UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

This preliminary market engagement notice has been issued by Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority also known as Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS). The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is for LFRS to connect with suppliers of Vehicle Telematics System that are currently available on the market. We invite interest from suppliers to provide product information and engage in demonstrations of how their existing solutions will meet our present and future requirements. LFRS are seeking to: • Develop the Authority's requirements and approach to the possible procurement of a Vehicle Telematics System. • Identify suppliers that may be able to supply the services required. • Build capacity among suppliers in relation to the contract being awarded. This is not a call for competition and failure to participate will not exclude any providers from any future tender process, nor does this notice guarantee that any future tender will take place. No providers will be either advantaged or disadvantaged by participating and any resulting tender will be advertised on the appropriate electronic platform/s for all to view. Any contract would be expected to be awarded to a single supplier. The Contract Term would be for an initial period of three years with the option to extend by up to two 12-month extension periods (The maximum term of the contract being five years). Estimated dates provided within the Find a Tender notice are based on earliest possible dates to award a contract. It is anticipated that the system implementation will run concurrently with the existing hardware and software as a phased migration. It is vital that LFRS work with a viable and credible supplier who has the track record, and professional discretion to deliver the required solution and services that will enable LFRS to meet its current and future goals and business needs.

This preliminary market engagement notice has been issued by Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Combined Fire Authority also known as Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS). The purpose of this preliminary market engagement is for LFRS to connect with suppliers of Occupational Health systems that are currently available on the market. We invite interest from suppliers to provide product information and engage in demonstrations of how their existing solutions will meet our present and future requirements. Overview of Requirement Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has around 700 employees, including 490 operational staff. The Occupational Health department helps Leicestershire and Rescue Service ensure that its working practices do not have a negative impact on its employees' health, and that an employee's health does not impact their ability to perform their roles. This includes looking at both the mental and physical health of our workforce through different activities, including: - Health screening for potential new employees - Health surveillance of existing employees in line with relevant HSE legislation and requirements - Periodic physical fitness testing for all operational personnel - Management referrals in relation to sickness absence - Self referrals for employee support including counselling and physiotherapy - Immunisations where required The Occupational Health department employs six full time members of staff and procures the services of healthcare professionals including doctors and nurses. Further information can be obtained from the website https://www.leics-fire.gov.uk Requirement Details The Occupational Health department requires an Occupational Health system to conduct the following tasks and activities: - Diary management for the Scheduling of in-house appointments including automated reminders by e-mail/text messaging - Recording and monitoring of health surveillance data - Interface with spirometry (currently MIR Spirolab A23) and audiometry devices (currently Amplivox CA850) - Management of referrals and generation of management referral reports - Generate reports on activities for the service - The system must comply with UK legislation and good practice for data protection - Existing occupational health records from the existing OH system particularly relating to health surveillance will need to be migrated to the new system - It would be desirable for the system to have the capability of an electronic questionnaire for recording fitness data - It would be desirable for the system to have the ability for scheduled reports or APIs to enable automated reporting of statistics to the organisation's data warehouse (PowerBI) - It would be desirable for the system to have the ability to integrate with either the organisation's HR system (FireWatch by Infographics) or Azure Entra (Active Directory) to enable the OH system to automatically update to reflect the organisation's employee changes to establishment - starters, changes of role, and leavers Volumes Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service requires a total of seven licenses for the Occupational Health team. Access for fit forms and management reports may be required by managers.