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title: "STH - Employee Support & Benefits"
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buyer: "Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust"
published: "2026-08-18"
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# STH - Employee Support & Benefits

Buyer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3b39dde2-794a-4287-8051-fc2371a5c178

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## Summary

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust procured employee support and benefits services for its workforce. The requirement falls within guidance and counselling services and covers employee benefits supporting health, wealth and wellbeing. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. The buying organisation is the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based in Sheffield. The procurement was made through the NHS employee benefits framework known as Employee Benefits for Health, Wealth & Wellbeing II, providing a route for established employee-support providers to serve a large healthcare employer. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, while voluntary, community and social enterprise participation was not identified as suitable.

This procurement is complete and has been awarded. It used a selective call-off from a framework agreement, under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Bids were due by 29 May 2026 at 12:00. The contract was awarded to SME HCI Limited, trading as Perkbox, on 5 August 2026. The awarded value is £272,969.13 including the stated currency of GBP. The contract period runs from 1 June 2026 to 31 May 2029. The award basis was the requirements and evaluation approach established for the framework call-off. The selected supplier is responsible for providing the employee support and benefits service to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This award demonstrates demand from a major NHS trust for a combined employee benefits and wellbeing service, delivered through a recognised health, wealth and wellbeing framework. A credible future competitor would need to provide an integrated employee-support proposition rather than a single standalone counselling service, with practical benefits covering workforce wellbeing and financial support. Experience of serving large, complex employers and the ability to deliver consistently across the United Kingdom would be relevant. Suppliers should also be able to operate through framework call-off arrangements and meet the governance, service-management and workforce requirements expected by an NHS foundation trust. The award to an SME shows that a suitably capable specialist provider can compete at this scale.

## Notice

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has tendered for the provision of Employee Support & Benefits. This contract has been awarded via a call-off under the NOE CPC Framework - Employee Benefits for Health, Wealth & Wellbeing II (NOE.0640), procured under previous legislation (PCR 2015).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3354e977-3abc-40d0-bd30-d86b17ffc951 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 29 May 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Jun 2026 - 31 May 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £272,969 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £272,969 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode area | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S10 2JF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | Broomhill and Sharrow Vale |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SME HCI LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

## Release History

- 18 Aug 2026 at 09:33 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3354e977-3abc-40d0-bd30-d86b17ffc951

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3354e977-3abc-40d0-bd30-d86b17ffc951
  18th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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