Planning

Occupational Health and/or Employee Assistance Programme

  • Ministry of Defence

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-002334

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0433f3

Published 23 January 2024, 5:32pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

London

Email

flaviafanchin.moedinger100@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=57602

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Occupational Health and/or Employee Assistance Programme

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85100000 - Health services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Occupational Health (OH) and/or Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £7,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85147000 - Company health services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) will procure for Occupational Health (OH) and/or Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services, including enhanced Bullying, Harassment & Discrimination (BHDV) helpline services. This may be a combined contract or it may consist of separate OH and EAP contracts to fulfil legal requirements to the employees.

The MOD requires an OH and EAP service for approximately 51,000 industrial and non-industrial civil servants employed by the MOD and based primarily throughout the UK including Northern Ireland (NI) and a number of locations overseas. The BHDV services is a variant of EAP and is available to all civilian and military grades (c250,000).

OH services will be required at both supplier locations and on MOD sites dependant on the service, where suitable some of these services may be delivered remotely. EAP services are expected to provide emotional and wellbeing support and counselling to our diverse population.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

1 May 2024


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

We would appreciate your contribution by answering the questions attached to this opportunity as published in the Defence Sourcing Portal

https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=57602

Please answer by email to flaviafanchin.moedinger100@mod.gov.uk by 29 January 2024 at 23:55.

Next steps (dates to be confirmed):

- Market engagement: May 2024

- Industry Day: June 2024

- Tender out: September 2024

- Contract award: December 2024

- Service Go-Live: July 2025