Notice Information
Notice Title
Employee Support Services and Benefits
Notice Description
EAP and staff benefits services to include 24/7 telephone support & telephone counselling, access to face to face/virtual counselling, wellbeing platforms & hub, self-help workbooks.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Direct Award call-off from the Procurement Services Framework managed by Kent County Council.
Options: 2 x 1 year
Procurement Information
During research into providers that are able to provide both EAP services alongside staff benefits, it was found the Perkbox (formerly VivUp) were able to provide both, with an improvement to the service and in the timescales required. BHCC will now be saving cPS129k over the full life of the contract by combining the services. This was confirmed by researching existing pricing in contracts and comparisons to other framework agreements with Perkbox providing best value. Perkbox have previously provided Brighton and Hove City Council with services above and beyond what was requested at no extra charge.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0613ef
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008834-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85100000 - Health services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £159,640 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Feb 20263 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Jan 20263 months ago
- 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
- BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HOVE
- Postcode
- BN3 3BQ
- Post Town
- Brighton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ21 Brighton and Hove
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Electoral Ward
- Central Hove
- Westminster Constituency
- Hove and Portslade
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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