Tender

Occupational Health Services - Staff and Students

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

TenderUpdate

02 Dec 2024 at 08:25

TenderUpdate

27 Nov 2024 at 11:44

Planning

26 Nov 2024 at 15:29

Summary of the contracting process

The University of Nottingham is seeking an Occupational Health Service Provider to support the proactive management of staff and students' health and wellbeing. This procurement falls under the health and social work services category and requires the provider to deliver various health services to over 8,000 staff members and 34,000 students. The current procurement stage is in the tender phase with important amendments to the submission deadline extended to 6th December 2024, at 16:00 GMT. The procurement process follows the legal basis of CELEX 32014L0024, and all communications related to this tender must be completed through the University's Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal. The tender is structured as an open negotiation with planned future notices expected by 6th January 2025.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social work services, particularly those with expertise in occupational health. Providers can compete by showcasing their ability to deliver efficient, customer-focused health processes, comply with health and safety legislation, and provide clinical expertise. Businesses skilled in health surveillance, employee wellness programmes, and academic health support will find this tender well-aligned with their service offerings. Successful collaboration with the University of Nottingham will not only contribute to business growth through a substantial contract value (estimated at £8 million) but also enhance the service providers' portfolio by partnering with a reputable, large-scale institution.

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Notice Title

Occupational Health Services - Staff and Students

Notice Description

The University of Nottingham (UoN) requires an Occupational Health Service Provider (the Provider) to support the pro-active management of staff and students' health and wellbeing.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The requirement is for the Provider to: Staff/Candidates - * Undertake an ongoing health surveillance programme in line with legislation and UoN requirements (job role dependant). This includes but is not limited to roles in Estates and Facilities, Laboratory Technicians and Academic staff within Engineering, Social Science, Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences and Arts Faculties. * Undertake health clearance for candidates within a timeframe aligned to the commencement of their hire date. * Provide and undertake a staff referral process to give line managers occupational health advice to support with fit to work processes such as reasonable adjustments, absence management, phased return to work and ill health retirement. * Provide relevant immunisations for staff members within timeframes aligned to best practice/legislation/UoN policy. Student * Undertake health clearance/fit to study certification for students on relevant courses within a timeframe aligned to the commencement of their course. * Undertake student fitness to practise checks for those on regulated courses as required by professional and statutory bodies * Provide relevant immunisations for students on relevant courses within a timeframe aligned to the commencement of placement activity. * Provide and undertake a student referral process to give Faculty managers occupational health advice to support fitness to study processes, including attendance at university and their attendance on placement where relevant. * Conduct relevant health surveillance in line with legislative requirements. The main aims of the Occupational Health Services are as follows. * To give the UoN access to market leading occupational health systems and resources. * Provide efficient and customer focused occupational health processes and systems to staff, line managers and students. * Make proactive interventions to improve the UoN staff and student health and wellbeing * Provide the UoN with clinical/expert occupational health advice to support with the management of staff and students. * To support the UoN to be compliant with relevant Health and Safety legislation by providing expert and clinical occupational health knowledge and advice to make sure systems and processes are up to date. The UoN has over 8000 staff members and 34,000 students. The UoN has identified the following occupational health risks linked to specific job roles - driving; animal allergens; spirometry; ionising radiation; biological agents; food handling; HAV's; night work; noise; skin/respiratory sensitisers and skin irritants. Additional information: More information - can be accessed through below tendering portal. Create Supplier Portal account (https://fa-evyf-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/redwood/supplier-registration/register-supplier/register-supplier-verification) or Sign-In to Supplier Portal account (https://nottingham.ac.uk/unicore). To view Active Negotiations - Scroll to the 'Supplier Portal' menu option and click the 'Supplier Portal' tile. Click on 'View Active Negotiations' link, under the Tasks panel. Use the search fields to find relevant Negotiations, then click 'Search' (** a value must be provided for at least one of the indicated fields). To search for Active Negotiations where you have not received a direct invitation (i.e. an 'Open' opportunity), select 'No' under the 'Invitation Received' search field, then click 'Search'. The Search Results will display accordingly. Select the Negotiation number hyperlink (N0000001) and access the opportunity. Additional detail and guidance can be found at (https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/dts/accounts-and-access/unicore/unicore.aspx), within the 'Information for suppliers of goods and services' section.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c031
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038692-2024
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Dec 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
6 Jan 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)
Contact Name
Elena Taylor
Contact Email
elena.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1159515151

Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG7 2NR
Post Town
Nottingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF14 Nottingham
Delivery Location
TLF East Midlands (England)

Local Authority
Nottingham
Electoral Ward
Lenton & Wollaton East
Westminster Constituency
Nottingham South

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