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Employee Benefits Platform for SCC employees.

SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL

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10 Sep 2026 at 16:20

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Summary of the contracting process

Southampton City Council procured an employee benefits platform for its employees. The service sits within business and management support, business-related services and physical wellbeing services, covering the provision and management of employee benefits through a digital platform. Delivery is for the Council and its workforce in Southampton, England. The procurement was made by Southampton City Council as the buying organisation. The requirement is a service rather than goods or construction, and is intended to support employee benefits and wellbeing provision at council level. It is therefore relevant to providers of managed employee benefits platforms, employee engagement services, workplace wellbeing programmes and related business support, particularly those able to serve a public-sector workforce.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 2 September 2026 to SME HCI Ltd, trading as Perkbox. It used a selective call-off from ESPO Framework 319_23 Employee Benefits, Lot 1 Managed Services, rather than an open standalone tender. The award value is £0 GBP. The awarded contract period runs from 1 November 2026 to 30 October 2028. The tender submission deadline was 1 September 2026 at 23:59. The opportunity was suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Evaluation was conducted through the framework call-off process; the published procurement information does not set out separate scoring criteria. The selected supplier is recorded as active and the tender status is complete.

This award shows Southampton City Council’s demand for a managed employee benefits platform combining employee benefits administration with workplace wellbeing and related business services. A future competitor would need a mature digital platform, reliable service management and the capacity to support a council-wide workforce over a multi-year public-sector contract. Relevant strengths would include a broad employee benefits proposition, clear employee access and engagement tools, dependable implementation and account management, and demonstrable delivery of physical or wider workplace wellbeing services. Because this purchase was made through an ESPO managed-services framework, suppliers seeking comparable work with this buyer would also need an appropriate route to framework call-offs and the governance, reporting and service assurance expected in public-sector delivery.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Employee Benefits Platform for SCC employees.

Notice Description

Employee benefits platform for Southampton City Council employees. This was procured using ESPO Framework Reference 319_23 Employee Benefits Lot 1 Managed Services.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-40e22a87-420d-4106-9107-2eb1270664ba
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e566e711-593f-4229-886c-ee2ae4c5195c
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services

98330000 - Physical well-being services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Sep 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
2 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
1 Nov 2026 - 30 Oct 2028 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SOUTHAMPTON
Postcode
SO14 7LY
Postcode Area
Southampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ32 Southampton
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Southampton
Electoral Ward
Bargate
Westminster Constituency
Southampton Itchen

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SME HCI Ltd

Further Information

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