--- title: "Corporate Occupational Health and Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme Services" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-834dfaa4-10ab-4160-9c90-28d2f072511d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-834dfaa4-10ab-4160-9c90-28d2f072511d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-834dfaa4-10ab-4160-9c90-28d2f072511d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-834dfaa4-10ab-4160-9c90-28d2f072511d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-03-08" --- # Corporate Occupational Health and Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme Services Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-834dfaa4-10ab-4160-9c90-28d2f072511d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-834dfaa4-10ab-4160-9c90-28d2f072511d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-834dfaa4-10ab-4160-9c90-28d2f072511d.json) ## Summary Essex County Council is at an early planning stage for procuring Corporate Occupational Health and Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme Services. The current contract is set to expire on 13th September 2023. The Council is engaging in a pre-market exercise to gather insights from potential providers and shape the future procurement process. The engagement end date for this procurement opportunity is 17th March 2023. Businesses in the Company Health Services industry, particularly in the East of England region, would find this tender suitable for growth opportunities. This procurement process by Essex County Council presents a chance for businesses, especially SMEs, to engage with the Council and provide valuable input to shape the requirements for the Corporate Occupational Health and Wellbeing services. As the Council seeks to understand the market better and the different approaches to service delivery, it offers an early insight into potential business opportunities. This exercise aims to ensure fair competition and transparency by not providing any advantage to participants in the future procurement process based on their engagement in this stage. ## Notice Essex County Council (ECC) is at an early stage in the development of procuring its Corporate Occupational Health and Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme Services, and prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, seeks input from the market. The council's current contract is due to expire on 13th September 2023. No date has been set yet for the tender process to commence. As part of this process the Council is conducting a pre-market engagement exercise, to gather information, improve our understanding of the current market and how services are provided. This will help shape the requirement. This exercise will provide an opportunity for the Council to obtain insight into how potential providers might approach the delivery of the services in question. It also gives useful early insight into the likely level of interest from that market. Any information gathered will not be considered in any future tender evaluation exercise. Participation or non-participation in this pre-procurement market engagement shall not prevent any supplier/provider participating in a potential procurement process nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier/provider at an advantage in any forthcoming procurement process. Answers to questions submitted should be no more than 500 words per question and should be submitted to sophie.jarrett@essex.gov.uk, no later than 5:00p.m. on 13/03/2023. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/de8034d4-f641-4188-8ef3-a7465e2c3313 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 17 Mar 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | 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 | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHELMSFORD | | Post town | Chelmsford | | Postcode | CM1 1QH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex | | Local authority | Chelmsford | | Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central | | Westminster constituency | Chelmsford | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85147000 - Company health services ## Release History - 8 Mar 2023 at 16:36 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/de8034d4-f641-4188-8ef3-a7465e2c3313 - 28 Feb 2023 at 08:39 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/de8034d4-f641-4188-8ef3-a7465e2c3313 - 8 Feb 2023 at 16:29 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/de8034d4-f641-4188-8ef3-a7465e2c3313 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/de8034d4-f641-4188-8ef3-a7465e2c3313 8th March 2023 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cb8133c5-0d7a-45d8-9102-27cbb381d29a ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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