PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

CO0346 Employee Assistance Programme

Essex County Council · published 19 Aug 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID125df9d7-55c8-46e3-933a-e0f7e4d7fe9b-911368
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-a93a9b88-f390-429a-afc6-5837332dd27e
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-145188
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£79,876
award field
Tender value
£351,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
85147000
Company health services
Delivery
North East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

At Essex County Council (ECC) we are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our people. We strive to enable the right environment, conditions, and behaviours so individual and organisational wellbeing is embedded in everything we do. \\r\r \\r\r The purpose of our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provision is to provide confidential and professional support to employees who may be experiencing personal or work-related issues. This will be offering counselling, guidance, and resources for a range of challenges such as stress, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, financial or legal issues, and more. \\r\r \\r\r We are seeking a Provider to deliver an EAP service within ECC as a crucial aspect of our broader wellbeing offer, to ensure that our employees have access to timely and effective support to help them cope with personal and work-related challenges, and ultimately, maintain a healthy and productive workforce.\\r\r

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release19 Aug 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published31 Jul 2023
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published10 Jul 2023End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published2 Aug 2023
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Aug 2028
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Vita Health Group

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 19 Aug 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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