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title: "Employee Assistance Programme and Associated Services"
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buyer: "ROYAL BERKSHIRE FIRE AUTHORITY"
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# Employee Assistance Programme and Associated Services

Buyer: ROYAL BERKSHIRE FIRE AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d73bed22-2abc-4f4d-baa9-4367bba952da

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## Summary

The Royal Berkshire Fire Authority has awarded a contract for the Employee Assistance Programme and Associated Services. The procurement method used was a selective process under the "Health services" industry category. The tender period ended on October 18, 2022, and the contract is valid from March 1, 2023, to February 28, 2027. Health Assured was the successful supplier based in Manchester. The contract value is £22,070 in GBP.

This contract presents an opportunity for companies specialising in health services to provide Employee Assistance Programmes and related services to the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority. Businesses offering counselling, wellbeing support, and health information may find this tender suitable for their expertise. The procurement stage was competitive, with the buyer being the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority based in Reading, England.

## Notice

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority (RBFA) have provided an employee assistance programme (EAP) for many years. The EAP is an integral part of the comprehensive wellbeing provision within RBFA alongside the Occupational Health service, sickness absence management, discretionary private healthcare, internal trauma support team, mental health first aiders, wellbeing training for staff and managers and health promotion activities. The core EAP provision should provide employees with confidential access to in the moment support via a number of routes / media, short term structured counselling delivered in person or remotely, health and wellbeing information and signposting to additional support. From time to time there is the need for additional services; this will be in the form of a call off and not a commitment to the service, such as counselling sessions above the set number of sessions agreed within the contract and / or critical incident debriefing that would be more suitably provided externally than by using RBFA's internal systems. This is a call off contract for core services and additional services that may be required. It should be noted that the total value estimated may not be required during the duration of the contract lifetime and pricing submissions should reflect this.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/401b44c9-257b-46a6-b61d-3be6fbcc88f9 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Oct 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2023 - 28 Feb 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £22,070 |
| 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 | ROYAL BERKSHIRE FIRE AUTHORITY |
| Locality | READING |
| Post town | Reading |
| Postcode | RG31 7SD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ16 Berkshire West |
| Local authority | West Berkshire |
| Electoral ward | Tilehurst Birch Copse |
| Westminster constituency | Reading West and Mid Berkshire |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HEALTH ASSURED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85100000 - Health services

## Release History

- 19 Apr 2023 at 08:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/401b44c9-257b-46a6-b61d-3be6fbcc88f9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/401b44c9-257b-46a6-b61d-3be6fbcc88f9
  19th April 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=52842&B=BLUELIGHT
  Additional data
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/71935
  User / Company

## Notice URLs

- http://www.rbfrs.co.uk

## Provenance

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