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title: "EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (EAP) SERVICES"
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# EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (EAP) SERVICES

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/employee-assistance-programme-eap-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05cfec). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Devon and Cornwall Police: "EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (EAP) SERVICES". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Devon and Cornwall Police](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/devon-and-cornwall-police-GB-PPON-PJZW-2866-PYJW)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Guidance and counselling services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/employee-assistance-programme-eap-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05cfec#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05cfec`

## 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/employee-assistance-programme-eap-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05cfec#tl-md)

## Description
Avon & Somerset Police, Devon & Cornwall Police, Dorset Police, Gloucestershire Police and Wiltshire Police have a Contract for an EAP Service in place which expires on 30th June 2026. 
The South West Police Procurement Service (SWPPS), on behalf of Avon & Somerset Police, Devon & Cornwall Police, Dorset Police, Gloucestershire Police and Wiltshire Police, are currently undertaking early market engagement and considering various route to market options in order to run a successful procurement process for their future EAP Service requirements. 
The primary purpose of the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is to provide rapid short-term access to welfare assistance and support to Staff and their Families.  Psychological absence is one of the Forces’ largest areas for absence, and therefore requires a proactive and reactive approach, both at work and home whilst also reducing short term and long-term absenteeism for the Forces. Support is required in the following areas:
	Personal matters - health, relationships, family, financial, emotional, anxiety, alcohol, drugs, legal information (signposting only inline with HMRC Guidelines - https://www.gov.uk/expenses-and-benefits-counselling) and other related issues.
	Work matters - work demands, working relationships, personal and interpersonal skills, work/life balance, stress and other related issues.
Forces currently use a 6-session model for counselling (which offers individuals both virtual and in-person face to face counselling options); whereby the individual is entitled to receive one set of structured counselling sessions (up to 6-sessions) per issue, per year. Couples counselling is a separate entitlement of up to 8-sessions in any 12-month period. 
The purpose of the Prior Information Notice (PIN) is for early engagement with the market prior to undertaking a formal tender process which is anticipated to commence in the coming months. Through this market engagement we wish to openly consult with the wider marketplace to share our requirements and gather information whilst also providing information on our current position. We are seeking input from the supply market to inform our requirements, to help refine our specification for the services and help inform out procurement strategy and route to market. 
If you are interested in supporting SWPPS with this engagement, please respond to this PIN to hannah.whiting@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk, and you will be emailed a pre-market engagement questionnaire, which includes some customer background information. The closing date for expressions of interest is Friday 7th November 2025.
SWPPS are committed to ensuring fairness, openness and transparency, and to follow the Procurement Act 2023. The PIN is issued solely for the purpose of conducting pre-procurement market testing and engagement. Interested parties will not be prejudiced or advantaged by any response or lack thereof to the PIN. This PIN does not constitute a call for competition to pro...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/employee-assistance-programme-eap-services-ocds-h6vhtk-05cfec)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85312300

- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2026 to 30/06/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066773-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-20T13:55:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T05:34:41.326Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05cfec