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Published 9 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST
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Occupational Health Services & Employee Assistance Programme

Published value
£75,000
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
Open opportunity
planned
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Standard
Published delivery schedule
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
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
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    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. 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 published
    Eligibility:
    Not published

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
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 Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£150,000 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    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
    Based on 4 comparable awards · moderate evidence
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 98.3%
    Supplier Concentration
    Moderate Concentration
    North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS)Top vendor: 43.1% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £175,707,404Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 440 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £0Robust (n=440)
    Middle 50% of awards: £0 – £17,887 · 0% of the sector median for CPV 85
    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£75,730,850No published budget
    South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust4 wins£36,197,628No published budget
    Cumbria Health339 wins£35,230,710No published budget
    EVERYTURN SERVICES LTD2 wins£3,984,5600% (at budget)
    REFERRAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED1 win£2,954,500No 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%
    CPV sector evidence · 471 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 24,213 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 640 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    13 contracts£12,096,084,526At ceiling / not disclosed
    59 contracts£9,613,913,059At ceiling / not disclosed
    13 contracts£5,537,708,775At ceiling / not disclosed
    11 contracts£3,595,302,069At ceiling / not disclosed
    Barts Health NHS TrustCRN: N/A – NHS Trust
    16 contracts£3,453,013,003At ceiling / not disclosed
    16 contracts£2,933,363,592At ceiling / not disclosed
    39 contracts£2,893,246,280At ceiling / not disclosed
    6 contracts£2,711,962,948At ceiling / not disclosed
    17 contracts£2,505,604,267At ceiling / not disclosed
    15 contracts£2,375,960,101At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    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
    £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 methodStandard public procedureLegal basis
    CELEX · 32014L0024
    Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusplannedProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO covered{"GPA"}
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published9 Sept 2026, 11:47 BSTLast source update9 Sept 2026, 11:47 BST
    Estimated future notice1 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMTClassification (CPV)Health services
    Delivery area
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f577
    Timeline
    1. 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
    1. 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
    GB-COH-QHM
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    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published