ESC Occupational Health Services Retender

East Suffolk CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05eadcProcurement Act 2023SME suitableactive
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Estimated value

Awarded value

Suppliers

2

2 SME

Lots

2

2 awarded

Published

21 May 2026

Description

East Suffolk Council (“ESC”, “the Council”) is looking to procure a provider of Occupational Health Services to work collaboratively with us, offering professional support and advice to complement our absence management policies and procedures and health and wellbeing agenda. The Council considers the health and wellbeing of staff to be paramount in delivering high quality services. Achieving a balance between the needs of our employees and the delivery of the organisation’s objectives is not always easy. Sickness absence accounts for a considerable proportion of lost working time and the average cost of absence is significant. The Council's aim is to reduce this by investing in an occupational health provision that is flexible and robust enough to meet our organisation’s needs, providing a locally based service for our officers.

Scope

Reference
2694-PPT-O
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
16 Feb 2026 to 31 Mar 2028
Possible extension to 31 Mar 2029

Further optional extension of 12 months.

CPV classifications
85147000
Contract locations
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Methodologyquality20.00%
Face to Face Appointment Provisionquality10.00%
Experience, Skills and Qualificationsquality15.00%
Health and Wellbeingquality10.00%
Social Valuequality10.00%
Data Protectionquality5.00%
Priceprice30.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

As stated in the tender documentation. Minimum financial standing required. a. Supplier/Consortium must demonstrate that it meets the Turnover Threshold of £50,000; b. Supplier/Consortium must demonstrate a positive net profit margin over the last two consecutive years; c. Supplier/Consortium must demonstrate that it has a low to moderate net worth ratio d. Supplier/Consortium must demonstrate that it has a minimum liquidity ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) of 1:0 within the current financial accounts provided.

As stated in the tender documentation: a. IRMP for Ill Health Retirements Accreditation b. HAVS4 Assessors Accreditation (Lot 1 only) c. On-site Health Surveillance Service (Lot 1 only) d. Provision of Face-to-Face assessments

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 2 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

Award date

Contract start

Contract end

Awarded to
TM
SME
TM
SME

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Lot 1: North£180kcomplete
2Lot 2: South£120kcomplete