Published date: 6 February 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 7 March 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

Location of contract

SO17 1BJ

Value of contract

£6,000,000 to £10,000,000

Procurement reference

2023UoS-1095

Published date

6 February 2024

Closing date

7 March 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2024

Contract end date

31 July 2032

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Southampton is looking to enter into an Eight (8) year contract for the provision of Occupational Health Services for both Staff and Students.
The Provider shall deliver the services that support the University of Southampton in meeting the objectives of:
• Meeting legislative requirements and maintaining duty of care to staff
• Ensuring fitness to work and/or fitness to practice of staff and students.
• Promoting physical and mental wellbeing amongst staff and students to optimise attendance, engagement, resilience, and performance.
• Supporting staff and students with illness, injury or other medical or health requirements assisting in the prevention of health-related problems amongst the University of Southampton' staff and students as a result of their activities and providing assistance in the treatment of any such problems.
• Assisting the University of Southampton to reduce levels of sickness absence.
• Identifying trends in work-related absence and prioritising and tackling significant health and wellbeing-related issues.

The Provider shall hold Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service ('SEQOHS') accreditation and ensure that any services conducted under the Contract meet the requirements of all relevant legislation, regulations, guidelines, and standards current at the time of delivery. This includes all Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Department for Education (DfE) standards applicable to the services.
The University currently retains an in-house Occupational Health Manager to maintain the triage system, filtering OH requests ahead of referral to the external Provider. The Provider will be required to understand and operate in accordance with this process. The estimated Contract Value is in the region of £6,000,000 - £10,000,000 GBP (excluding VAT). It is expected that spend will gradually grow over the first few months of the contract and that additional services outlined in the spec may be added in over the course of the contract.

About the buyer

Contact name

Rosie Pringle

Address

HIGHFIELD CAMPUS,UNIVERSITY ROAD
SOUTHAMPTON
SO171BJ
England

Email

procurement@soton.ac.uk