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Published 5 Aug 2025, 11:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

THRS - Flexible Employee Benefits

Official notice

Authority: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: HealthTrust Europe LLP

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Mar 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 2 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The scope of this framework agreement includes the provision of a comprehensive range of flexible employment benefits including salary sacrifice schemes either as a managed service solution under Lot 1a, or as a suite of specific employee benefit schemes (one or more employment benefits) under Lot 1b. The framework also includes the provision of a salary sacrifice scheme for Personal Vehicle Leasing (with access to environmentally friendly vehicle options such as Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) and Electric Vehicles (EVs) under Lot 2

CPV: Benefit services · Motor vehicles · Presents and rewards

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
2 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 1 Aug 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 2 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2028 (2 yrs) · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “THRS - Flexible Employee Benefits” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
5 Aug 2025, 11:01 BST
Last source update
5 Aug 2025, 11:01 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046021
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Benefit servicesMotor vehiclesPresents and rewards
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058149 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

5 Aug 2025 → 1 Aug 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    5 Aug 2025, 11:01 BST
  2. Tender notice expected240 days ago
    1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Contract starts88 days ago
    1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Pipeline notice published
    5 Aug 2025, 11:01 BST
    UK1

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Mid South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-NHS: RAJ Nether Mayne, Basildon, East of England, SS16 5NLContact name, email, phone

Other public bodies

  • HealthTrust Europe LLPProcess contact pointProcuring entityOn 11th August 2021, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSE) published a contract notice for procurement partner services. HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) was selected to provide these services under the MSE Framework, including access to HTE's public sector frameworks. HTE is now conducting this procurement exercise as part of its services to the Customers under the MSE Framework.GB-COH: OC358224 Birmingham, West MidlandsContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender