Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 11 May 2026, 15:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lot 2. Reward Solutions including Salary Sacrifice and Vehicle Leasing

Authority: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: HealthTrust Europe LLP

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£145,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 31 Jul 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 2 yrsends 1 Dec 2028 · up to 1 Dec 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lot 2a covers programmes that enable employees to sacrifice a portion of their salary in exchange for a range of benefits. These schemes are designed to provide tax and National Insurance savings for both employees and employers. Typical benefits may include pension contributions, childcare vouchers, cycle-to-work schemes, and other perks that enhance overall employee wellbeing and retention.

Lot 2b focuses on car leasing services, with an emphasis on electric vehicles (EVs) and related infrastructure such as car charging solutions. The lot aims to facilitate environmentally friendly commuting options for employees by offering flexible leasing arrangements, access to EVs, and support for installation and management of charging points. This supports sustainability goals and promotes the adoption of greener transport alternatives.

CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Benefit services · Electric vehicles · Financial leasing services · Insurance services · Rechargers

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Dec 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 – 1 Dec 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 1 Dec 2030 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Lot 2. Reward Solutions including Salary Sacrifice and Vehicle Leasing” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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

How Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust buys Banking services (CPV 6611), and who usually turns up

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Banking services (CPV 6611) →

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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 buyerMid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust · all categories
The marketBanking services (CPV 6611) · UK-wide
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: 5 of 7 known-size awards · market: CPV 6611 · UK-wide, n=5
71%20%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

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.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no winner locations published · market: CPV 6611 · UK-wide, n=5
—80%

No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

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

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 3 decided notices · market: division 66 · UK-wide, n=20
18 days97 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 18 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: exactly 0 of 3 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 6611 · UK-wide, n=5
0 of 340%

Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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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 buyer12 lots with bid counts · all categories
25% had one bid
The market22 lots with bid counts · CPV 6611 · UK-wide
9% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid25% / 9%
Buyer: 3 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 2 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
2–333% / 14%
Buyer: 4 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
4–617% / 32%
Buyer: 2 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 22 lots with published bid counts.
7+25% / 45%
Buyer: 3 of 12 lots with published bid counts. Market: 10 of 22 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

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

On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.

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Assess each lot
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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 316824 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£145m

This lot is listed as CPV 3168. The table above uses the notice category.

Expected competition
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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 26 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet8% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 26 similar lots
1 bid8%
2 of 26 similar past lots received 1 bid (8%).
2–373%
19 of 26 similar past lots received 2–3 (73%).
4–612%
3 of 26 similar past lots received 4–6 (12%).
7+8%
2 of 26 similar past lots received 7+ (8%).
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.

—Priced at call-off
On a framework or DPS the price is agreed on each call-off, so there is no award price to forecast here: the published figure is a ceiling.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 May 2026, 15:42 BST
Last source update
14 May 2026, 10:24 BST
Authority reference
PR-5177
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-044252
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Administrative healthcare servicesBenefit servicesElectric vehiclesFinancial leasing servicesInsurance servicesRechargers
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0695f2 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

11 May 2026 → 1 Dec 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published166 days ago
    11 May 2026, 15:42 BST
  2. Latest notice published163 days ago
    14 May 2026, 10:24 BST
  3. Market engagement139 days ago
    7 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST

    We would like to invite you to participate in our pre-market engagement for the upcoming Recruitment, Reward & Retention Solutions framework due to launch at the end of 2026. This initiative aims to connect suppliers with a diverse customer base across the healthcare, public, private, and third sectors

    The framework will incorporate four independent elements, Recruitment Solutions (including applicant tracking, onboarding, and employee screening), Reward Solutions (employee benefits and car leasing), Retention Solutions (learning & development, managed service, training assessment), and Occupational Health Services & EAP. Sessions will take place in person or virtually.

    Organisations identified as having expertise in one or more of these areas are invited to join us for our premarket engagement sessions, where we’ll explore market analysis, service provision, commercials, compliance, software, social value, documentation, and support in depth. To submit expressions of interest, please email HealthTrust at [email protected], clearly indicating which lot your inquiry pertains to.

  4. Tender notice expected85 days ago
    31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    24 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 37 days
    1 Dec 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 May 2026
  1. Pipeline notice published
    11 May 2026, 15:42 BST
    UK1
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 May 2026, 10:24 BST
    UK2

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

Mid South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RAJ Nether Mayne, Basildon, East of England, SS16 5NLContact name, email, phone

Other public bodies

  • HealthTrust Europe LLPProcess contact pointProcuring entityOn 11th August 2021, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) published a contract notice for procurement partner services. HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) was selected to provide these services under the MSE Framework, including access to HTE's public sector frameworks. HTE is now conducting this procurement exercise as part of its services to the Customers under the MSE Framework.GB-COH: OC358224 Birmingham, West MidlandsContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure