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title: "Medical Services - Ill Health Retirement Assessment"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-052ac7"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
published: "2025-06-02"
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# Medical Services - Ill Health Retirement Assessment

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-052ac7

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## Summary

The procurement process initiated by the Department for Education involves the provision of medical services for Ill Health Retirement Assessment under the Teachers' Pension Scheme. The procurement falls under the services category, focusing on health and social work services, with an emphasis on administrative healthcare services. Located in London, UK, the process is currently at the planning stage, with a significant pre-market engagement scheduled for 17th June 2025. The contract is expected to be awarded by December 2025, allowing a smooth transition before the current contract expires on 31st March 2026. The anticipated contract will run until 31st March 2029, with a potential extension up to March 2030.

This tender offers considerable opportunities for businesses specialising in medical services, particularly those equipped to handle health assessments and appeals. Companies with experience in administrative healthcare services will find this contract aligns with their capabilities. The procurement process welcomes small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSEs) to express their interest, thus fostering an inclusive competitive environment. Engaging in this contract can aid business growth by increasing service delivery to a key public sector body and expanding expertise in a high-impact field like pensions and health assessments.

## Notice

The Department requires the expertise of a medical service supplier whose clinical advisors will provide advice on whether applications for ill health retirement under the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) meet the criteria set out in the regulations. A successful service provider will be responsible for reviewing all new ill health applications, including serious ill health applications, as well as first-stage and second-stage appeals. They will also provide a written medical assessment of a member's current health and/or life expectancy, and make associated medical recommendations on a member's eligibility, or continued eligibility, for an ill health pension, as determined by the relevant legislation. Our existing contract runs out on 31 March 2026. We anticipate the new contract will be awarded at the beginning of December 2025 to allow sufficient transition/ implementation time before 1 April 2026.

### Planning Information

An online pre-market engagement event is being held via Teams on Tuesday, 17th June 2025 at 1415hrs, where the Department will share details and request feedback on the following:
1.Service overview
2. Service requirements
3. Commercial overview of the procurement process along with anticipated timescale
If you are interested in participating in the Market Engagement Event, please send your EOI via the Jaggaer e-procurement portal using the following access link: 
Jaggaer Portal - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
(ssq_589 - Medical Services Assessment)
To send your EOI follow these steps:
1. Log into your existing Jaggaer account or register with Jaggaer.
2. Once logged in, go to "PPQ Open to All Suppliers".
3. From the list, select ssq_589 (Medical Services Assessment).
4. To express your interest in the event, click the "Express Interest" button in the top right corner.
5. To send/receive correspondence related to the event, click the "Messages" button.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029209-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| 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 | 2 Jun 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 2 Jun 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 15 Dec 2025 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,200,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 75122000 - Administrative healthcare services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 2 Jun 2025 at 14:13 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029209-2025
- 2 Jun 2025 at 14:00 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029199-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029209-2025
  2nd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029199-2025
  2nd June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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