Notice Information
Notice Title
PR302025 Exeter City Council Occupational Health Provider
Notice Description
Exeter City Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced providers for the provision of a comprehensive Occupational Health (OH) service. The successful provider will play a key role in supporting the Council's duty of care to its employees, promoting workforce wellbeing, and ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation. The Council employs approximately 770 staff across a wide range of services, including waste collection and recycling, housing, planning, parking enforcement, tourism, benefits administration, Council Tax, engineering, grounds maintenance, electoral services, and more. The Occupational Health service must be equipped to support this diverse workforce, which includes both office-based and operational roles with varying health and safety requirements. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Council's Contract Standing Orders, with reference to the Procurement Agreement 2023 (PA2023). The Council is committed to securing best value through a transparent and competitive tendering process.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 2 years with the option to extend 3 times for a 12 month period (2 + 1 + 1 + 1)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0596eb
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010192-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
- £250,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £250,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £171,888 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EXETER CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Chris Draper
- Contact Email
- eccprocurement@exeter.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +441392265262
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EXETER
- Postcode
- EX1 1JN
- Post Town
- Exeter
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK4 Devon
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK43 Devon CC
- Delivery Location
- TLK4 Devon
-
- Local Authority
- Exeter
- Electoral Ward
- St David's
- Westminster Constituency
- Exeter
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010192-2026
4th February 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055112-2025
9th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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