Employee Assistance Program & Counselling Services (Lot 1) and Musculoskeletal Support and Treatment Services (Lot 2)

contractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05ec34Procurement Act 2023pending

Estimated value

Awarded value

Awarded 13 May 2026

Suppliers

2

1 SME

Lots

2

2 awarded

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 2029
Possible 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.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Priceprice30.00%
Social Valuequality10.00%
Technicalquality60.00%

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

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.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Employee Assistance Program & Counselling Servicescomplete
2Musculoskeletal Support and Treatment Servicescomplete