AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Surrey County Council has published contract details for additional healthcare provision for operational firefighters. The contract is recorded as active, with services due to run from 1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Published outcomeTHE BENENDEN HEALTHCARE SOCIETY LIMITED is the verified supplier for award 1 and lot 1. The published contract value is £68,000 excluding VAT (£81,600 including VAT).
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold public-sector healthcare-services contract covering preventative support and diagnosis and treatment pathways intended to reduce firefighter sickness absence.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
THE BENENDEN HEALTHCARE SOCIETY LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £68,000 excluding VAT; £81,600 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; award and contract recorded as active
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Award 1 names supplier GB-COH-RS00480F. Supplier verification matched company number RS00480F to THE BENENDEN HEALTHCARE SOCIETY LIMITED. Contract 1, linked to award 1, gives the published value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender (UK7)
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The published document is described as “Contract details notice on Find a Tender” and has notice type UK7.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status “active”.
Contract signature date
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract 1 states dateSigned: 2026-10-15.
Contract start
99% confidence1 December 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-12-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-03-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£68,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 68000 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£81,600
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 81600 GBP.
Value allocation
97% confidencePublished at contract level for award 1 / lot 1
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Contract 1 links to award 1; award 1 relates to lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract details notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026, 13:09:28 +01:00
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Notice publication timestamp is 2026-10-15T13:09:28+01:00.
Contract signed
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-15.
Service commencement
99% confidence1 December 2026
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Contract 1 startDate is 2026-12-01.
Scheduled contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 endDate is 2027-03-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceAdditional healthcare provision for operational firefighters
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Tender title states “Additional Healthcare Provision for Operational Firefighters”.
Service purpose
99% confidencePreventative support and proactive diagnosis and treatment pathways aimed at preventing and reducing sickness absence
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The tender description states these aims.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is services.
CPV classification
99% confidence85147000 — Company health services
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Award item 1 carries CPV 85147000.
Delivery regions
98% confidenceUKJ25 and UKJ26
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Award item 1 lists delivery addresses in regions UKJ25 and UKJ26.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne published lot (lot 1)
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Tender data lists lot 1; award 1 is related to lot 1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method detail
99% confidenceBelow threshold - unknown
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is stated as “Below threshold - unknown”.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceNo
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Contract 1 states aboveThreshold: false.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Evaluation and award rationale
99% confidenceUnknown
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CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period specifies these start and end dates.
Published duration
98% confidenceApproximately four months
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Calculated from the explicit contract period of 1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027.
VAT treatment
99% confidence£68,000 excluding VAT; £81,600 including VAT
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The contract provides amount and amountGross in GBP.
Extension or renewal options
99% confidenceUnknown
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COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Demand signal
97% confidenceThe buyer is procuring occupational healthcare support focused on absence prevention and earlier diagnosis and treatment for operational firefighters.
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This follows the published requirement description.
Commercial scale
99% confidenceThe published contract value is £68,000 excluding VAT for the stated term.
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Contract 1 states £68,000 excluding VAT and runs from 1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award and contract linkage
99% confidenceClear
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Contract 1 explicitly references award 1, and award 1 explicitly relates to lot 1.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceVerified
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The supplier was matched by company number RS00480F, with no source-name mismatch reported.
Published financial data
99% confidenceClear at contract level
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Both net and gross GBP values are supplied for contract 1.
Unpublished procurement detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, tender deadline, award date, evaluation detail, lot description, lot-level value, or extension terms are provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No tender submission deadline, award decision date or bid count is published.
- No evaluation methodology, scores, supplier-selection rationale or pricing breakdown is published.
- Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate lot value.
- No extension, renewal or variation terms are published.
- The renewal timing is an estimate derived from the stated contract end date, not a procurement forecast.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Surrey County CouncilTHE BENENDEN HEALTHCARE SOCIETY LIMITEDBenendenfirefighter healthcareoccupational healthcompany health servicespublic procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won Surrey County Council's additional healthcare provision contract for operational firefighters?
THE BENENDEN HEALTHCARE SOCIETY LIMITED is the verified supplier for award 1.
What is the value of the firefighter healthcare contract?
The published value is £68,000 excluding VAT and £81,600 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The published contract period is 1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027.
What services are covered?
The notice describes preventative healthcare support plus proactive diagnosis and treatment pathways intended to prevent and reduce sickness absence among operational firefighters.
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