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title: "Department for Transport Group Employee Assistance Programme"
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# Department for Transport Group Employee Assistance Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/department-for-transport-group-employee-assistance-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-048305). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Department for Transport Group Employee Assistance Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £592,248 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048305`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/department-for-transport-group-employee-assistance-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-048305#tl-md)

## Description
This contract covers provision of an Employee Assistance Programme to the members of DfT-Group - namely:
1. Department for Transport Central (DfTc), including:
- Government Car Service (GCS)
- Active Travel England (ATE)
- Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB)
- Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB)
- Marine Accident investigation Branch (MAIB)
- Road Safety Investigation Branch (RSIB)
- Office of Zero Emissions (OZEV)
- Traffic Commissioners (ALB sponsored by DfT group)
2. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
3. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)
4. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
5. Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)
Provision of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service supports the
Department for Transport’s (DFT) health and wellbeing strategy, providing support
and advice to staff and managers when required.
The contract, which was awarded to PAM Wellbeing Limited after a further competition under CCS Framework RM6182, has an initial period of two years, culminating on 31st May 2026. It incorporates the option to extend for a maximum of a further two years, with extensions to be approved  in one year intervals.
The maximum contract value is £296,124 per year, with the option to uplift the contract by up to an additional £94,640 per year. Actual spend levels will be determined by demand for the service – and the maximum value incorporates significant contingency in case of increases in demand beyond what is anticipated.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Supplier shall provide the core mandatory requirements of an EAP service which shall include, but not be limited to:
-	Online Portal
-	Digital Services including Live Chat and a mobile phone application downloadable to personal devices.
-	Telepho...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 022553-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **PAM Wellbeing Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-161126`
  - Value: £592,248 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 022553-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £592,248
  - Signed Date: 16/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022553-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-19T15:10:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T08:13:13.365Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048305