Single Party Framework Agreement for Occupational Health Services

Tender description

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of a framework agreement for the provision of Occupational Health Services. A framework agreement constitutes a means of establishing overall terms and conditions in accordance with which, for a specified duration, individual contracts may or not be awarded. The City Council wishes to appoint an Occupational Health Service Provider (OHSP) in order that The City Council has a best in class occupational health service (OHS) for the protection and prevention of its entire staff, including the staff of the Dublin Fire Brigade, from ill health (or injury) arising from their work in The City Council. The City Council is seeking to enter into a proactive partnership based arrangement to ensure that it meets the objectives of the contract in the most efficient and cost effective way while at the same time facilitating an environment in which improvements are openly presented. The framework agreement will be awarded to the OHSP that is best able to provide a service which in general includes, but is not limited to: • Fitness for work and individual assessments • Pre-employment medical examinations • Fitness to return to work examinations • Ill-health retirement examinations • Vaccinations • Health surveillance programmes • Extensive examinations appropriate to emergency services personnel in operations such as Dublin Fire Brigade