Health Industry Tenders in Wolverhampton

The procurement procedure will be the open, above threshold procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) and it will be designated light touch in accordance with section 9 of PA23. City of Wolverhampton Council is looking to engage a professional service supplier for the provision of an Occupational Health service and Employee Assistance Programme from October 2026 for its workforce of approximately 4,500 employees. The proposed provision will ensure continued compliance with key legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Equality Act 2010. It will provide a structured framework for prevention, early intervention, and rehabilitation, supporting safe working practices and reducing health-related risks; supporting the Council to meet its duty of care to protect employee health and safety, make reasonable adjustments for those with disabilities and promote equality in the workplace. Occupational Health: this service aims to engage with a professional service supplier for the provision of an Occupational Health Service (OH). The requirement is for a high quality, clinical service that will support the Council to undertake health assessments such as (but not limited to); pre-employment checks, management referrals (nurse or physician lead), medical ill-health retirement assessments and health surveillance (noise, respiratory, Hand Arm Vibration (HAVs), driving, skin, night working etc). Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): this service seeks to implement a 24/7, 365 days a year Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to provide a confidential counselling and information service to assist employees with personal or work-related problems that may be affecting health, wellbeing and/or performance. Counsellors delivering this service must be BACP-accredited registered providers or equivalent (or equivalent accreditation). The procurement procedure will be the open, above threshold procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) and it will be designated light touch in accordance with section 9 of PA23. Although the services identified fall under Sections 9 and 10 of the Procurement Act 2023, the Council has chosen to observe a voluntary standstill period in accordance with Section 51 of the Act. Accordingly, a standstill period of eight (8) working days will apply between the notification of the award decision and the formal award of the contract. This contract may be utilised by other Contracting Authorities (public sector bodies) that have an agreement with the Council through a Service Level Agreement (SLA). These may include but are not limited to schools, academies and tenant management organisations (as listed below). Services will be provided to Service Users in these Contracting Authorities; however, the Contract will continue to be managed by the Council. Orders will be raised and invoices paid by the City of Wolverhampton Council. The list of Third-Party Organisations will be subject to change throughout the duration of the Contract and will be notified to the provider via a deed of Variation, annually. The existing list of known contracting authorities (via agreed SLA) are appended to the contract - Annex 1 - which are subject to change prior to initial contract execution. List of Schools, Academies and Tenant Management Organisations with SLAs. Academy - Kingswood Academy Trust Academy - Manor MAT - Brindley Heath - East Park Academy - Foley Infant School - Foxyards Primary School - Hateley Heath Primary School - Hill Avenue Primary School - Manor Primary School - St Alban's Church of England Primary School - St Thomas' Church of England Primary School Academy - Secondary - Wood Green School (Sandwell) Academy - Wulfruna - Fallings Park Primary School - Merridale Primary School Academy Maintained - Westacre Infant School Infant Maintained - Christ Church (C of E) Infant and Nursery School Junior Maintained - Christ Church (C of E) Junior School Nursery Maintained - Bushbury Nursery School - Windsor Nursery School Primary Maintained - Bilston Church of England Primary School - Bushbury Hill Primary School - Claregate Primary School - Eastfield Primary School - Graiseley Primary School - Long Knowle Primary School - Loxdale Primary School - Rakegate Primary School - St Luke's Church of England Aided Primary School - St Paul's Church of England School (Aided) - Stow Heath Primary School - Stowlawn Primary School - Whitgreave Primary School - Wilkinson Primary School - Wodensfield Primary School - Wood End Primary School Secondary Maintained - Colton Hills School - St Matthias School Special Maintained - Green Park School Tenant Management Organisation - Bushbury Hill Estate Management Board - Dovecotes TMO - New Park Village TMO List of all Schools, Academies and Tenant Management Organisations in Wolverhampton, which may utilise the contract over the course of its duration (subject to signing of SLA): Nursery Schools - Ashmore Park Nursery School - Bilston Nursery School - Bushbury Nursery School - Eastfield Nursery School - Low Hill Nursery School - Phoenix Nursery School - Windsor Nursery Infant Schools - Christ Church (Church of England) Infant School and Nursery - Westacre