NI Water Occupational Health Services Tender

To appoint a single contractor to provide occupational health services to its employees.

United Kingdom-Belfast: Health services

2018/S 238-544847

Contract notice – utilities

Services

Legal Basis:

Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)Name and addresses

NI Water and its Subsidiaries
Westland House
Belfast
BT14 6TE
United Kingdom
Contact person: Lisa Crossey
E-mail: sourcing@niwater.com
NUTS code: UK

Internet address(es):Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

I.2)Information about joint procurement

I.3)Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the abovementioned address

I.6)Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)Title:

C954 — Occupational Health Services

II.1.2)Main CPV code

85100000

II.1.3)Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)Short description:

NI Water intend to appoint a single contractor to provide occupational health services to its employees. It anticipated that the contractor would be able to supply a mobile service to accommodate the dispersed workforce of NI Water employees throughout NORTHERN IRELAND. The services required include, but are not limited to: telephone advice, employment referrals, attendance management, case conferences, ill health retirement advice, pre-appointment assessments, fitness for task and safety critical work assessments, health surveillance and monitoring, health screening, provision of flu vaccinations, physiotherapy services, workplace assessments and adjustments, hearing and sight loss assessments and adjustments, dyslexia assessments, consultancy services and advice on temporary injury at work applications.

II.1.5)Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 800 000.00 GBP

II.1.6)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)Description

II.2.1)Title:

II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)

85120000

85121000

85141000

85141200

85141220

85142100

85147000

II.2.3)Place of performance

NUTS code: UKN

II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

II.2.5)Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6)Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 800 000.00 GBP

II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 36

This contract is subject to renewal: yes

Description of renewals:

Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1 + 1 years.

II.2.10)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2.11)Information about options

Options: yes

Description of options:

Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1 + 1 years.

II.2.12)Information about electronic catalogues

II.2.13)Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)Additional information

Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1 + 1 years.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions for participation

III.1.1)Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.1.2)Economic and financial standing

III.1.3)Technical and professional ability

III.1.4)Objective rules and criteria for participation

III.1.5)Information about reserved contracts

III.1.6)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.7)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.8)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.2)Conditions related to the contract

III.2.1)Information about a particular profession

III.2.2)Contract performance conditions:

III.2.3)Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

IV.1.4)Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

IV.1.6)Information about electronic auction

IV.1.8)Information about the 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

IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 11/01/2019

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3)Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:

English

IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Tender must be valid until: 10/07/2019

IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 11/01/2019

Local time: 12:30

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: yes

Estimated timing for further notices to be published:

Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1 + 1 years.

VI.2)Information about electronic workflows

VI.3)Additional information:

Initial contract period of 3 years with the option to extend for 1 + 1 years.

VI.4)Procedures for review

VI.4.1)Review body

NI Water
Belfast
United Kingdom

VI.4.2)Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.3)Review procedure

VI.4.4)Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

07/12/2018