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Occupational Health and Employment Assistance

Care Quality Commission

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

29 Sep 2026 at 12:43

Award Notice
Award

29 Jul 2026 at 09:37

Award Notice
Tender

30 Aug 2024 at 10:40

Tender Notice
Planning

04 May 2023 at 09:33

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) procured occupational health and employee assistance programme services for its workforce. The scope covers occupational health and related clinical services, including pathology and blood testing, audiology, medical and nursing services, physiotherapy and optical services, alongside guidance, counselling and rehabilitation. Delivery is centred on the UCLH Occupational Health & Wellbeing Department at John Astor House, Foley Street, London. The procurement was run through Crown Commercial Service’s occupational health and related services purchasing arrangement, which provides a route for public bodies to buy these services. This requirement is relevant to providers able to combine workplace health support with employee assistance and access to a range of clinical and wellbeing disciplines.

The procurement is complete and resulted in two active awards for the same requirement: People Asset Management Limited and Spire Occupational Health Limited were selected as suppliers. The contract with People Asset Management was signed on 24 July 2026; Spire Occupational Health’s contract was signed on 2 September 2026 and has a recorded value of £396,655. The overall estimated procurement value was £220 million, but this was an estimate for the wider purchasing arrangement, not a guaranteed amount of business. The arrangement used a restricted procedure and a further competition under a dynamic purchasing system. Quality carried 70% of the evaluation and price 30%. The contract period for the lot was 1,500 days, and contract renewal is permitted. Three and five bids are reported for the lot in separate bid statistics.

This award shows that the CQC buys occupational health and employee assistance together, with a broad clinical offer extending from testing and audiology to physiotherapy, counselling and rehabilitation. A credible competitor would need the capacity to deliver these complementary services for a public-sector workforce and to provide appropriately qualified staff; bidders were required to give staff names and qualifications. Cyber Essentials compliance was required for services under and connected with the procurement, and suppliers needed to meet its technical requirements. The work was competed through a Crown Commercial Service dynamic purchasing arrangement, so familiarity with its supplier qualification and further-competition route would be valuable. The awards went to one large supplier and one SME, and the bid statistics record participation by SMEs, indicating that this type of requirement can be served by organisations of different sizes, provided they can meet the service and assurance requirements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Occupational Health and Employment Assistance

Notice Description

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) require provision of Occupational Health (OH) and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This procurement was undertaken through the CCS Occupational Health and Related Services DPS (RM6296), Lot 1 Occupational Health and Related Services DPS, following the Further Competition process.

Renewal: Buyers may enter into a contract with a Supplier for a period of their determining which may exceed the RM6296 Occupational Health and Related Services DPS, should this agreement be terminated at any time. The flexibility of the contracting period allows Buyers to determine appropriate contracting timelines required to enable the Supplier to meet Buyers needs.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c62e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091837-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic, Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85100000 - Health services

85111800 - Pathology services

85111810 - Blood analysis services

85121240 - ENT or audiologist services

85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

85141000 - Services provided by medical personnel

85141200 - Services provided by nurses

85141220 - Advisory services provided by nurses

85142100 - Physiotherapy services

85160000 - Optician services

85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

85312310 - Guidance services

85312320 - Counselling services

85312500 - Rehabilitation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£220,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£396,655 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Sep 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
27 Oct 20283 years to go
Future Notice Date
2 Dec 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Care Quality Commission
Additional Buyers

Crown Commercial Service

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE1 4PA
Postcode Area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC43 Tyneside
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Monument
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

People Asset Management Ltd

Spire Occupational Health

Further Information

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