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title: "Employee Assistance Programme"
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# Employee Assistance Programme

Buyer: EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0454ca

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## Summary

The University of Hertfordshire is conducting a tender exercise for the provision of an Employee Assistance Programme in the services category. The contract's start date is 1st August 2024, running for three years with a possible extension. The main procurement method is an open procedure with a total value of £200,000. The tender period ends on 24th May 2024, with the bid opening at the University of Hertfordshire.

This tender for the Employee Assistance Programme offers business growth opportunities for qualified service providers in the area of company health services. Companies providing services such as tele-counselling, cognitive behavioral therapy, and financial advice are well-suited to compete. The University of Hertfordshire is the buying organisation, seeking qualified staff to support its employees, presenting a chance for companies in the health services industry to engage in a potential long-term contract.

## Notice

The University of Hertfordshire is conducting a tender exercise in order to set up a contract for the provision of the Employee Assistance Programme. The contract will run from the 1st August 2024 for three (3) years until 31st July 2027. At the end of the first three years, the University will have an option to extend for a further two years in twelve month increments. This is subject to satisfactory performance of the contract. All University policies and regulations relating to information, security, data management, systems and service, will apply to all contracts resulting from this tender. The contractor will provide the service using qualified staff to provide support and guidance to University staff. Update: Following a review of the Invitation to Tender documentation and the specification, the University of Hertfordshire has elected to abort this tender exercise to refine these elements further.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The contractor will provide the service using qualified staff to provide support and guidance to University staff. The service will include (but is not limited to):- One off (ad-hoc) telephone or e-counselling.- Structured telephone counselling (STC).- Structured e-counselling (SEC).- Online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).- Structured face to face counselling (F2F).- Legal information.- Financial information.- Debt information.- Health and Wellbeing information.- Trauma management consultancy.- Management/staff helpline.

Renewal: This will be retendered at the end of the contract

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016348-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 24 May 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 May 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £200,000 |
| Lots value | £200,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Cancelled |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME |
| Locality | HATFIELD |
| Post town | St Albans |
| Postcode | AL10 8NE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH26 North and East Hertfordshire |
| Local authority | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Electoral ward | Hatfield South West |
| Westminster constituency | Welwyn Hatfield |
| Delivery location | TLH23 Hertfordshire CC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85147000 - Company health services

## Release History

- 23 May 2024 at 14:00 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016348-2024
- 24 Apr 2024 at 10:52 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013276-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofhertfordshire/aspx/Help
- https://www.herts.ac.uk

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