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T23-061CRO Provision of Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Services for DCSDC Employees - Re Issued

Derry City and Strabane
Published 20 May, 2025
Contract Value
£225,000
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Overview

Summary, notice description and lot information

Summary of the contracting process

The recent procurement by the Derry City and Strabane District Council resulted in the awarding of contracts under the title "T23-061CRO Provision of Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Services for DCSDC Employees - Re Issued." The bidding process, which utilised an open procedure governed by PCR 2015, has seen both lots awarded and the contract signed on 20 May 2025. This initiative falls within the accident and health insurance services category, specifically focusing on employee health care and assistance programs.

Given the regional scope of delivery focused on the United Kingdom (region UKN0A), the procurement has reached completion, underscored by competitive bidding. Key roles were played by the contracting authority, Derry City and Strabane District Council, in facilitating the seamless service transition for approximately 1,000 staff. This procurement offers substantial business growth potential to providers specialising in medical and voluntary health insurance services, along with counselling and company health services.

The opportunity is particularly fitting for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) such as Bolton and District Hospital Saturday Council and Spectrum Wellness UK Ltd, who have already successfully secured awards for the Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Services lots, respectively. With the focus on delivering critical health and assistance services, businesses experienced in handling employee welfare programmes leveraging state-of-the-art diagnostics and continuous counselling services are ideally positioned to compete. This underscores a significant step towards improved employee wellbeing, and offers avenues for skilled healthcare providers to expand their footprint in support services across Northern Ireland.

Notice Description

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites applications from suitably experienced and qualified providers for the provision of an Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme services across the City and District. Derry City and Strabane District Council currently employs approximately 1000 staff including members of staff living in cross border areas. The Provider (Tenderer) will be responsible for ensuring a smooth transition of service and working with Derry City and Strabane District Council to implement the contract to allow for a seamless transition of service.

This contract is being let as two Lots. Tenderer may apply for any and all Lots. Lot 1 Provide an Employee Health Care Cash Plan, to include optician, dental, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerised tomography (CT) scanning and Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning etc. Lot 2 Employee Assistance Programme Services to provide staff with free access, 24/7, 365 days per year, to confidential advice on the phone and on-line.

To provide staff support where required through face to face counselling. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

Lot Information2 Lots
1Employee Health Care Cash Plan
Cancelled

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites applications from suitably experienced and qualified providers for the provision of an Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme services across the City and District. Derry City and Strabane District Council currently employs approximately 1000 staff including members of staff living in cross border areas. The Provider (Tenderer) will be responsible for ensuring a smooth transition of service and working with Derry City and Strabane District Council to implement the contract to allow for a seamless transition of service. This contract is being let as two Lots. Tenderer may apply for any and all Lots. Lot 1 Provide an Employee Health Care Cash Plan, to include optician, dental, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerised tomography (CT) scanning and Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning etc. Lot 2 Employee Assistance Programme Services to provide staff with free access, 24/7, 365 days per year, to confidential advice on the phone and on-line. To provide staff support where required through face to face counselling. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

2Employee Assistance Programme EAP Services
Cancelled

Derry City and Strabane District Council invites applications from suitably experienced and qualified providers for the provision of an Employee Health Care Cash Plan and Employee Assistance Programme services across the City and District. Derry City and Strabane District Council currently employs approximately 1000 staff including members of staff living in cross border areas. The Provider (Tenderer) will be responsible for ensuring a smooth transition of service and working with Derry City and Strabane District Council to implement the contract to allow for a seamless transition of service. This contract is being let as two Lots. Tenderer may apply for any and all Lots. Lot 1 Provide an Employee Health Care Cash Plan, to include optician, dental, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerised tomography (CT) scanning and Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning etc. Lot 2 Employee Assistance Programme Services to provide staff with free access, 24/7, 365 days per year, to confidential advice on the phone and on-line. To provide staff support where required through face to face counselling. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

Procurement Classification

Notice type, method, and CPV codes

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c65a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Awardee Scale
SME
Current Stage
Award

Contract Values

Financial information and value estimates

Tender Value
£225,000
Lots Value
£225,000
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1

Contract duration information not available.

Key Dates

Publication, submission, and award timeline

Tender

07 Jun 2023 at 10:15

Tender Notice
Tender

04 May 2023 at 13:11

Tender Notice

Notice Status

Current status of tender, lots, awards, and contracts

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active, Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority

Buyer organisation and contact details

DCA
DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL
Services
Contact Name
Via EtendersNI Messaging
DERRY
BT48 7NN
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
TLN0 Northern Ireland

Awarded Supplier

Supplier who was awarded this contract

?
Not specifiedAwarded
SME
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Number of Suppliers
2
Awards Value
Not specified

Documents & Links

External resources and data downloads

Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
OCDS RecordID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c65a

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector.

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