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C0135 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Authority: The National Lottery Community Fund
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Fund wishes to provide employees with an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). This would allow colleagues to access assistance on personal matters, such as counselling, including options for as many sessions as required based on triage. Also to include different types of counselling, such as CBT, financial support, education and advice, legal support, GP services to include video and phone call options, and prescribing if necessary and mental health support, offered in a range of ways (online/in an app/in person). This is a key benefit for colleagues and will play a part in retaining valued colleagues whilst attracting new people to the Fund.
Direct award from ESPO 985B_23 Occupational Health Services Framework.
Total Contract term: 12 months + 12 months + 12 months.
Total Contract Value: up to and not exceeding 48,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT).
Initial 12-month Term Value: 16,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT).
Optional 12-month Extension 1 Value: 16,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT).
Optional 12-month Extension 2 Value: 16,000.00 GBP (excluding VAT).
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Buyer reference
- 20260610125502-157826
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Additional classifications 1: Reference
- 85312300
- Additional classifications 1: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 1: Description
- Guidance and counselling services
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision3 Jun 2026
- Notice published10 Jun 2026
- Contract starts26 Jun 2026
- Contract ends25 Jun 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- The National Lottery Community FundContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Optima Health UK LimitedSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-726c9718-ebb0-4b12-8537-3d34c86f41cc-2026-06-10T12:55:07+01:00
- Published
- 10 Jun 2026
- Latest update
- 10 Jun 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-726c9718-ebb0-4b12-8537-3d34c86f41cc
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-726c9718-ebb0-4b12-8537-3d34c86f41cc-1