Award

T23-061CRO Provision of Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Services for DCSDC Employees - Re Issued

DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

20 May 2025 at 10:17

Tender

07 Jun 2023 at 10:15

Award

04 May 2023 at 15:49

Tender

04 May 2023 at 13:11

Summary of the contracting process

The recent procurement by the Derry City and Strabane District Council resulted in the awarding of contracts under the title "T23-061CRO Provision of Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Services for DCSDC Employees - Re Issued." The bidding process, which utilised an open procedure governed by PCR 2015, has seen both lots awarded and the contract signed on 20 May 2025. This initiative falls within the accident and health insurance services category, specifically focusing on employee health care and assistance programs. Given the regional scope of delivery focused on the United Kingdom (region UKN0A), the procurement has reached completion, underscored by competitive bidding. Key roles were played by the contracting authority, Derry City and Strabane District Council, in facilitating the seamless service transition for approximately 1,000 staff.

This procurement offers substantial business growth potential to providers specialising in medical and voluntary health insurance services, along with counselling and company health services. The opportunity is particularly fitting for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) such as Bolton and District Hospital Saturday Council and Spectrum Wellness UK Ltd, who have already successfully secured awards for the Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Services lots, respectively. With the focus on delivering critical health and assistance services, businesses experienced in handling employee welfare programmes leveraging state-of-the-art diagnostics and continuous counselling services are ideally positioned to compete. This underscores a significant step towards improved employee wellbeing, and offers avenues for skilled healthcare providers to expand their footprint in support services across Northern Ireland.

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Notice Title

T23-061CRO Provision of Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Services for DCSDC Employees - Re Issued

Notice Description

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites applications from suitably experienced and qualified providers for the provision of an Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme services across the City and District. Derry City and Strabane District Council currently employs approximately 1000 staff including members of staff living in cross border areas. The Provider (Tenderer) will be responsible for ensuring a smooth transition of service and working with Derry City and Strabane District Council to implement the contract to allow for a seamless transition of service. This contract is being let as two Lots. Tenderer may apply for any and all Lots. Lot 1 Provide an Employee Health Care Cash Plan, to include optician, dental, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerised tomography (CT) scanning and Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning etc. Lot 2 Employee Assistance Programme Services to provide staff with free access, 24/7, 365 days per year, to confidential advice on the phone and on-line. To provide staff support where required through face to face counselling. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

Lot Information

Employee Health Care Cash Plan

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites applications from suitably experienced and qualified providers for the provision of an Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme services across the City and District. Derry City and Strabane District Council currently employs approximately 1000 staff including members of staff living in cross border areas. The Provider (Tenderer) will be responsible for ensuring a smooth transition of service and working with Derry City and Strabane District Council to implement the contract to allow for a seamless transition of service. This contract is being let as two Lots. Tenderer may apply for any and all Lots. Lot 1 Provide an Employee Health Care Cash Plan, to include optician, dental, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerised tomography (CT) scanning and Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning etc. Lot 2 Employee Assistance Programme Services to provide staff with free access, 24/7, 365 days per year, to confidential advice on the phone and on-line. To provide staff support where required through face to face counselling. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

Employee Assistance Programme EAP Services

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites applications from suitably experienced and qualified providers for the provision of an Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme services across the City and District. Derry City and Strabane District Council currently employs approximately 1000 staff including members of staff living in cross border areas. The Provider (Tenderer) will be responsible for ensuring a smooth transition of service and working with Derry City and Strabane District Council to implement the contract to allow for a seamless transition of service. This contract is being let as two Lots. Tenderer may apply for any and all Lots. Lot 1 Provide an Employee Health Care Cash Plan, to include optician, dental, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerised tomography (CT) scanning and Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning etc. Lot 2 Employee Assistance Programme Services to provide staff with free access, 24/7, 365 days per year, to confidential advice on the phone and on-line. To provide staff support where required through face to face counselling. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c65a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023106-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

66 - Financial and insurance services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

66512000 - Accident and health insurance services

66512210 - Voluntary health insurance services

66512220 - Medical insurance services

85147000 - Company health services

85312320 - Counselling services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£225,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£225,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 May 20259 months ago
Submission Deadline
14 Jul 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 May 20259 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Contact Name
Via EtendersNI Messaging
Contact Email
tenders@derrystrabane.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
DERRY
Postcode
BT48 7NN
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN0A Derry City and Strabane
Delivery Location
TLN0A Derry City and Strabane

Local Authority
Derry City and Strabane
Electoral Ward
Northland
Westminster Constituency
Foyle

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

BOLTON AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL SATURDAY COUNCIL

SPECTRUM WELLNESS

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