Infant School Junior Schools - Christ Church, Church of England Junior School - Uplands Junior School Primary Schools - Bantock Primary School - Berrybrook Primary School - Bilston Church of England Primary School - Bushbury Hill Primary School - Bushbury Lane Academy - Castlecroft Primary School - Claregate Primary School - Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy - D'Eyncourt Primary School - Dovecotes Primary School - Dunstall Hill Primary School - East Park Academy - Eastfield Primary School - Edward the Elder Primary School - Elston Hall Primary School - Fallings Park Primary School - Field View Primary School - Goldthorn Park Primary School - Graiseley Primary School - Grove Primary School - Hill Avenue Academy - Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy - Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School - Lanesfield Primary School - Long Knowle Primary School - Loxdale Primary School - Manor Primary School - Merridale Primary School - Nishkam Primary School Wolverhampton - Northwood Park Primary School - Oak Meadow Primary School - Palmers Cross Primary School - Parkfield Primary School - Perry Hall Primary School - Rakegate Primary School - Springdale Primary School - Spring Vale Primary School - SS Mary and John's Catholic Primary Academy - SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery - St Alban's C of E Academy - St Andrew's Church of England Primary School - St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy - St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School - St Jude's Church of England St Luke's Church of England (Aided) Primary School - St Martin's Church of England Primary School - St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy - St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery - St Michael's Church of England Aided Primary School - St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy - St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary School - St Stephen's Church of England Primary School - St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy - St Thomas' Church of England Primary Academy - Stow Heath Primary School - Stowlawn Primary School - The Royal School Wolverhampton - Trinity Church of England Primary Academy - Villiers Primary School - Warstones Primary School - Wednesfield Technology Primary - West Park Primary School - Whitgreave Primary School - Wilkinson Primary School - Woden Primary School - Woodfield Primary School - Wood End Primary School - Woodthorne Primary School - Wodensfield Primary School Secondary Schools - Aldersley High School - Colton Hills Community School - Coppice Performing Arts School - Heath Park- Highfields School - Moreton School- Moseley Park - Ormiston NEW Academy - Ormiston SWB Academy - Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy - S. Peter's Collegiate Academy - Smestow Academy - St Edmund's Catholic Academy - St Matthias School- St Regis C of E Academy - The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton - The Royal School Wolverhampton - Thomas Telford University Technical College - Wednesfield Academy - Wolverhampton Girls' High School Special Schools - Broadmeadow Special School - Green Park School - Penn Fields School - Penn Hall School - Pine Green Academy - Tettenhall Wood School - Westcroft School - Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre Pupil Referral Centres - Kairos Academy (KS3), part of The Black country Alternative Provision - Evergreen Academy - Kairos Academy (KS4), part of The Black country Alternative Provision - Vireo Academy, part of The Black country Alternative Provision Tenant Management Organisation - Bushbury Hill Estate Management Board - Dovecotes TMO - New Park Village TMO

The 11 Midlands Region NHS Integrated Care Boards are inviting suitably qualified suppliers to provide Clinical Waste Collection and Disposal Services from Primary Care waste producing sites, these being General Practice (GPs) and Community Pharmacy (CP) settings across the geographical footprint of each of the 11 Midlands Region NHS Integrated Care Boards as set out in table 1.1 of Document 1 to this opportunity. These 11 ICB Commissioning organisations are separate Contracting Authorities, as listed below: Lot 1 = NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB Lot 2 = NHS Black Country ICB Lot 3 = NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB Lot 4 = NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB Lot 5 = NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB Lot 6 = NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB Lot 7 = NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB Lot 8 = NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB Lot 9 = NHS Lincolnshire ICB Lot 10 = NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB Lot 11 = NHS Northamptonshire ICB Each of the individual 11 ICBs are looking for a Supplier to deliver a Clinical Waste Collection and Disposal Service within their geographical area that: 1. Understands the importance of this collection service for our Waste Producer who deliver key services to the local population 2. Ensures collections are as scheduled and communicated to the GPs and Community Pharmacies with replacement consumables provided as required to Tier 1 Defined Active Waste Producers, Tier 2 Defined Pending Waste Producers and Tier 3 Undefined Pending Waste Procedures. Definitions of the Waste Provider Tiers are located in Document 5 Specification, section 5 Waste Producer Tiers. 