Official UK procurement notice
GMCA 1978 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Services
Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Awarded value£36,970published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Health Assured Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionComprises an online/telephone/in-person counselling service available to all employees and their immediate family 24/7, 365 days per year.
Advice and support include, but are not limited, to medical concerns, mental health, housing, alcohol/drugs, childcare, stress/anxiety, gambling, financial wellbeing, etc.
CPV: Guidance and counselling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
Direct Award under YPO Framework 1101: Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme Framework (Lot 2).
- Extensions
- 12-month extension option
85312300 Guidance and counselling 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 15:44 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 15:44 BST
- Authority reference
GMCA 1978- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778e2
- Why no open competition
- No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
- Published justification
- Compliant direct award under YPO Framework 1101: Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme Framework (Lot 2).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £36,9701 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Assured Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 090267-2026-1 · Health Assured Ltd
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2026
- Value
- £36,970
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Health Assured LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.