AwardedAwarded 12 January 2026
Provision of Occupational Health (OH) Services for OH Physician Resource, OH Services for the OH Service and Specialist Service Referrals
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited · Central government
In brief
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited awarded healthcare work to Health Partners Group Limited and Optima Health UK Limited on 12 January 2026.
It is split into 2 lots, so a supplier can bid for part of the work.
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What the notice says
Lot 1 – Occupational Health Physicians, Occupational Health Services for the Occupational Health Service and Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessment & Neurodiversity Assessments. Occupational Health Physicians: OHP Attendance Management referrals OHP Preplacement referrals OHP Escalations from safety critical medicals Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) Tier 4 OHP Health Surveillance escalations (for example silica, welding fumes, noise) Ill Health Retirement referrals Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Group 2 Train Driver Medicals Strategic project work - for example developing and improving medical standards (Excludes Clinical Governance responsibilities) Case Conferences…Read the full description
Lot 1 – Occupational Health Physicians, Occupational Health Services for the Occupational Health Service and Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessment & Neurodiversity Assessments.
Occupational Health Physicians:
OHP Attendance Management referrals
OHP Preplacement referrals
OHP Escalations from safety critical medicals
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) Tier 4
OHP Health Surveillance escalations (for example silica, welding fumes, noise)
Ill Health Retirement referrals
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Group 2
Train Driver Medicals
Strategic project work - for example developing and improving medical standards (Excludes Clinical Governance responsibilities)
Case Conferences
Expert witness services
Occupational Health Services for the Occupational Health Service
Pre-placement health assessment processed by the NR Shared Service team where fitness to work reports will be provided within 1 working day of assessment. For clinical staff there is an additional requirement to schedule a face-to-face vision test [colour and peripheral vision] as part of the pre-placement process.
Performance and attendance management referrals - where attendance triggers have been met, there is a concern over the impact of a disability or where guidance in relation to the impact of health on performance is required.
Ill Health Retirement referrals.
Occupational Therapy Workplace Assessment & Neurodiversity Assessments:
Provide occupational therapist resource either from an inhouse resource or a Supplier network.
To assess the suitability of work duties and to gain a better understanding of the nature of the Network Rail employee’s work, assessing the physical, psychosocial, cognitive and communication demands of the job.
Lot 2 – Specialist referrals
The requirement of specialist consultations, scans, assessments &and x-ray services to determine fitness to work either as part of the competence specific medical.
Chest X-ray programme for Respiratory Crystalline Silica
Including x-ray, radiologist reporting & management information
Not including employee selection and case management
MRI
Cardiology consultation (Initial appointment}
Cardiology consultation (review appointment)
Cardiologist echocardiogram
Cardiologist Exercise stress test
24-hour ECG Holter monitoring
ECG Interpretation (Train Driver medical only)
Neurology consultancy
Electroencephalogram
Psychological Assessment
Psychiatric Assessment
HAVs Tier 5 assessment
Any other specialist service required.
Lots
| Lot | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 | — | — |
| Lot 2 | — | — |
Who won
| Winner | Lot | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Partners Group Limited 3 bids received | Lot 1 | £8,686,679 | Awarded 26 November 2025 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2033 |
| Optima Health UK Limited 2 bids received | Lot 2 | £1,721,060 | Awarded 26 November 2025 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2033 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract award notice · UK6, notice 077749-2025
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 016285-2026
About the buyer
Network Rail Infrastructure LimitedLast 12 months
Procurements
248Awards
83Suppliers it has used most for healthcare
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- Optima Health UK Limited1 contract
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From notice 077749-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 27 November 2025, last updated 23 February 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.