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Published 17 Apr 2026, 10:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Health Cash Plan with Employee Assistance Programme

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Torus62 Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Planned pipeline value£375,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 15 May 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 May 2029 · up to 1 May 2030 with extensions · starts 1 May 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The aim of the procurement will be to deliver a Procurement Act 2023 (PA23) compliant sourcing process to commission a suitably experienced supplier to provide an employer funded Health Cash Plan with Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for up to 1,800 employees.

CPV: Health insurance services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 May 2027 – 1 May 2029 (2 yrs) · up to 1 May 2030 with extensions
Delivery: North West
Extensions: Extension options published
66512200 Health insurance services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Torus62 Limited buys Insurance services (CPV 6651), and who usually turns up

Torus62 Limited’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Insurance services (CPV 6651) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerTorus62 Limited · division 66
The marketInsurance services (CPV 6651) · North West England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 5 known-size awards · market: CPV 6651 · North West England, n=51
0%2%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in North West England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 1 known-location awards · market: CPV 6651 · North West England, n=67
0 of 112%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North West England.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: CPV 6651 · North West England, n=16
—60 days

Half of these awards were announced within 60 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 procurements with awards; rival share unknown · market: CPV 6651 · North West England, n=53
—43%

Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer6 lots with bid counts · broad CPV 66
0% had one bid
The market44 lots with bid counts · CPV 6651 · North West England
9% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid0% / 9%
Buyer: 0 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 4 of 44 lots with published bid counts.
2–350% / 59%
Buyer: 3 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 26 of 44 lots with published bid counts.
4–633% / 30%
Buyer: 2 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 13 of 44 lots with published bid counts.
7+17% / 2%
Buyer: 1 of 6 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 44 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer1 lot with estimate and award · broad CPV 66 · too few to chart
The market15 lots with estimate and award · CPV 6651 · North West England
73% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate73%
Market: 11 of 15 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%13%
Market: 2 of 15 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate13%
Market: 2 of 15 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 665124 monthsPublished estimate£375k
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 44 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet9% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 44 similar lots
1 bid9%
4 of 44 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).
2–359%
26 of 44 similar past lots received 2–3 (59%).
4–630%
13 of 44 similar past lots received 4–6 (30%).
7+2%
1 of 44 similar past lots received 7+ (2%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £375k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Apr 2026, 10:22 BST
Last source update
13 May 2026, 15:56 BST
Authority reference
TOR0629
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-044084
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Health insurance services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0684e3 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Apr 2026 → 1 May 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published188 days ago
    17 Apr 2026, 10:22 BST
  2. Market engagement174 days ago
    1 May 2026, 23:59 BST

    This notice is issued for information purposes only to inform the market of a forthcoming procurement opportunity.

    The contracting authority intends to undertake a competitive procurement exercise under the Procurement Act 2023 to appoint a provider for an employer-funded Health Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for up to 1,800 employees.

    The purpose of this notice is to raise awareness and allow potential suppliers to prepare for the upcoming opportunity. No formal procurement process is being commenced at this stage.

    It is anticipated that a Tender Notice will be published 1st May 2026.

    No pre-market engagement events are currently planned.

  3. Latest notice published162 days ago
    13 May 2026, 15:56 BST
  4. Tender notice expected160 days ago
    15 May 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 190 days
    1 May 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Apr 2026, 10:22 BST
    UK2
  2. Pipeline notice published
    13 May 2026, 15:56 BST
    UK1
  3. Published value published: £375,000
    13 May 2026, 15:56 BST
  4. Status changed to planned
    13 May 2026, 15:56 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    13 May 2026, 15:56 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    13 May 2026, 15:56 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

TORUS62 LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RS007826 · GB-PPON: PJJV-4784-DLLH 4 Corporation Street, Helena Central, St. Helens, Merseyside, North West, WA9 1LDContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure