Occupational Health, Employee Counselling and Physiotherapy Services

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                    "description": "Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016. If required by the member state, bidders are required to be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers within the country in which they are established."
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                    "minimum": "The supporting evidence should consist of one of the following: a. A copy of your audited accounts or equivalent for the most recent 2 years (2 sets of signed, audited accounts), along with details of any significant changes since the last year end. or b. A statement of your organisation's turnover; profit and cash flow for the most recent full year of trading or where a full year trading has not been completed the same information for the period applicable. NOTE if this information is not available in an audited format please provide an end of period balance sheet or make the response specified in option (c) below. or c. If you are unable to provide the information requested above, please provide additional information and documentation that will give the Authority the assurance that you are capable of carrying out any subsequent awarded contract. For example, a statement of your organisation's cash flow forecast for the current year and a letter from your bank outlining the current cash and credit position or other alternative means of demonstrating financial standing. The financial information will be evaluated using the East Lothian Council financial health evaluation flowchart (available in the attachments section on PCS-Tenders). The financial information provided will require to meet the following criteria. The ratio of total assets to total liabilities (net assets) should be positive in 2 out of 3 years. The accounts should not show a loss in 2 consecutive years. The accounts should not show a loss in 1 year and negative net current assets in any 1 year. Where the information provided does not meet item (i) but there is an improving trend East Lothian Council may consider items (ii) and (iii) and will have discretion, with regard to the evidence provided and taking into account the level of risk to East Lothian Council, as to whether a bidder will pass this requirement. East Lothian Council may also request a parent company guarantee where this is appropriate. Insurances: The relevant insurance levels, as specified in the contract notice, are detailed below: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 10,000,000 GBP Public\\Product Liability Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP Professional Indemnity Insurance = 5,000,000 GBP Bidders should respond to this requirement in section 4B.5.1 and 4B.5.2 of the ESPD on PCS-Tenders."
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                    "minimum": "Minimum level(s) of standards required: With reference to ESPD Question Reference 4C.1.2: Bidders will be required to provide 3 examples from last 3 years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience and capacity to deliver the Contract. These examples will be for projects which are similar to East Lothian Council's requirements. The Council reserves the right to contract any or all of the companies provided in the previous examples to ascertain performance, the bidder should ensure that companies listed would be willing to discuss the Bidders performance with the Council. With reference to ESPD Question Reference 4C.6 and 4C.6.1: Staff are required to hold the following qualifications and or certificates (as applicable): Lot 1: Occupational Health The bidder will provide medical practitioners that have training, qualifications appropriate to the provision of an occupational health service and who can demonstrate ongoing professional development. Such qualifications would include: -Occupational Health Physicians- membership of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine -Occupational Nurse- registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a specialist community public health nurse in occupational health or possession of an occupational health qualification at Certificate, Diploma or Degree Level -Occupational Therapist- approved occupational therapy qualification at Certificate, Diploma or Degree level and registration with the Health & Care Professions Council Lot 2: Employee Counselling Service All counsellors and support staff engaged by the bidder must be suitably qualified, operating to the professional standards of the British Association for Counselilng and Psychotherapy (BACP)and/or the UK employee Assistance Professionals' Association (UK EAPA). Lot 3: Physiotherapy The physiotherapy bidder will provide professional qualified Chartered Physiotherapists registered with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent), OR 2. The bidder must have the following: a. A documented policy regarding quality management. The policy must set out responsibilities for quality management demonstrating that the bidder has and continues to implement a quality management policy that is authorised by their Chief Executive, or equivalent, and is periodically reviewed at a senior management level. The policy must be relevant to the nature and scale of the work to be undertaken and set out responsibilities for quality management throughout the organisation. b. Documented procedures for periodically reviewing, correcting and improving quality performance including processes for ensuring that the bidder's quality management is effective in reducing/preventing incidents of sub-standard delivery, this must include the quality of output and general performance. c. A documented process demonstrating how the bidder deals with complaints. The bidder must be able to provide details of how their organisation maintains records of any complaints received and how corrective measures are carried out to prevent reoccurrence. Information Security Procedures The Council will request the supporting evidence\\certificates as part of the evaluation of the IT Technical Requirements evaluation. Bidders must hold an accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 27001 (or equivalent) for Information technology security management systems. Alternatively bidders must be able to provide evidence of documented procedures and policies regarding their information technology security techniques. Tenderers will be asked to provide copies of all appropriate security policies."
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