Request for Quotation – Health & Safety Services

Coast to Capital are reviewing their preferred supplier for the services of Health & Safety to support them on all aspects of Health & Safety under a Master Service Agreement.

This request for quotation for the supply of Health & Safety Services is issued by Coast to Capital.

Response Deadline 26 January 2021

Overview of Requirements & Submission Instructions

About Us

As a Local Enterprise Partnership we are here to provide strategic leadership to drive economic growth and the sustainable success of this beautiful, vibrant, and exceptionally well connected area. We have already secured over £300 million of public investment to ensure our economy is future-ready and to raise our profile even further we are developing a strong Local Industrial Strategy. We are collaborative to our core, passionate about the success of this area, and believe that by working together, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Our Values

We are a small but passionate and high performing team which is ambitious for the Coast to Capital area. Ambitious is one of our corporate values along with Focused, Trusted, Champion and Diverse, and we are all working hard to make Coast to Capital an ‘Exceptional’ Local Enterprise Partnership. Our Senior Management Team is committed to creating and promoting a diverse, open and inclusive culture. Our supportive environment is important to us and employee wellbeing is a key priority.

Equality & Diversity

Our region is a diverse one, in every sense - geographically, economically, socially, and demographically. We regard this is a major asset. When we bring people together, and work inclusively to make the most of their potential, we achieve our best. We pride ourselves on our approach to equality and diversity which is one of our corporate values. We are committed to creating an inclusive organisation which promotes and values equality and diversity in everything we do. Therefore it is vital that the organisations we work with represent, champion and build on this approach.

Overview of Requirements

The Chief Executive is responsible for Health and Safety at Coast to Capital. The Office Manager has the delegated authority to ensure the Health & Safety Policy is implemented, amended and updated as required.

We require the ad hoc services of a Health & Safety professional to provide expert advice and assistance to the Office Manager and relevant personnel in any Health & Safety related matters. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Health & Safety Policy review/writing 
• Legislation
• DSE assessments
• Risk assessments including working from home
• Property inspection
• Incident investigations
• Relevant training as required
• Occupational health assessments 

The successful applicant will have experience of providing Health & Safety services to office based SMEs and their ethos will align with our company values and culture. In order to improve the social economic and environmental wellbeing of the Coast to Capital region, only local suppliers will be considered.

Submission Instructions

Proposals should come to us in the form of a brief document which will include the following information:

• Contact details.
• Experience details for the person/company submitting the proposal.
• Track record of delivery of similar work.
• Details of how you meet our values.
• Which of the services you can provide
•  Fees for the person who will be delivering the service. Fees should include VAT.
• The earliest date you would be able to start. 

Fees should be presented as an hourly rate for each service and include any reductions in fees for any increased usage of services.

The successful applicant will be added to our preferred supplier list under a Master Service Agreement and will be reviewed after 12 months.

Coast to Capital may exercise the option to extend the terms of the MSA for a further 12 months. This is not a commitment by Coast to Capital.

Scoring of Tender Proposals

Tender proposals will be assessed on the following criteria:

Deliverability & Strategic Fit	40%
Alignment to our company values	30%
Value for money	30%

Scoring and selection will be based upon using the above weighting, along with the methodology which sits beneath it, to determine quality and value for money.

Methodology for scoring. Example: Alignment to our company values 30% (0-5) 0 = no consideration of company values, 3 = some consideration of company values demonstrated, 5 = detailed consideration of company values.

Submission Instructions

Please email your proposal to kristel.smith@coast2capital.org.uk by 5pm on 26 January 2021.

Timescales

This tendering opportunity will only be open for 1 week from 18 January to 26 January 2021.

We will contact you regarding the result of your tender application by 02 February 2021. 

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