3. Complies with regulatory requirements for safe and sustainable management of healthcare waste 4. Supports a circular economy concept of reducing, recycling and reusing waste 5. Supports the Greener NHS and the carbon reduction target 6. Supports each ICB’s cost reduction target of 50% set out by NHS England The Supplier will be required to demonstrate appropriate capability and infrastructure to enable the delivery of the service. For specific note, the Document 1 sets out the following: Please refer to Document 5 - Schedule 5 Service Specification, paragraph 5.5, which states that each Waste Producer is assigned a tier: Tier 1: Defined/Active Waste Producers Active Waste Producers are defined as Waste Producers which form the majority of the Service Requirements, and the core group of Waste Producers receiving Services. The Supplier will be required to provide Services to all Active Waste Producers from the Services Commencement Date. Tier 2: Defined/Pending Waste Producers “Pending Waste Producers” are defined as Waste Producers which can be defined/detailed but are not Active Waste Producers on the Services Commencement Date because they have other existing arrangements in place. It is intended that these Waste Producers will become Active Waste Producers following during the Term in accordance with Document 5 – Specification and or Document 6 – the Contract. The Service Requirements of Tier 2 Waste Producers will not form part of the Services until such time as the Authority notifies the Supplier that a Tier 2 Waste Producer is Active. Once a Tier 2 is designated by the Authority an Active Waste Producer, their Service Requirements shall form part of the Services. For the avoidance of doubt, no Change Control Process is required where a Tier 2 Waste Producer becomes Active and such change is solely at the discretion of the Authority. Tier 3: Undefined/Pending Waste Producer(s) These are other Waste Producers who have similar Service Requirements to Tier 1 and 2 Waste Producers who are unknown / undefined at the Services Commencement Date and may be added during the Term following completion of the Change Control Process (Schedule 13 of Document 6 - Contract). Examples of Waste Producers covered within Tier 3 include, but are not limited to: Other GP sites not included within Tier 1 and Tier 2 (as set out in Clauses 5.5.1 and 5.5.2 in Document 5 Specification) due to other existing arrangements or insufficient data available to include within the Service Requirements. This is estimated to be <1% of all GPs in England. Community Pharmacy Influenza Vaccination Scheme waste, which responsibility for commissioning currently sits with the Waste Producer themselves. There are approximately 1700 Community Pharmacies offering this service. Home Patients waste, i.e. any waste generated by clinicians or the patient themselves in a residential setting (e.g. diabetes sharps, home based dialysis, virtual wards). This may be collected via other NHS premises (e.g. GP/ Community Pharmacy) or the patient’s own home. Any other NHS services provided by new or existing primary care sites (e.g. Enhanced Services, pop-up clinics/vaccine sites), which are introduced during the Term. The Successful Bidder will need to anticipate possible changes to Service Requirements as NHS services evolve and change over time. As a result of this procurement exercise, a separate contract (NHS Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Goods and Services) will be established with each Successful Bidder for each of the eleven (11) Lots as set out in table 1.7 of Document 1 ITT process overview’ (which can be found in the supplier documents folder | Salesforce for this opportunity). A contract for an initial duration of 6 years will be awarded with the option for the Contracting Authority in each instance to extend for a period or periods of up to a further 4 years (maximum contract duration of 10 years). Please note: Over the past few months, the Authority has been working on the service requirements, documentation, and process to ensure it reflects our service needs and meets the new Procurement Act 2023 (PA23). Consequently, please be aware that the documents published may differ from those previously published as part of our preliminary market engagement discussions and previous procurement process and Bidders MUST read all the attached documentation to understand the requirements, prior to completing the response documentation. For specific notice, a UK3 notice (Notice identifier) 2025/S000-056062 was published 28th August 2025. However, the procedure identified has been amended in this opportunity, from a Competitive Flexible Procedure to an Open Procedure. To register your interest and submit a bid, please follow the link below, and search for the project reference as detailed: https://health- family.force.com/s/Welcome Project Reference: C435895 Project Title Healthcare Clinical Waste Services for Primary Care: 11 Midlands NHS ICBs (2)