How to win: HS2 OCS - Occupational Health Services (OHS)

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The occupational health specialist will be involved in the design stage to promote awareness and ensure occupational health risks are identified and eliminated/controlled during the design stage. Scope includes: 1) Occupational Health Service (OHS) provision for all Colas Rail's Staff Providing the Works. The OHS is accredited by the Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS), or independently audited, as agreed with the Project Manager, where accreditation by SEQOHS is not possible; 2) The Supplier provides a suitably qualified and experienced clinical occupational health professional in accordance with below list (point 3), to provide oversight and co-ordination of the OHS provision. The Supplier submits the name, relevant qualifications and experience of the proposed clinical occupational health professional to the Project Manager for acceptance. 3) Clinical and support staff meet the minimum qualifications as listed in the OHS Scope document. 4) The Supplier ensures a suitably qualified occupational clinical health professional attends and participates in a Health Leadership Forum (HLF). Please refer to

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Colas Rail Limited scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £100,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 12 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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