Published date: 5 April 2018

Last edited date: 5 April 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 20 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Company health services - 85147000

  • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

  • Counselling services - 85312320

Location of contract

PO1 2BJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

P00002873

Published date

5 April 2018

Closing date

20 April 2018

Contract start date

1 January 2019

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Portsmouth City Council's Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) contract is due to expire on 31st December 2018.

Before undertaking a full tender process, the Council is conducting soft market testing on its proposed strategies for the procurement and draft specification. Interested suppliers are encouraged to review the attached documents and complete and return the questionnaire to help shape and direct the Council's approach.

It is at your discretion if you wish to take part in this exercise. Participation in soft market testing will not impact your opportunity to take part in the tender but we would clearly value your input at this early stage.

To enable us to take full consideration of your comments, please aim to return the feedback form by 14:00 on Friday 16th March 2018.

If you are unable to meet this deadline we will still accept responses after this date, however the later the submission the less likely that we will be able to consider and implement your comments and suggestions.

The Council will run the full tender later in the year via In-Tend.

Thank you in advance for your participation.

More information

Links

Additional text

Portsmouth City Council is currently in the process of seeking market consultation for the following project - EAP - Market Consultation

The full details and ability to submit a response will be via our e-sourcing system Intend. This filepath will take you to the relevant area of Intend,

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/Tenders/Current

Once on the page you can either scroll down or use the search function to find the relevant project.

Should you have any problems with the above link, please contact us on 023 9268 8235 or email: procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Service

Address

Guildhall Square
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 2BJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

023 9268 8235

Email

procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk