--- title: "Herts Valley Payroll and Occupational Health Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-d3d5b8e5-c53c-43f2-9ad5-2dc907513e0f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d3d5b8e5-c53c-43f2-9ad5-2dc907513e0f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d3d5b8e5-c53c-43f2-9ad5-2dc907513e0f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d3d5b8e5-c53c-43f2-9ad5-2dc907513e0f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT" published: "2018-12-20" --- # Herts Valley Payroll and Occupational Health Services Buyer: N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d3d5b8e5-c53c-43f2-9ad5-2dc907513e0f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d3d5b8e5-c53c-43f2-9ad5-2dc907513e0f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d3d5b8e5-c53c-43f2-9ad5-2dc907513e0f.json) ## Summary The procurement process for the "Herts Valley Payroll and Occupational Health Services" is currently in the planning stage, led by the N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT. This initiative is centred in the East of England and pertains to the healthcare industry, specifically focusing on personnel and payroll services. The key date for interested providers to submit their expressions of interest is 5:00 PM on 7th January 2019, following an engagement notice published on 20th December 2018. The procurement aims to enhance back office functions across the Hertfordshire and West Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), involving payroll and occupational health services. This tender presents a valuable opportunity for businesses specialising in payroll administration and occupational health services. Organisations that are suitably qualified and experienced in these fields, particularly SMEs and voluntary community sector enterprises, are encouraged to participate. The project aims to meet statutory health and safety obligations while improving employee welfare and reducing sickness absence, creating an advantageous marketplace for providers capable of delivering comprehensive and efficient services tailored to healthcare environments. ## Notice Herts Valleys CCG ODL Shared service are leading on the review of back office functions across the Hertfordshire and West Essex STP. The NHS Provision for the STP comprises of 3 Acute Hospitals, 1 Community Trust, 1 Mental Health Foundation Trust and 3 CCGs. The intention is to deliver a solution for the following services: * Payroll service o Administration of payroll for all employees; o First-line advisory support for payroll and HR queries; o HR service provision - a full HR transactional service for the majority of HR life events; o Provision and maintenance of the HR database, Oracle 12.1.3; and o Live file handling, updating employee information on payroll and HR * Staff Occupational Health Service to work with the in house HR department and Health and Safety teams with an aim to o Offer a comprehensive range of Occupational Health services that allows organisations to meet their statutory duties of care, health and welfare of their employees in their working environment. o reduce overall employee sickness and absence, o address the causes of work related ill-health, o promote general wellbeing and implement an occupational health management system which is electronically enabled, o present a self-service portal for staff o offer some reporting and higher functionality for back office HR and management staff. o Offer OH guidance for referrers around the possible need for referral o Assessments of employees by relevant OH professionals o Access to mental health nurses and assessments o Provision of case reports on each referral outlining the relevant recommendations for the employee and any relevant signposting o Employment health checks for employees under specified roles o Ill health retirement duties and advice o Deferred pension advice The commissioners are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver the above services across the STP footprint of Hertfordshire and West Essex. Please see attached Expression of Interest form. Those organisations, which have demonstrated compliance with the requirements set out in the attachment and confirmed their interest by submitting a copy of the completed Expression of Interest document by email to nelcsu.procurementnorthants@nhs.net no later than 5.00pm on Monday 7th January 2019 may be invited to take part in the next stage of the tender/procurement process. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3191abb-6a54-4481-934f-18bc0570c4a6 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 20 Dec 2018 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 7 Jan 2019 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | N E L COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | | Locality | NORTHAMPTON | | Post town | Northampton | | Postcode | NN3 6BJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF24 West Northamptonshire | | Local authority | West Northamptonshire | | Electoral ward | Boothville and Parklands | | Westminster constituency | Northampton North | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 79631000 - Personnel and payroll services - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 20 Dec 2018 at 16:34 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3191abb-6a54-4481-934f-18bc0570c4a6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a3191abb-6a54-4481-934f-18bc0570c4a6 20th December 2018 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/509c3851-2b3b-4347-bcd2-361246ef025f ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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