Employee Support Services and Benefits

Official notice

Authority: Brighton and Hove City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ)

Awarded value£159,640published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 27 Jan 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Perkbox Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

EAP and staff benefits services to include 24/7 telephone support & telephone counselling, access to face to face/virtual counselling, wellbeing platforms & hub, self-help workbooks.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Direct Award call-off from the Procurement Services Framework managed by Kent County Council.

Delivery: South East

Extensions: 2 x 1 year

85100000 Health services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 2 Feb 2026, 10:52 GMT
Last source update: 2 Feb 2026, 10:52 GMT
Authority reference: Y21027
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-008834
Classification (CPV): Health services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0613ef Find a Tender

Why no open competition: New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: During research into providers that are able to provide both EAP services alongside staff benefits, it was found the Perkbox (formerly VivUp) were able to provide both, with an improvement to the service and in the timescales required.
BHCC will now be saving c£129k over the full life of the contract by combining the services. This was confirmed by researching existing pricing in contracts and comparisons to other framework agreements with Perkbox providing best value.
Perkbox have previously provided Brighton and Hove City Council with services above and beyond what was requested at no extra charge.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £159,6401 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jan 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Perkbox Ltd	£159,640 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 008834-2026-1 · Perkbox Ltd
Signed
27 Jan 2026
Value
£159,640
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Brighton and Hove City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityHealth GB-COH: OC420045 Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, South East, BN33BQContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Procurement Services FrameworksReview body Kent County Council

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Perkbox LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07355963 3 Dorset Rise, London, South East, EC4Y 8EN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.