Notice Information
Notice Title
Employee Healthcare Cash Plan Benefit
Notice Description
HIE has awarded a contract to a single supplier to deliver a company sponsored Healthcare Cash Plan Benefit (HCPB) for HIE and WES employees. The plan offers a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits with money back, up to set limits, towards everyday healthcare expenses. HIE expects the supplier to be able to offer these services across the whole of the Highlands and Islands as well as Edinburgh. The 1 year contract has a start date of 4.12.2023 and an end date of 3.12.2024. HIE has the option to extend for two further periods of up to 1 year for each extension. (1+1+1).
Lot Information
Lot 1
The value used in II.1.7 and V.2.4 is the estimated total value over the maximum duration of 3 years, inclusive of Insurance Premium Tax and any income from Optional enhanced cover contracted directly between HIE/WES and the supplier.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.
Renewal: The Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 1 year with HIE having the option to extend for two further periods of up to 1 year for each extension (1+1+1).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000745149
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV493347
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
-
- CPV Codes
66512000 - Accident and health insurance services
66512200 - Health insurance services
66512210 - Voluntary health insurance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £120,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £120,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £107,334 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Nov 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Oct 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 21 Nov 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the contract or at the end of the contract period, including any extension period.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS ENTERPRISE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- hieprocurement@hient.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1463245245
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV2 5NA
- Post Town
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM6 Highlands and Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness South
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=12
25th October 2023 - Word document with questions raised by supplier/s and HIE response. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=1
4th October 2023 - Scope of Requirements -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=3
4th October 2023 - Response Form -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=4
4th October 2023 - Pricing Schedule -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=6
4th October 2023 - Cyber Security Response Form -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=7
4th October 2023 - Data Protection Response Form -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=8
4th October 2023 - Forms for Signature -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=9
4th October 2023 - Appendix 1 -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=OCT489737&idx=10
4th October 2023 - HIE CoI Policy -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT489737
Employee Healthcare Cash Plan Benefit - HIE is looking for a single supplier to deliver a company sponsored Healthcare Cash Plan Benefit (HCPB) for HIE and WES employees. The plan should offer a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits with money back, up to set limits, towards everyday healthcare expenses. HIE expects the supplier to be able to offer these services across the whole of the Highlands and Islands as well as Edinburgh. The supplier will be expected to take this into account as part of their submission. It is expected that these services will be required from December 2023 for an initial period of 1 year, with HIE having the option to extend for two further periods of up to 1 year for each extension. (1+1+1). The 1 year budget currently available to deliver the Company Sponsored Scheme is between GBP 20,000 and GBP 30,000 (excluding VAT). This is inclusive of Insurance Premium Tax. In addition, although not evaluated, there is the potential for an estimated additional income of GBP 10,000 per annum for the Optional Enhanced Cover which is contracted directly between the HIE/WES employee and the supplier. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV493347
Employee Healthcare Cash Plan Benefit - HIE has awarded a contract to a single supplier to deliver a company sponsored Healthcare Cash Plan Benefit (HCPB) for HIE and WES employees. The plan offers a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits with money back, up to set limits, towards everyday healthcare expenses. HIE expects the supplier to be able to offer these services across the whole of the Highlands and Islands as well as Edinburgh. The 1 year contract has a start date of 4.12.2023 and an end date of 3.12.2024. HIE has the option to extend for two further periods of up to 1 year for each extension. (1+1+1).
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