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title: "Provision of Confidential Counselling Services"
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# Provision of Confidential Counselling Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-confidential-counselling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02fcd5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS Lanarkshire: "Provision of Confidential Counselling Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £156,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Jan 2022, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS Lanarkshire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-lanarkshire-GB-FTS-2456)
- **Published Value:** £156,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 January 2022 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Counselling services, Guidance and counselling services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM8
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £332,500 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-confidential-counselling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02fcd5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02fcd5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-confidential-counselling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02fcd5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-confidential-counselling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02fcd5#participate

## Description
Part of NHS Lanarkshire Health Board (“the Board”), Salus Occupational Health, Safety & Return to Work Services provides a range of Occupational Health Services to all NHS Lanarkshire Staff. Confidential counselling services are currently provided to the staff of NHS Lanarkshire through this contract with a sole supplier which is now approaching the end of its final extension term. Salus are therefore looking to appoint a sole supplier to this contract that will provide a continued, equal level of service to NHS Lanarkshire staff. (“the Service”). This counselling provision will be specifically for the employees of NHS Lanarkshire (10,300 WTE).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85312300
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £156,000
- **Description:** Part of NHS Lanarkshire Health Board (“the Board”), Salus Occupational Health, Safety & Return to Work Services provides a range of Occupational Health Services to all NHS Lanarkshire Staff. Confidential counselling services are currently provided to...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008449-2022-NHSL293-21-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Talking Rooms**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-48291`
  - Value: £332,500 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008449-2022-NHSL293-21-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £332,500
  - Signed Date: 25/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008449-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-29T14:59:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:29:35.158Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02fcd5