Department for Work and Pensions - National Centre for Working Age Health & Well-Being
The Cross-Government Health Work and Well-Being Strategy Unit* wishes to commission the services of an existing organisation (or a collaboration of organisations) to establish a National Centre for Working Age Health and Well-Being.
The key aim of the National Centre is to strengthen the evidence base on working age health and well-being and to communicate this in an accessible way to aid Government in evidence based policy making and stakeholders in implementing that policy.
Once established, it will report to a high level Government led Board which will determine the Centre’s strategic direction and focus. The National Centre has an agreed set of core objectives which are detailed in full in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Instructions. The supplier’s performance and effectiveness in delivering these key objectives will be gauged via a bi-annual independent evaluation process.
Bidders will be expected to demonstrate how they would set up and staff the Centre to create the country’s leading and most trusted and authoritative health, work and well-being observatory with an established web presence and (secondary) research output by the end of the first year. This should include the development of a comprehensive best practice database; the marketing and communication of high quality collated research; the dissemination of data and specific papers to key user groups and the enunciation of clear, evidence-based guidelines to support the implementation and evaluation of policy and interventions.
Given the limited time which the Centre has to make an impact the bidder must show it has an existing organisational infrastructure in place, which is capable of delivering the outputs required.
Organisations and individuals are invited to register their interest by completing a first stage PQQ for return by noon Monday 22nd March 2010.
To receive a copy of the PQQ and supporting instructions, please email:
