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# Employee Assistance Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/employee-assistance-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0454ca). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Employee Assistance Programme: "Employee Assistance Programme". Published status: cancelled. Published Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 May 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Employee Assistance Programme](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/employee-assistance-programme-GB-FTS-114489)
- **Published Value:** £200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 May 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Company health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/employee-assistance-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0454ca#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0454ca`

## 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-ocds-h6vhtk-0454ca#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofhertfordshire%2Faspx%2FHelp)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/employee-assistance-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0454ca#participate

## Description
The University of Hertfordshire is conducting a tender exercise in order to set up a contract for the provision of the Employee Assistance Programme. The contract will run from the 1st August 2024 for three (3) years until 31st July 2027.  At the end of the first three years, the University will have an option to extend for a further two years in twelve month increments.  This is subject to satisfactory performance of the contract. All University policies and regulations relating to information, security, data management, systems and service, will apply to all contracts resulting from this tender. The contractor will provide the service using qualified staff to provide support and guidance to University staff.  Update: Following a review of the Invitation to Tender documentation and the specification, the University of Hertfordshire has elected to abort this tender exercise to refine these elements further.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 85147000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** The contractor will provide the service using qualified staff to provide support and guidance to University staff.  The service will include (but is not limited to):-	One off (ad-hoc) telephone or e-counselling.-	Structured telephone counselling (STC...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Employee Assistance Programme (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `016348-2024-24003-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016348-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-23T14:00:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:58:10.948Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0454ca