Coming up· published 13 Nov 2025
De Montfort University market engagement: Employee Assistance Programme and Employee Occupational Health Services
De Montfort University · Leicester, East Midlands
De Montfort University is planning this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leicester.
Source: Find a Tender, published 14 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 17:09
View notice2026
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2029
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
De Montfort University is planning this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in Leicester. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £432,000. The contract runs from 7 July 2026 to 31 July 2029. It lasts 3 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs. Find a Tender published it on 14 November 2025. The notice number is 074168-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05e1f1. Bids are made through the buyer's In-Tend portal.
Summary of the contracting process
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. 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.
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.
The notice in full
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.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 7 Jul 2026 to 31 Jul 2029 (3 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- In-Tend
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £432,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 074168-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e1f1
- CPV code
- 79631000 - Personnel and payroll services; 85147000 - Company health services
- CPV division
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security; 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Town
- Leicester
- Postcode
- LE1 9BH
- Electoral ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Delivery area
- East Midlands (England)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- Leicester
- Area
- Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- De Montfort University
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Leicester, LE1 9BH · East Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074168-2025
- In-Tend portal, to register and bidin-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05e1f1 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about this tender
When will the De Montfort University market engagement: Employee Assistance Programme and… tender open?
De Montfort University has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the De Montfort University market engagement: Employee Assistance Programme and… contract worth?
The estimated value is £432,000. The contract runs from 7 July 2026 to 31 July 2029 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for De Montfort University market engagement: Employee Assistance Programme and…?
De Montfort University, based in Leicester, East Midlands.
How do I bid for De Montfort University market engagement: Employee Assistance Programme and…?
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
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- Watch for the tender notice.
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