Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle University
Newcastle University, King's Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Contact person: Mrs Gillian Mournian
Telephone: +44 1912086073
E-mail: gillian.mournian@ncl.ac.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ncl.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ncl.ac.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Northumbria
Ellison Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
UK
Contact person: Emily Ryan
Telephone: +44 1912326002
E-mail: emily.ryan@northumbria.ac.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle City Council
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8QH
UK
Contact person: Gerard Gray
E-mail: ged.gray@newcastle.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://newcastle.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
(NU/1448) Provision of Occupational Health Service and Employee Assistance Programme
Reference number: DN390047
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The scope of this contract is to deliver a cost effective and flexible occupational health service that maximises value for money for Newcastle University through the delivery of a timely, effective, up-to-date and quality service to staff and postgraduates. The service delivery required is to support Newcastle University to comply with legislative requirements, regulations, guidelines and standards current at the time of delivery, whilst maintaining duty of care to staff and postgraduate students. The service should be maintained for 50 weeks per annum. This includes the Department of Education (DfE) standards applicable to the service. The EAP service should be maintained 25/7, 52 weeks per annum.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
848 269.96
GBP/ Highest offer:
5 418 800.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University currently manages approximately 2 500 appointments annually for the range of clinical and administrative services detailed in the scope of this project. The service provider will deliver cost effective and flexible occupational health service (OH) which maximises value for money for The University through the delivery of a timely, effective, up-to-date and quality service to staff and postgraduates. The University has clinical facilities on the Newcastle campus used to deliver the current occupational health service. As part of this contract the service provider would be expected to utilise these facilities for all OH face to face services.
The OH service must be maintained for 51 weeks per annum. This includes the Department for Education (DfE) standards applicable to the service. The University has a large research intensive medical faculty and as such a large proportion of our service concerns the safety and protection of medical research staff. Any agreement for services (rates) resulting from this tender shall be available for use by members of the following organisations: Northumbria University; Newcastle City Council.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 55
Quality criterion: System Integration
/ Weighting: 5
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The duration of the framework is for 24 months initially with extensions available for 2 further 12 month periods to be mutually agreed.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University currently manages approximately 2 500 appointments annually for the range of clinical and administrative services detailed in the scope of this project. The service provider will deliver cost effective EAP which maximises value for money for The University through the delivery of a timely, effective, up-todate and quality service to staff and postgraduates. The EAP service will provide a service for the Newcastle,London, Malaysia and Singapore Campuses. The service delivery required is to support The University to comply with legislative requirements, regulations, guidelines and standards current at the time of delivery, whilst maintaining duty of care to staff and postgraduate students. The EAP service will be maintained continuously.
Any agreement for services (rates) resulting from this tender shall be available for use by members of the following organisations: Northumbria University; Newcastle City Council.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The duration of the framework is for 24 months initially with extensions available for 2 further 12 month periods to be mutually agreed.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 105-256155
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: NU/1448
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Black and Banton Occupational and Physical Health
Gateshead
NE11 0JQ
UK
NUTS: UKC22
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
760 900.00
GBP
/ Highest offer:
4 788 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: NU/1448
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/11/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Health Assured Ltd
Manchester
M4 4FB
UK
NUTS: UKC22
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
87 369.96
GBP
/ Highest offer:
630 800.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
This authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Applicants have 2 working days from notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive knowledge of breach.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/11/2019