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Occupational Health, Employee Assistance Programme and Associated Services

HealthcareCPV 85140000

Value£460k

Deadline2 Oct 2026

Published2 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 2 Sept 202629 days leftCloses 2 Oct 2026

Who to contact

procurement@sds.co.uk

+44 1412856000

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£460ktotal contract value

median £380k

this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Provision of Occupational Health, Employee Assistance Programme and Associated Services

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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