✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 15 Oct 2026, 17:36.
Opportunity overview
Derry City and Strabane District Council is committed to promoting and supporting the health, wellbeing and resilience of its workforce. The Council recognises that employee wellbeing is a key factor in maintaining attendance, supporting productivity, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality services to residents across the district. Derry City and Strabane District Council currently employs approximately 1000 staff including members of staff living in cross border areas. Council are seeking solutions that support early intervention, improve access to health and wellbeing services, encourage employee engagement, and contribute to a healthy, resilient workforce. This procurement is being undertaken with the objective of securing high-quality, accessible and cost-effective services that meet the diverse needs of employees. The Provider will be expected to demonstrate how their proposed solutions will maximise employee utilisation, provide an excellent user experience, deliver meaningful wellbeing outcomes and support the Council's ongoing commitment to employee health and wellbeing. Your submission must be submitted via eTendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
T26-137CRO Provision of Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
The contract will commence on the contract commencement date and continue for an initial period of 12 months.
The Council reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to extend the contract for up to two further periods of 12 months each, subject to satisfactory performance and continued business requirements. The maximum contract duration shall not exceed 36 months.
Award criteria
Description
Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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097621-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Derry City and Strabane District Council is seeking an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provider to support workforce health, wellbeing and resilience. The proposed service should support early intervention, access to health and wellbeing services, employee engagement, utilisation, user experience and wellbeing outcomes. Bids must be submitted through eTendersNI by 6 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC.
Who this may suit
Relevant to providers of employee assistance and workforce wellbeing services. Detailed service specification, eligibility criteria and contractual terms are referred to the CfT documents and are not supplied.
Key points identified
Service requirementProvision of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).Evidence: Title: "T26-137CRO Provision of Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)"
Solution outcomesSupport early intervention, improve access to health and wellbeing services, encourage employee engagement, and contribute to a healthy, resilient workforce.Evidence: "Council are seeking solutions that support early intervention, improve access to health and wellbeing services, encourage employee engagement, and contribute to a healthy, resilient workforce."
Provider proposalDemonstrate how proposed solutions will maximise employee utilisation, provide an excellent user experience, deliver meaningful wellbeing outcomes, and support employee health and wellbeing.Evidence: "The Provider will be expected to demonstrate how their proposed solutions will maximise employee utilisation, provide an excellent user experience, deliver meaningful wellbeing outcomes and support the Council's ongoing commitment to employee health and wellbeing."
93% approved-analysis confidence5 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Derry City and Strabane District Council is seeking an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provider to support workforce health, wellbeing and resilience. The proposed service should support early intervention, access to health and wellbeing services, employee engagement, utilisation, user experience and wellbeing outcomes. Bids must be submitted through eTendersNI by 6 November 2026 at 12:00 UTC.
Who this may suit
Relevant to providers of employee assistance and workforce wellbeing services. Detailed service specification, eligibility criteria and contractual terms are referred to the CfT documents and are not supplied.
Key deliverables
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) services
Early-intervention and health/wellbeing support solutions
Approach to employee utilisation, user experience and wellbeing outcomes
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
5 criteria identified
Service requirement
99% confidence
Provision of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
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Title: "T26-137CRO Provision of Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)"
Solution outcomes
98% confidence
Support early intervention, improve access to health and wellbeing services, encourage employee engagement, and contribute to a healthy, resilient workforce.
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"Council are seeking solutions that support early intervention, improve access to health and wellbeing services, encourage employee engagement, and contribute to a healthy, resilient workforce."
Provider proposal
98% confidence
Demonstrate how proposed solutions will maximise employee utilisation, provide an excellent user experience, deliver meaningful wellbeing outcomes, and support employee health and wellbeing.
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"The Provider will be expected to demonstrate how their proposed solutions will maximise employee utilisation, provide an excellent user experience, deliver meaningful wellbeing outcomes and support the Council's ongoing commitment to employee health and wellbeing."
Detailed requirements
99% confidence
Unknown; refer to CfT documents.
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"Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail."
Supplier eligibility criteria
94% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice content.
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No eligibility criteria are stated in the supplied notice text; further detail is referred to in the CfT documents.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated contract value
97% confidence
Up to GBP 21,360.
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Opportunity value_max: 21360 GBP; Lot 1 value_amount: 21360 GBP.
Currency
99% confidence
GBP.
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Opportunity currency: "GBP".
Commercial terms
93% confidence
Unknown from supplied content; referred to CfT documents.
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"Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail."
Delivery
Delivery region
94% confidence
UKN0A, United Kingdom.
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Delivery location: region "UKN0A", country "United Kingdom".
Workforce context
96% confidence
The Council employs approximately 1,000 staff, including staff living in cross-border areas.
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"Derry City and Strabane District Council currently employs approximately 1000 staff including members of staff living in cross border areas."
procurement_method: "open"; procurement_method_details: "Below threshold - open competition".
Submission method
99% confidence
Submit via eTendersNI through this CfT; no other submission method will be accepted.
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"Your submission must be submitted via eTendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted."
Submission deadline
99% confidence
6 November 2026, 12:00 UTC.
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submission_deadline: "2026-11-06T12:00:00+00:00".
Lot structure
99% confidence
One active lot is supplied, but it has no title or description.
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Lot "1" has status "active" and null title and description.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Specification dependency
98% confidence
Material scope, service model, eligibility and commercial requirements may be contained in the CfT documents rather than the supplied notice.
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"Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail."
Cross-border workforce
91% confidence
The service may need to be accessible to employees living in cross-border areas; precise geographic, legal and delivery implications are not stated.
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"including members of staff living in cross border areas".
Classification scope
96% confidence
The supplied CPV classifications include medical insurance services, administrative healthcare services and health services, but the notice expressly seeks an EAP; the exact scope of any insurance or healthcare-administration element is unknown.
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Title: "Provision of Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)"; classifications: "66512220 Medical insurance services", "75122000 Administrative healthcare services", and "85100000 Health services".
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