Official UK procurement notice
Market Engagement - Occupational Health & EAP
Authority: Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NHS & healthcare)
Market engagement relating to Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programmes. The current specification can be found in Appendix C and the activity schedule can be found in Appendix D within the documents section on Atamis.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMarket engagement relating to Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programmes.
CPV: Company health services · Health services
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The current specification can be found in Appendix C and the activity schedule can be…Planned
The current specification can be found in Appendix C and the activity schedule can be found in Appendix D within the documents section on Atamis.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health services (CPV 8510) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in East of England.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 41 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid15%
2–336%
4–637%
7+12%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate41%
Within ±2%53%
Above estimate5%
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1The current specification can be found in Appendix C and the activity schedule can be…CPV 8510Published estimate£1.5m
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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 81 past lots.
1 bid15%
2–336%
4–637%
7+12%
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Nov 2026, 14:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2026, 14:27 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107598- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07baa8Find a Tender
Publisher note: As part of this pre-tender strategy EPUT is undertaking preliminary market engagement to improve its understanding of the market for Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services and to inform any future procurement activity. We are therefore asking for assistance through completion of the questionnaire (Appendix A). <br/><br/>The purpose of the PIN is to gauge interest and connect with providers within this market-place to better understand market interest, capability and capacity to deliver the requirements. Responses will be used for information and planning purposes only. They will not be scored or evaluated as tenders. EPUT welcomes responses from private-sector providers, NHS organisations and other suitably qualified providers.<br/><br/>The Contracting Authority reserves the right to not proceed to tender or at its absolute discretion to amend it at the time of issue of any further notice or notices or at any other time.<br/><br/>The questionnaire will run Atamis. To login or register please visit:<br/>https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/ProSpend__CustomCommunitiesLogin?locale=uk<br/><br/>How to access the Questionnaire on the portal:<br/>- To Express an Interest in this market engagement, search and Select contract reference – C489817 - Market Engagement – Occupational Health & EAP<br/>- Please complete the questionnaire within the requirements section.<br/>- Suppliers can contact the Atamis helpdesk at -<br/>[email protected] or by calling 0800 9956035 for technical assistance when completing responses<br/><br/>The closing time and date for the return of your responses are 12.00pm on 4th December 2026. Responses received after this date may be considered at EPUTs discretion. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest and participation.
How it was run
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Timeline
12 Nov 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 2 dates- Notice published19h ago12 Nov 2026, 14:27 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 79 days1 Feb 2027
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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