Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Employee Assistance Programme Scheme
Notice Description
Glasgow City Council and its Affiliated Bodies, employing a workforce of approximately 31,515 employees (26,695 FTE) is inviting suppliers to quote for the provision of an Employee Assistance Programme Scheme as part of a range of solutions aimed at supporting Glasgow City Council employees and their immediate family*. The successful supplier will work with Glasgow City Council to deploy a service which will enable us to maximise satisfaction of the service and meet recognised targets. *Support for immediate family may extend to others with significant relationships with the employee but support will be limited to telephonic services.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The successful supplier will provide a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme including counselling and information services delivered by telephone, face to face and online. All counsellors and other qualified personnel employed by the successful supplier who will engage with GCC employees via this contract must be subject to appropriate suitability checks such as Criminal Record Bureau, Disclosure and Barring Service, Disclosure Scotland or Protection of Vulnerable Groups. The successful supplier will provide a direct free phone telephone service, 24 hrs per day, 365 days per year, providing Counselling and Info Service to all GCC and its Affiliated Bodies employees and their immediate family utilising the Council's existing telephone number which will be redirected to the successful supplier. The successful supplier will implement an additional dedicated telephone help line service to provide subject matter help and support lines such as an equality and diversity helpline.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Renewal: Option to renewal for two periods of 12 months following year three.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000478349
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB273730
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
85312320 - Counselling services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Feb 20179 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Feb 2017Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- N/A
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Caroline Dougan
- Contact Email
- caroline.dougan@glasgow.gov.uk, sandra.maclennan@glasgow.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1412876845, +44 1412879587
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G2 1DU
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM32 Glasgow City
- Delivery Location
- TLM34 North Lanarkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Glasgow City
- Electoral Ward
- Anderston/City/Yorkhill
- Westminster Constituency
- Glasgow North East
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN270294
Provision of Employee Assistance Programme Scheme - Glasgow City Council and its Affiliated Bodies, employing a workforce of approximately 31,515 employees (26,695 FTE) is inviting suppliers to quote for the provision of an Employee Assistance Programme Scheme as part of a range of solutions aimed at supporting Glasgow City Council employees and their immediate family*. The successful supplier will work with Glasgow City Council to deploy a service which will enable us to maximise satisfaction of the service and meet recognised targets. *Support for immediate family may extend to others with significant relationships with the employee but support will be limited to telephonic services.
Notice URLs
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