CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

RCS IWS Provider List

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

** Please note the RCS is not a contracting authority under the Public Contracts regulations 2015 ("PCR 2015) and is not subject to the rules and procedures set out in the PCR 2015. It is publishing this contract notice on a voluntary basis to advertise this opportunity sufficiently widely but is not following or purporting to follow any of the rules or procedures in the PCR 2015 to appoint suppliers to or manage this framework / provider list. **

RCS is building on the success and lessons from the European-funded In-Work Support Service 2015-2022, the Welsh Government is expanding a successor In-work Support Service (IWS) across Wales.

The IWSS will provide support and therapies to help employed and self-employed people return to work from absence or improve their health and wellbeing at work. The service will run from April 2023-March 2025, with potential for a further two-year extension.

The primary aims of the service are to:-

• Prevent job loss due to work-limiting health conditions by providing rapid access to early, work-focussed interventions that help people on sickness absence to return to work sooner than they otherwise would, and to help presentees to remain in work; and

• Provide support to employees in Wales predominantly from Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) who generally lack access to occupational health (OH) services.

• Support SME managers and employees to help improve workplace health and wellbeing.

RCS will be delivering IWS in the following areas:

• North Wales

• Dyfed

• Swansea Bay

RCS is creating a framework / list of specialist providers to deliver a range of work-focussed, evidence-based psychological and physical therapies, aimed at helping clients return to work from absence or improve their health and wellbeing at work. Therapeutic interventions are intended to be short and focussed, usually consisting of a maximum of six sessions.

Physical therapies will include:

• Physiotherapy

• Osteopathy

• Sports Massage

• Chiropody

• Chiropractic

• Podiatry

• Dietetics

Psychological therapies will include

• Counselling (across a range of modalities)

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

• Psychotherapy

• Clinical Psychology

Other therapeutic support will include

• Occupational therapy

• Coaching

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=130388.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Being awarded a place on the framework / list is not a guarantee of any work.

The total number of clients that are expected to use the service is 1754 annually and the estimated total value per annum is £600,000.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

All providers must provide RCS with documentary evidence of their insurances, Enhanced DBS, qualifications and membership of the relevant regulatory body for their profession.

We require therapists to be either:

• A member of a statutory regulator

https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work-with-regulators/find-a-regulator

• Or a member of an accredited register which is regulated by the Professional Standards Agency.

https://www.professionalstandards.org.uk/what-we-do/accredited-registers/find-a-register

We require CBT practitioners to be accredited with an appropriate Psychological Therapy body, eg BABCP, BACP, UKCP.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

RCS March 23

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

All application information can be downloaded from sell 2 wales.

Once fully completed required documentation should be uploaded to sell 2 wales post box.

For further information about RCS please see our website www.rcs-wales.co.uk

This notice has been sent as a region specific notice. If you did not receive an alert about this you are not based in the specific region selected by the buying authority. Questions on why this was sent as a region specific notice should be sent to the buying authority.

(WA Ref:130388)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice