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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES
2. Awarding Authority: Costain Limited and Skanska Construction UK Limited together acting jointly as the Costain Skanska Joint Venture. Web: www.costain.com /
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: About the Opportunity:
The awarding authority are seeking to commission a Provider for the supply of Occupational Health and Wellbeing Services for the entire workforce involved within works and delivery on the HS2 enabling works (South) contract, (EWC) for the period of initially 3 years.
Our vision is clear, we intend to lead, and to be an exemplar JV in our delivery of an effective health management program, aimed at promoting and supporting a cultural shift in how the industry views, values and places an importance on improving and sustaining an optimum level of health and wellbeing as a business priority.
The awarding authority intend to preserve, protect, and promote the health and wellbeing of all our employees and others that work, visit, or are potentially affected by the enabling works undertaken on our sites throughout the lifespan of the works.
The awarding authority are seeking an Occupational Health and Wellbeing provider/s to support us within achieving our aspirations:
To improve and sustain an optimum level of health and wellbeing at both individual and organisational levels by eliminating (where possible) mitigating and controlling where not exposure to hazards that impact on health.
To create an environment that views health like safety and places health as a business priority.
To embed a positive health culture within the awarding authority and to exemplar industry wide.
To have a positive impact on the health of the nation, reducing the incidence of newly diagnosed chronic ill health and related disease, in doing securing a workforce for now and future generations.
5. CPV Code(s): 85100000, 85147000, 75122000, 71317210
6. NUTS code(s): UKG, UKG3, UKG31, UKI, UKL, UKL2, UKL22
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: HS2 Area South – London.
EWC Area South.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. CompeteFor response deadline 3.4.2017 (12:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: Note: This is a CompeteFor opportunity. Opportunities may be with both public and private sector businesses. To apply, please click the following link to register on the CompeteFor portal Web:
12. Other information: Opportunity Method: Contract Opportunity
Opportunity Status: Open
Opportunity Type: Public Sector
Notice Type: Notice
Nature of Opportunity: Services
About the buyer’s selection process:
In review & selection of potential bidders to receive an Invitation to Tender for the works package, awarding authority will base the decision on a range of factors – Previous relevant experience, Health & Safety, Quality, Environment, EDI, Ethical Sourcing, Company financial standing, Registration on Achilles Building Confidence.
If shortlisted, a further PQQ will be sent which contains project specific questions & evidence to be provided. This will assess capacity, capability, sustainability, equality, diversity & inclusion and environment and legacy requirements. Suppliers will also have to sign and return the Clients’ Non Disclosure Agreement as part of the PQQ process.
Following PQQ process selected suppliers will be invited to Tender. Please note that the assessment of tenders will be based on a balanced set of evaluation criteria. The awarding authority is not bound to accept the lowest price in selecting the successful tender for award.
About the buyer:
High Speed 2 is a planned high-speed railway in the United Kingdom linking London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester. The project will link eight of our major cities and serve millions of people. Travelling for work or pleasure will become much easier ? crucially between the cities of the Midlands and the North.
The Enabling Works Contracts which have been awarded cover the whole of Phase One, from London to Birmingham.
For the Enabling Works phase, 3 joint ventures have been appointed of which the awarding authority has been awarded Area South, which covers the length of the planned route from London Euston out to the M25.
Under the contract awarding authority will deliver a range of activities within this geographical area including utility diversions, ecology surveys, demolition, ground remediation, watercourse activities, highways realignments, monitoring and instrumentation, structural reinforcements archaeology, site clearance as well as establishing site compounds.
Estimated tender close date: 15/05/2017
Estimated contract award date: 03/07/2017
Estimated contract start date: 31/07/2017
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