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title: "De Montfort University market engagement: Employee Assistance Programme and Employee Occupational Health Services"
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# De Montfort University market engagement: Employee Assistance Programme and Employee Occupational Health Services

Buyer: DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e1f1

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## Summary

De Montfort University, located in Leicester, is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process for an Employee Assistance Programme and Employee Occupational Health Services. This initiative falls under the service category, with a gross procurement value of £432,000. The procurement process is intended to address personnel, payroll, and company health services within the UKF region. Preliminary market engagement was initiated on 14th November 2025, with a live supplier engagement event scheduled for 24th November 2025. Responses are due by 1st December 2025. This planning stage aims to finalise service specifications and procurement routes, anticipating that the procurement process will be launched in early 2026 and contract awards completed by the end of May 2026. Service provision under the new contracts is set to begin on 8th July 2026.

This procurement process presents substantial business growth opportunities for companies specialising in personnel and payroll services, as well as company health services. Given its scale and requirements, it is especially advantageous for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) capable of delivering comprehensive employee assistance and occupational health services. Engaging in this contract will allow businesses not only to collaborate with a reputable academic institution like De Montfort University but also to enhance their market footprint in the public sector by delivering essential health and personnel services. Participating companies will have the chance to align their offerings with the outlined specifications and potentially establish a long-term relationship, considering the contract period extends to 2029 with a possibility of renewal.

## Notice

The aim of this supplier engagement process is for the University to share our present thinking around the requirement, contract format and proposed procurement process for our future Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Employee Occupational Health Services (OH) requirements, obtain a better idea of the current capability and readiness of the market with regard to provision of these services, and to assess whether our outline requirement for supply of these services is realistic and in line with what is available.

### Planning Information

For all other information including our supplier engagement pack (which is to be completed and returned), please go to the In-Tend e tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home 
TIMETABLE 
- Preliminary Market Engagement Notice issued: Friday 14th November 
- Supplier engagement live event: Monday 24th November, 1pm. All potential suppliers welcome to this open session, please join via the Teams link.
- Responses to be submitted by: Monday 1st December
- Next steps: We will review responses to our Market Engagement and complete final specifications for the service requirements. We will also finalise our choice of the format and the route for procurement, and all organisations which have taken part in the Supplier Engagement will be notified of these prior to the procurement(s) being launched.
It is anticipated that the procurement(s) will be launched in early 2026 with contract award by the end of May 2026, for service provision under the new contract(s) to begin from Wednesday 8th July 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074168-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Nov 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Feb 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 7 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £432,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY |
| Locality | LEICESTER |
| Post town | Leicester |
| Postcode | LE1 9BH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester |
| Local authority | Leicester |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Leicester South |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 79631000 - Personnel and payroll services
- 85147000 - Company health services

## Release History

- 14 Nov 2025 at 17:09 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074168-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074168-2025
  14th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.dmu.ac.uk
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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