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Published 8 Jun 2023, 11:23 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CO0346 Employee Assistance Programme

Official notice

Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Published estimate£351,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 Jul 2023awarded 1 Aug 2023
Awarded to Vita Health Wellness Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

At Essex County Council (ECC) we are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our people. We strive to enable the right environment, conditions, and behaviours so individual and organisational wellbeing is embedded in everything we do.

The purpose of our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provision is to provide confidential and professional support to employees who may be experiencing personal or work-related issues. This will be offering counselling, guidance, and resources for a range of challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, financial or legal issues, and more.

We are seeking a Provider to deliver an EAP service within ECC as a crucial aspect of our broader wellbeing offer, to ensure that our employees have access to timely and effective support to help them cope with personal and work-related challenges, and ultimately, maintain a healthy and productive workforce.

CPV: Company health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£351,000
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: There are options to extend for a total period of up to 36 months.Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 55%Price: 40%Social value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Social Value: 5
  • Quality: 55
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Jun 2023, 11:23 BST
Last source update
20 Aug 2026, 11:34 BST
Award evaluation window
10 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN669025
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079371
Classification (CPV)
Company health services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d4ac Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
10 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Jul 2023, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com ↗

Timeline

10 Jul 2023 → 20 Aug 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 Jul 2023, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published63 days ago
    20 Aug 2026, 11:34 BST

Notice history

1 event · 5 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Aug 2023, 14:28 BST
Published amendments (3 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextII.2.12Tenders must be presented in the form of electronic catalogues or include an electronic catalogue—
—TextDEFAULT——
—TextDate of conclusion of the contract · V.2.11 August 202331 August 2028

Utilisation of available extension period making the contract end date 31 August 2026

2 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2023-06: 2 releases · 8 Jun 2023, 20 Jun 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £79,8761 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 65 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Vita Health Wellness Ltd£79,876 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Essex County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, East of England, CM1 1QHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court , Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.