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title: "SPS-02366 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Welfare Services to Scottish Central Government"
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# SPS-02366 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Welfare Services to Scottish Central Government

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sps-02366-employee-assistance-programme-eap-and-welfare-services-to-scottish-central-gover-ocds-h6vhtk-0787e9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Prison Service: "SPS-02366 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Welfare Services to Scottish Central Government". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Prison Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-prison-service-GB-FTS-68977)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0787e9`

## 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/sps-02366-employee-assistance-programme-eap-and-welfare-services-to-scottish-central-gover-ocds-h6vhtk-0787e9#tl-md)

## Description
SPS is leading a collaborative procurement on behalf of approximately 40 Scottish public sector organisations (Collaborative Partners), representing a combined workforce of approximately 34,000 employees, to secure the provision of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
The Services are intended to support employees by providing access to confidential advice, guidance and supportive interventions to assist with personal and work-related issues that may impact health, wellbeing, attendance or performance.
The required Services include, but are not limited to:
-Telephone counselling and emotional support services;
-Information, advice and signposting services;
-Support and advice for carers;
-Management support services, including consultation and guidance for managers;
-Structured counselling interventions, delivered through face-to-face, telephone and digital channels as appropriate;
-Referral arrangements to specialist support services where required; and
-Trauma support services, including access to a dedicated trauma helpline and specialist post-traumatic incident support for employees affected by actual or potential exposure to traumatic events.
In addition, there is a requirement to provide Welfare Services to a number of the Collaborative Partners. The
Welfare Service shall include crisis intervention, welfare support services (including home visits where appropriate), advocacy services, and support in facilitating meetings on behalf of individuals where required.
The Welfare Service is intended to provide both direct support to employees experiencing personal, health, wellbeing or workplace difficulties and management information reporting to Human Resources representatives, in accordance with agreed governance arrangements and applicable confidentiality requirements.
The Services are expected to support the health, wellbeing and resilience of employees, whilst providing Collaborative Partners with access to appropriate management information to inform organisational wellbeing initiatives and service evaluation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85312400
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The SPS will commence this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a framework. Following publication of the Contract Notice, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) including the Single Procurement Document (Scotland) (SPD) will b...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F097178-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-14T15:14:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T17:33:39.748Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0787e9