Occupational Health Services for Primary Care

North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) is a commissioning support service working for and on behalf of NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (the Contracting Authority) who are undertaking a procurement to commission Occupational Health Services for Primary Care across the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board footprint.

The contract term will be 2 years with effect from 02 March 2024 with an option to extend for a further 24 month period, at the discretion of the Contracting Authority and subject to satisfactory financial and contractual performance.

Please note that caveat responses will be considered as non-acceptance of this requirement.

The closing date for submission of quotes is by 12:00 noon on 12 October 2023.

Additional Information

The "Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006" as amended by the "Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulation 2014" (TUPE) may apply to this contract. However, Bidders are advised to obtain their own legal advice and carry out due diligence including the New Fair Deal non-statutory policy setting out how pensions issues are to be dealt with when staff are compulsorily transferred from the public sector to independent providers delivering public services.

NECS is utilising an electronic tendering tool to manage this procurement and communicate with potential bidders. Accordingly, there will be no hard copy documents issued to potential bidders and all communications with NECS, including quote submissions, will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should bidders have any queries, or are having problems registering on the portal; they should contact the Atamis helpdesk via:

[email protected] or phone number 0800 9956035

The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday between 9am - 5.30pm

Quote documentation will be available on the e-tendering site from 14 September 2023.