000,000 GBP (excluding VAT). It is expected that spend will gradually grow over the first few months of the contract and that additional services outlined in the spec may be added in over the course of the contract. Further details on anticipated spend can be found in File 2 of the tender pack.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The essential services required are Pre-employment health assessments, Pre-enrolment health assessments, Occupational Health referrals, Health Surveillance, Pathology Services, Immunisation and Vaccination services, Work accident and Injury management. The desirable services included in the tender are Specialist immunisations and travel advice, Workstation and workplace assessments, Assistance and other specialist referrals and counselling. This procurement process is being conducted as a Restricted procedure; consisting of both Selection and Invitation to Tender stages. Stage 1 - Selection Stage: An overall pass mark of 50 % shall apply to this stage. The intention is to arrive at a shortlist of a maximum of five qualified potential suppliers for formal invitation to tender. The maximum number of qualified potential suppliers will be based on the top five scores achieved. Where more than the maximum number of potential suppliers have achieved a top five score (i.e. a tie), all of those potential suppliers will be invited to the Invitation to Tender stage. Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage - A maximum of 5 qualified tenderers will be invited to submit formal tenders at this stage

Renewal: It is anticipated that this service will be re-procured in 2032

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0437a2
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026472-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

85120000 - Medical practice and related services

85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

85142100 - Physiotherapy services

85147000 - Company health services

85149000 - Pharmacy services

85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

85312310 - Guidance services

85312320 - Counselling services

85312500 - Rehabilitation services

85312510 - Vocational rehabilitation services

98200000 - Equal opportunities consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£10,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Aug 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
7 Mar 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
14 Aug 20242 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
This is likely to be re-procured in 2032

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode
SO17 1BJ
Postcode Area
Southampton
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ32 Southampton
Delivery Location
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Local Authority
Southampton
Electoral Ward
Portswood
Westminster Constituency
Southampton Test

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

TP Health Limited

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