Published date: 8 March 2017

Last edited date: 8 March 2017

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: 17 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£92,000,000

Procurement reference

RM3795

Published date

8 March 2017

Closing date

17 March 2017

Contract start date

24 May 2017

Contract end date

23 May 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Crown Commercial Service (the Authority), intends to put in place a Framework Agreement for the provisionof Occupational Health Services, Employee Assistance Programmes and Eye Care Services. The FrameworkAgreement will be available to Central Government and Wider Public Sector organisations to provide the Goodsand Services throughout the UK including Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The duration of the RM3795 Framework Agreement is three (3) years with the option to extend the initialFramework period for a maximum of one (1) year in total.
The Framework Agreement will be divided into the following four (4) Lots:
Lot 1 - Full Service Occupational Health Services and Employee Assistance Programmes,
Lot 2 - Occupational Health Services,
Lot 3 - Employee Assistance Programmes,
Lot 4 - Eye Care Services.
Potential Providers have the opportunity to bid for all or any combination of Lots 1, Lot 2, Lot 3 and/or Lot 4.However, in order to ensure that the Framework Agreement benefits from a diverse range of providers, eachPotential Provider bidding for Lots 1, 2 and 3 may only be awarded a maximum of 2 Lots in Lots 1-3 and/or Lot4.
In order to ensure that the competition on the Framework Agreement is not distorted, Potential Providers are notpermitted to submit more than 1 Tender for each Lot regardless of whether that Tender is submitted in their ownname or as part of a Group of Economic Operators. If a Potential Provider submits more than 1 Tender for a Lot,the Authority is entitled to disqualify 1 or all of the Tenders submitted by the Potential Provider in respect of therelevant Lot.
Please be advised that the Authority does not consider that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection ofEmployment) Regulations 2006 ('TUPE') to be an issue in respect of this Procurement at FrameworkAgreement Award Stage as services are not provided at this level. The Authority considers that the Transfer ofUndertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ('TUPE') may apply at the Call Off stage for Lots 1,2 and 3.
It is the responsibility of Potential Providers to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply at the Call Off Contract stage and to act accordingly.

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About the buyer

Address

9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
England

Telephone

+44 3450103503

Email

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

http://www.gov.uk/ccs