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Published 9 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure
Occupational Health Services & Employee Assistance Programme
NHS & Healthcare
services
GPA Covered: {"GPA"}
Health services
Published value
£75,000
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
Lots published
1
Contract duration
Standard
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal
What is being bought & procurement scope
Procurement Scope & Specification
Executive Summary: NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD: "Occupational Health Services & Employee Assistance Programme". Published status: planned. Published value: £75,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Official Requirement Description:
NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) is seeking market feedback to inform the future design and delivery of an integrated Occupational Health (OH) and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for its workforce. NENC ICB is issuing this prior Information Notice (PIN) as a market engagement exercise Request for Information (RFI) to gather information on the market landscape.
This is a market landscape exercise only and is not a guarantee of a future provider selection process and/or contract.
The RFI on-line questionnaire should be submitted by no later than 23 September 2026 by 5pm .
The NENC084 RFI will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome
It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection.
Should you have any queries, or problems registering on the portal, please contact the Atamis helpdesk via:
[email protected] or phone number 0800 0988201
The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday 08.00 am - 06.00 pm
Lots and requirements (1)
Procurement Structure
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplannedPublished valueNot publishedNHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) is seeking market feedback to inform the future design and delivery of an integrated Occupational Health (OH) and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for its workforce. This indicative scope for this service covers Core Occupational Health Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) & Psychological Support Mental health and psychological wellbeing MSK, Rehabilitation & Prevention Health, wellbeing and prevention Digital, Data & Service Access Attendance and organisational support. Equality, inclusion and access The Intended Outcomes for this service are • Improved employee health, wellbeing, attendance and productivity. • Timely, equitable and confidential access to evidence-based support. • Clear, pragmatic and actionable clinical advice for managers and HR. • Enhanced manager capability and improved employee experience. • Reliable workforce health intelligence to support strategic decision-making. • Compliance with relevant statutory, professional, clinical governance and information governance requirements. • A high-quality, sustainable and value-for-money service model. Additional information: Any future opportunity is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. It is important to note that this RFI is not a call for competition and as such you will need to express your interest in any future opportunity once the contract notice is published on Find a Tender Service. It should also be noted that this RFI invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this RFI exercise only, and it is NOT a pre-qualification questionnaire, and is NOT part of any pre-qualification or selection process. This RFI is intended as an awareness, communication, and information gathering exercise. An expression of interest is no indication of a commitment to participate in the RFI process nor does it infer any preferential or special status on those individuals and organisations who express an interest in the RFI exercise.Contract period:Not publishedEligibility:Not published
Qualification snapshot & criteria
Go / No-Go Decision Box
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS)Holds 43.1% of historical attributable spend
Moderate ConcentrationEntry requirements & qualification
Turnover Benchmark
Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
Accreditations & Security Vetting
Published track record for NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Avg price drop
1.2%Moderate
Competition Density
1Bids / Report (median)
Supplier Concentration
Published spend
£175,707,404Historical spend
Typical award value
£0Robust (n=440)
Awarded spend by half-year
2024-H2
2025-H1
2025-H2
2026-H1
2026-H2
Methodology & coverage notes (440 active published awards)
Coverage: 440 active published awards; 420 bid reports (which may be per lot); 440 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable Value | Avg. Price Discount |
|---|---|---|---|
| North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) | 1 win | £75,730,850 | No published budget |
| South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust | 4 wins | £36,197,628 | No published budget |
| Cumbria Health | 339 wins | £35,230,710 | No published budget |
| EVERYTURN SERVICES LTD | 2 wins | £3,984,560 | 0% (at budget) |
| REFERRAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | 1 win | £2,954,500 | No published budget |
Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar
CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
Observed CPV-sector evidence
Prepared 9 Sept 2026, 13:26 BST
Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
Median Winning Discount
0%
Typical Bids Received
1reported bids
Decision Velocity
~54 days
Notice Stability
Stable notice
Historical Incumbency: Knowle House Surgery has won 333 previous contracts with this contracting authority in this sector.
Procurement history indicates repeat engagement with this buyer in this sector. All public competitions remain open to qualifying tenderers under UK procurement regulations.
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
Supplier | Awards won | Total awarded value | Avg. winning discount |
|---|---|---|---|
ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITEDCRN: 01245534 | 13 contracts | £12,096,084,526 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
Eville and Jones (GB) LimitedCRN: PHXH-2391-YMLX | 59 contracts | £9,613,913,059 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
| 13 contracts | £5,537,708,775 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 11 contracts | £3,595,302,069 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
Barts Health NHS TrustCRN: N/A – NHS Trust | 16 contracts | £3,453,013,003 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
| 16 contracts | £2,933,363,592 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITEDCRN: 09072343 | 39 contracts | £2,893,246,280 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
| 6 contracts | £2,711,962,948 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 17 contracts | £2,505,604,267 | At ceiling / not disclosed | |
| 15 contracts | £2,375,960,101 | At ceiling / not disclosed |
Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
Published procedure | Published value | Matching evidence |
|---|---|---|
Clinical Support Information and Pathway Implementation for the North Area Integrated Care PartnershipNHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 8 Sept 2026, 15:27 BST | £1,000,000 | same CPV family same authority same region |
North Cumbria Acute Respiratory Infection ServicesNHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 3 Sept 2026, 16:16 BST | £636,984 | same CPV family same authority |
NENC ICB Central Acute Respiratory Infection Service (Temporary/Winter Pressures) Most Suitable Provider ProcessNHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · 3 Sept 2026, 14:37 BST | Value not published | same CPV family same authority |
Development of an Autism StrategyMiddlesbrough Council · 8 Sept 2026, 18:40 BST | £50,000 | same CPV family same region similar value band |
De Montfort University market engagement: Employee Assistance Programme and Employee Occupational Health ServicesDE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY · 14 Nov 2025, 17:09 GMT | £432,000 | same CPV family same region matching published text |
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.
Procedure terms & legal framework
| Procedure method | Standard public procedure | Legal basis | CELEX · 32014L0024 | Procurement category | services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notice status | planned | Procurement threshold | Sub-threshold | Regulatory regime | Standard commercial regime |
| Commercial structure | Stand-alone contract (No framework) | Competition type | Competitive procedure | GPA WTO covered | {"GPA"} |
| Recurring procurement | No (One-off requirement) | First published | 9 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST | Last source update | 9 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST |
| Estimated future notice | 1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT | Classification (CPV) | Health services | ||
| Delivery area | |||||
| Official Registry OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-06f577 | ||||
Timeline
- Procedure published
9 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST
Commercial outcome and contract awards
Awards (0)No award published |
Contracts (0)No contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Notice history
From official release and amendment events
- Official notice release published
9 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
Contracting authority
NHS & Healthcare
Official Documents & Specifications (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
No linked documents are published