--- title: "Employee Benefits Platform for SCC employees." ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-40e22a87-420d-4106-9107-2eb1270664ba" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-40e22a87-420d-4106-9107-2eb1270664ba" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-40e22a87-420d-4106-9107-2eb1270664ba.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-40e22a87-420d-4106-9107-2eb1270664ba.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL" published: "2026-09-10" --- # Employee Benefits Platform for SCC employees. Buyer: SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-40e22a87-420d-4106-9107-2eb1270664ba [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-40e22a87-420d-4106-9107-2eb1270664ba) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-40e22a87-420d-4106-9107-2eb1270664ba.json) ## Summary Southampton City Council procured an employee benefits platform for its employees. The service sits within business and management support, business-related services and physical wellbeing services, covering the provision and management of employee benefits through a digital platform. Delivery is for the Council and its workforce in Southampton, England. The procurement was made by Southampton City Council as the buying organisation. The requirement is a service rather than goods or construction, and is intended to support employee benefits and wellbeing provision at council level. It is therefore relevant to providers of managed employee benefits platforms, employee engagement services, workplace wellbeing programmes and related business support, particularly those able to serve a public-sector workforce. The procurement is complete and was awarded on 2 September 2026 to SME HCI Ltd, trading as Perkbox. It used a selective call-off from ESPO Framework 319_23 Employee Benefits, Lot 1 Managed Services, rather than an open standalone tender. The award value is £0 GBP. The awarded contract period runs from 1 November 2026 to 30 October 2028. The tender submission deadline was 1 September 2026 at 23:59. The opportunity was suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Evaluation was conducted through the framework call-off process; the published procurement information does not set out separate scoring criteria. The selected supplier is recorded as active and the tender status is complete. This award shows Southampton City Council’s demand for a managed employee benefits platform combining employee benefits administration with workplace wellbeing and related business services. A future competitor would need a mature digital platform, reliable service management and the capacity to support a council-wide workforce over a multi-year public-sector contract. Relevant strengths would include a broad employee benefits proposition, clear employee access and engagement tools, dependable implementation and account management, and demonstrable delivery of physical or wider workplace wellbeing services. Because this purchase was made through an ESPO managed-services framework, suppliers seeking comparable work with this buyer would also need an appropriate route to framework call-offs and the governance, reporting and service assurance expected in public-sector delivery. ## Notice Employee benefits platform for Southampton City Council employees. This was procured using ESPO Framework Reference 319_23 Employee Benefits Lot 1 Managed Services. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e566e711-593f-4229-886c-ee2ae4c5195c | | 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 | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 2 Sep 2026 | | Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 30 Oct 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | 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 | SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | SOUTHAMPTON | | Postcode area | Southampton | | Postcode | SO14 7LY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight | | ITL 3 | TLJ32 Southampton | | Local authority | Southampton | | Electoral ward | Bargate | | Westminster constituency | Southampton Itchen | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | SME HCI Ltd | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services - 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services - 98330000 - Physical well-being services ## Release History - 10 Sep 2026 at 16:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e566e711-593f-4229-886c-ee2ae4c5195c ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e566e711-593f-4229-886c-ee2ae4c5195c 10th September 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.southampton.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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