Notice Information
Notice Title
319_27 Staff Benefits
Notice Description
ESPO is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation offering a comprehensive range of procurement services, including access to over 100 free-to-access framework solutions for the wider public sector. We are conducting preliminary market engagement with the intention of establishing a framework for the provision of a range of staff benefits schemes, which offer goods and services to customers' employees via salary sacrifice, voluntary benefits, or net payroll deduction. This is not a call for competition. Tender documentation is not yet available.
Planning Information
ESPO are conducting market engagement to gain feedback and insight from potential suppliers to inform the development of a proposed framework for the provision of a range Staff Benefits schemes. The intended outcomes of the preliminary market engagement process are: * To alert the market to and encourage participation in the framework procurement. * To identify and explore opportunities to improve the framework offering in specific areas: - Market trends; - Regulatory or legislative updates; - Opportunities for improvement through technology; - Framework scope; - Framework pricing; - Rebate structure; - Data controls; - Ease of use; - Framework appeal. * To communicate the outcomes of the engagement process to the market, ensuring fairness. Engagement is initially being undertaken via a Request for Information (RFI) questionnaire, details of which are captured on the EastMidsTenders eProcurement Portal (www.eastmidstenders.org). The deadline for responding to the RFI is 17:00 (5pm) on 10 July 2026. Suppliers wishing to participate in the engagement process MUST must first express an interest as follows: (a) Go to https://www.eastmidstenders.org/; (b) Register (if not already registered on ProContract); (c) Search for tender opportunity 319_27 (via "View Opportunities" from the EastMidsTenders Portal); d) Express an interest. Suppliers can access the RFI in the ‘Messages’ section found on the ‘Activity’ dashboard, once an expression of interest has been registered. Any questions or clarifications on this should be ONLY be submitted to ESPO as a message on the eProcurement Portal. ESPO also intends to conduct 1-2-1 meetings with a limited number of potential suppliers to further explore points raised within questionnaire responses, including where further detail or clarification is required. To ensure equal treatment of potential suppliers, and that participants in the preliminary market engagement process are not put at an unfair advantage, ESPO will publish market engagement outcomes within any subsequent ITT documentation.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06968b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059713-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
18 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
34 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
66 - Financial and insurance services
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
-
- CPV Codes
18530000 - Presents and rewards
30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies
32250000 - Mobile telephones
34110000 - Passenger cars
34430000 - Bicycles
66114000 - Financial leasing services
75310000 - Benefit services
75340000 - Child allowances
85312110 - Child daycare services
98300000 - Miscellaneous services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £183,333,333 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Jun 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 5 Feb 20278 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 6 Aug 2027 - 6 Aug 2029 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, TRADING AS ESPO
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE19 1ES
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE45 Wakefield
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Wakefield
- Electoral Ward
- Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
- Westminster Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059713-2026
25th June 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043398-2026
12th May 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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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