CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Occupational Health Services

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Rhondda Cynon Taff

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

RCT Homes is seeking to appoint a single provider to provide Occupational Health Services to support the RCT Homes Group. Our philosophy is that good health equals good business and our organisational strategy commits to creating an environment that contributes positively to peoples’ health.

Our objective is to dispel the myth that illness is incompatible with being at work only if 100% fit. We support the principle that work is good for peoples’ health both physically and mentally and that work can often be therapeutic in recovery. The HR department oversee the absence management of the RCT Homes group, ensuring that all relevant information is captured and reported on for both long term and short term absence. Working alongside line managers and occupational health, HR support getting people back to work from long term absence, deal with any high levels of short term absence, and support employees if they are currently in work but need occupational health support to keep them in work.

HR also support a Health surveillance programme consisting of around 100 manual workers across the RCT Homes group to ensure that all our staff are safe in the working environment and to limit the risk of exposure.

There are 530 staff across the RCT Homes Group. A proportion of these staff are office based others undertake mobile working (in the field) across the RCT Borough.

Additionally Grow Enterprise Wales, our social enterprise has around 40 permanent staff with around an additional 60 fixed term staff and volunteers.

Homeforce our heating and electrical specialist subsidiary have 36 staff.

Meadow Prospect our charitable arm has 6 staff.

The Occupational Health service provider should be underpinned by the following;

Strong focus on high quality, clinically led, evidence based service

Impartial, approachable and receptive to both clients and employer

Accessible and offers depth of specialisation

Use of new technology and other innovative ways to deliver quality healthcare.

The tables below illustrate the profile of OH cases in the period April 2014 to March 2015.

Mental Health 24

Musculoskeletal 11

Musculoskeletal/Medical 2

Medical 28

Risk Assessment 1

Spiro Check 1

Between April 2014 and April 2015, 65 RCTH employees were referred to Occupational Health.

The contract duration will be for a period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 12 months x 2, subject to annual review and satisfactory performance.

The contract will commence on 1st November 2015.

The appointed supplier will hold their pricing for the duration of the contract.

To meet our Value for Money Strategy we are looking for the best value and most economically advantageous supplier against our core list of items in terms of price, quality, and service.

RCTH reserves the right to request supplier presentations/clarifications as part of the tender evaluation process.

RCTH may request site visits to existing suppliers on-going work premises in order to observe and confirm related service/contract aspects and performance. Such visits will be mutually agreed in writing.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

RCT032

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

(WA Ref:35267)

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice