Pre-market Engagement- [Network Rail- Health Cash Plans]

Description

This soft market testing document and questionnaire has been developed by Network Rail (NR) in advance of procuring a solution for the provision of Health Cash Plan services. NR wishes to incentivise the market to engage with the opportunity and contribute innovation, experience and delivery capability to the delivery of this service. In line with NR’s procurement principles, NR is committed to becoming an ‘informed’ client with excellent visibility and understanding of the market and the supply chains and customers operating within them. At this stage, pre-procurement, NR are committed to engaging with the industry to inform and refine the overall sourcing strategy. The purpose of this soft market testing is to: • Understand the markets capacity and capability to deliver Candidate Management Services • Provide potential suppliers the opportunity to give feedback to help inform the refinement of NR’s approach, • Obtain information from the market to understand the market perspective, The responses to this Questionnaire will be synthesised to identify key market themes, to be shared internally with key stakeholders, to both further inform the sourcing strategy and subsequent procurement process should it be commenced. This soft market testing is not itself a Call for Competition under any EU procurement process (whether pursuant to the Public Contracts regulations 2015, the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016, or otherwise). NR does not commit itself to commencing any such sourcing process. Lot 1: Network Rail are looking to introduce a Health Cash Plan to all employees to provide access to a wide range of health and wellbeing offerings which can be claimed back through the plan. Network Rail requires a health cash plan that is open to all employees, and their immediate dependents. There should be different levels of cover available to suit various budgets and healthcare needs. The scheme should offer 100% cashback on range of products (unless otherwise stipulated and up to a pre-advised maximum), including but not limited to the following: • Dental (including dental accident) • Optical • Hospital benefits (inc. parental stay, specialist consultation, inpatient stay, etc.) • Chiropody • Alternative therapies (inc. allergy testing, holistic therapies, massage treatment, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, etc.) • Physiotherapy, chiropractic, chiropody and podiatry treatments • Prescriptions • Maternity– antenatal appointments and adoption • Personal Accident Protection • Health screenings Please refer to Soft Market Engagement document for more information on the intended service requirement Additional information: NR is not liable for any costs, fees, or expenses incurred by any party in replying to or attending any PIN event. Any procurement of any services, supplies or works by NR will be carried out strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement Regulations.