Coming up· published 3 Sept 2025
Employee Assistance Programme
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire · Amber Valley, East Midlands
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire is planning Employee Assistance Programme. It is a contract for other health and social care in Amber Valley.
Source: Find a Tender, published 3 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 14:30
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2027
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire is planning Employee Assistance Programme. It is a contract for other health and social care in Amber Valley. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. It lasts 1 year.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 3 September 2025. The notice number is 053630-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-059364. Bids are made through the buyer's EU-Supply portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire is engaging in a public procurement process focusing on the provision of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) within the Occupational and Health and Wellbeing department of Derbyshire Constabulary. This service aims to support employees with various personal and professional challenges that could impact their work performance and mental health.
The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a preliminary market engagement notice published on 3rd September 2025. Key dates include the engagement milestone due by 26th September 2025 and a future communication notice expected by 10th October 2025.
The tender is classified under health services, specifically miscellaneous health services, with the project planned to commence on 1st April 2026 and complete by 31st March 2027, with possible extensions up to 2029. It offers a mutually beneficial contract for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) given the contract's suitability for these types of organisations.
The procurement adheres to the requirements set by the Procurement Act 2023, ensuring a fair and compliant process.
The notice in full
Derbyshire Constabulary is currently looking into the available options for our Employee Assistance Programme. This contract will fall under our Occupational and Health and Wellbeing department. Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP) are employee benefit programmes that offer employees a safe space to discuss any of their personal or professional challenges that may negatively impact their work performance and mental health.
EAPs provide a free, independent, and confidential service for employees and their immediate families that includes, short-term counselling, legal advice, and financial guidance. Derbyshire Constabulary are now assessing available options so that a business case can be created to move the procurement forwards.
To inform the business case, we are reaching out with this Request for Information [RFI] to the market to carry out a full review of existing EAP providers. If the business case is approved, a compliant procurement route will be taken in line with the Procurement Act 2023.
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
- 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2027 (1 year)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- EU-Supply
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 053630-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059364
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services; 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Amber Valley
- Town
- Derby
- Postcode
- DE5 3RS
- Electoral ward
- Ripley
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Delivery area
- East Midlands (England)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Sub-region
- South and West Derbyshire
- Area
- Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Aimee Briddon
- Phone
- +44 7542226577
- Address
- Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3RS · East Midlands · England
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053630-2025
- EU-Supply portal, to register and biduk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-059364 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Employee Assistance Programme
When will the Employee Assistance Programme tender open?
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire 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 long is the Employee Assistance Programme contract?
The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Employee Assistance Programme?
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire, based in Amber Valley, East Midlands. The named contact is Aimee Briddon, on +44 7542226577.
How do I bid for Employee Assistance Programme?
Register on the buyer's EU-Supply portal, download the tender pack and check every condition of participation before you start writing. The buyer has marked it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Care Sync Experts writes and reviews care tender bids from £1,500 + VAT.
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
- Check your policies are up to date.
- Watch for the tender notice.
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