Employee Assistance Program & Counselling Services (Lot 1) and Musculoskeletal Support and Treatment Services (Lot 2)
Estimated value
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Awarded value
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Suppliers
2
Lots
2
Published
09 Jun 2026
Description
Lot 1: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Counselling Services: Provide confidential support to employees for personal or work-related challenges, including emotional wellbeing, financial advice, family matters, bereavement, and psychological support. This includes services such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), trauma counselling, and other psychological treatments to help employees manage mental health challenges, particularly those caused by stress, trauma, or role-related psychological concerns. The EAP should be accessible to all LNER employees, including remote workers, across the LNER route. Trauma Counselling: A key component of the Counselling should include access to trauma-specific counselling, delivered by professionals with experience in dealing with workplace trauma, ideally including rail-related incidents. Lot 2: Musculoskeletal (MSK) Support and Treatment Services: Provide expert physiotherapy support to all employees, including remote workers, across the LNER route.
Scope
- Reference
- RFQ000046 RFQ000047
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Jun 2026 to 30 Jun 2029Possible extension to 30 Jun 2031
Initial contract length 1st July 2026 to 30th June 2029 with the option to extend for a further 1 + 1 years. Contract will include a termination for convenience clause.
- CPV classifications
- 85100000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | — | price | 30.00% |
| Social Value | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Technical | — | quality | 60.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure
Award details· 2 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
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Award date
13 May 2026
Contract start
21 Jun 2026
Contract end
22 Jun 2029
Lots · 2 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employee Assistance Program & Counselling Services | — | complete |
| 2 | Musculoskeletal Support and Treatment Services | — | complete |