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National Highways Occupational Health Services

National Highways · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

National Highways are at the early stages of understanding market capability in respect of Occupational Health Service providers. This is in advance of the current contractual agreement for these services expiring in 2026. The types of services envisaged under this contract include (but are not limited to), • Management advice line and online support services • Online portal to make referrals and access reports securely • Appointments scheduled with individuals via a booking team with follow up email or text. • Access to refer to OHA/ OHP or other specialist services • Case reviews and case conferences when required • Health questionnaire assessment and review – preemployment and periodically. • Fitness for tasks assessments and medicals • Health Surveillance as identified via health needs assessment • Access to workplace and specialist assessments – DSE / Ergonomic, work capability assessments, Neurodiversity assistance assessments, other specialist assessments as required and undertaken via a route which is suitable to the needs of the business and referred individual i.e. face to face, on-site via secure video call. • Self-referral and management referral access to physiotherapy services and support. • Digital vaccinations vouchers access with nationwide coverage e.g. flu • Drug and Alcohol Tests (Collection and Analysis) • Medication helpline / Chemist on call • Access to Health Screening Services, health kiosks, know your numbers, public health testing e.g. PSA • Digital online platform for support of general health and wellbeing • Access to a dedicated clinical lead, client manager and operational manager for regular meetings and escalation of issues on contract • Ability to bring in/ source additional specialist service via contract on a 3rd party basis when required e.g. Occupational Hygienist / ergonomist • Design, access to Wellbeing Services (events, webinars training materials etc): • Live client data access with insights and buildable trends and year on year comparisons. Bespoke reporting availability clear and concise management information • Robust feedback system to for complaints and to feedback on referrals to link into management data and performance KPI’s • Must be able to signpost on to our other services e.g. EAP, benefits platforms and other internal support systems. National Highways now wish to understand the current market offering for these types of services, including capacity and mobilisation timescales. Please note the values are estimates only at this stage and are subject to changes. Actual values will be confirmed in the final tender documentation. Alongside this Notice, National Highways have published a survey for interested suppliers to take part in. Details of which can be found below. Once the closing date for responses have passed, we will analyse the results and this will inform a procurement, the details of which are still to be determined. Any learning gained from this early engagement will be shared with interested parties. Routes to market under existing Frameworks that are available to National Highways are being appraised separately and may still be used.

Classification

  • CPV85147000 — Company health services
  • CPV85312320 — Counselling services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-0559c1
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Dec 2025, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Dec 2030, 23:59
Starts
1 Jan 2027, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Dec 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85147000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Company health services
Entry 2
Id
85312320
Scheme
CPV
Description
Counselling services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
037700-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
7 Jul 2025, 11:39

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
15 Aug 2025, 23:59
Description
National Highways would like interested suppliers to take part in a survey. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=sp9QKa9_i0-3ojL5bsXebBEkYvg9WydBnI76oHpzESBUNlJDNFBKTFdDUEhIM1VDSjJKNkJNNlY0UC4u Responses to the survey will be accepted until the engagement deadline of Friday 15th August 2025 at mid-day (12:00)

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-09346363
Name
National Highways

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ25
Country
GB
Locality
Guildford
Postal Code
GU1 4LZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
09346363
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Guildford · UKJ25 · GU1 4LZ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0559c1-2025-07-07T11:39:21+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·