Notice Information
Notice Title
Occupational Health Services
Notice Description
Our commitment to audit excellence and being a great place to work includes our wellbeing agenda since we see employee wellness (both physical and mental) as a key element in support of world-class organisational performance. Our approach focuses upon proactive, preventative health & lifestyle initiatives starting at the recruitment stage and progressing through to every element of working with Audit Scotland.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Audit Scotland expects the services from an occupational health and wellbeing provider will help: Ensure that a holistic approach is taken towards employee wellbeing to deliver a positive, long-term sustainable improvement in individual employee health and organisational performance. Tie our commitment to wellbeing tightly into our organisational values which are 'lived' by our executive team, leadership group and PCS union partners. Help our employees to take individual responsibility for any changes needed - especially those who tend not to make the lifestyle changes and are passive to wellbeing initiatives. Deliver an annual, integrated plan of wellness initiatives which is informed by the annual health check aggregated results and your professional advice. This plan should be sustainable and evidence based in content. Include a link to the learning and development strategy that we undertake for team members, managers and leaders so that they are all more competent and competent in the field of workplace wellbeing - i.e. taking a personal and sincere interest in the wellbeing of their employee's wider family and life outside of work and consideration of mental health awareness as an early means of identifying colleagues who may be struggling and signposting them in the direction of help. Strengthen our total employee reward proposition that marks us out as a unique employer in our market of audit and accountancy here in Scotland - thereby improving our employer brand, making recruitment easier and retaining our people for longer in our employment.
Options: Optional Requirements: Follow up wellbeing survey - linked to the initial screening. Delivery of workshops on key health and wellbeing areas (stress, resilience, lifestyle, diet, nutrition, exercise etc.) to employees. Marketing materials (emails/posters in pdf format) to advertise new service provider to staff and encourage health and wellbeing awareness. Smart phone app for employees to track their health check results and on-going health. Any advice provided generally to the HR team on provision of expert, technical knowledge and guidance. Any other relevant occupational health services on offer, i.e., management referrals, workstation assessments, employee assistance programme etc.
Renewal: N/A
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000735585
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN481356
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
80561000 - Health training services
85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
85141200 - Services provided by nurses
85141220 - Advisory services provided by nurses
85147000 - Company health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £100,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £100,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jun 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Jul 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- In two or three years time depending on extension periods
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- AUDIT SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- rachael.hughes@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 01316251630
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH3 9DN
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN481356&idx=1
16th June 2023 - Occupational Health Services ITT -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JUN481356&idx=2
16th June 2023 - Occupational Health Services - Terms and Conditions -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN481356
Occupational Health Services - Our commitment to audit excellence and being a great place to work includes our wellbeing agenda since we see employee wellness (both physical and mental) as a key element in support of world-class organisational performance. Our approach focuses upon proactive, preventative health & lifestyle initiatives starting at the recruitment stage and progressing through to every element of working with Audit Scotland.
Notice URLs
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