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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Provision of Employee Assistance Programme

HealthcareCPV 85000000 85300000 85310000 85312000
Value£160k
Deadline8 Jul 2018
Published17 Jun 2018
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 17 Jun 2018ClosedCloses 8 Jul 2018
Contract value in context
£160ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

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The brief

Cheshire Occupational Health Service (COHS) is an in-house NHS Occupational Health Service hosted by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT).

COHS wishes to appoint a provider to operate an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which will assist the Service to proactively improve the health of employees and to help reduce sickness absence.

The core provision of the service will be to provide the following: 24 hour, 365 days a year confidential telephone support counselling, advice and information underpinned by face to face counselling sessions where required.

The contract will be for an initial period of 12 months, with the option to extend for a further 24 months in periods of 12 +12 increments.

It is envisaged that the contract will commence on 1st September 2018.

The EAP will be offered to the staff of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (including Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) staff) as well as other customers of Cheshire Occupational Health Service (which will be agreed in advance and in writing with the successful provider).

In addition, the EAP service will also be accessed by the following organisations: • The Christie NHS Foundation Trust • The Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust • East Cheshire NHS Trust

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The core provision of the service

The core provision of the service will be to provide the following: 24 hour, 365 days a year confidential telephone support counselling, advice and information underpinned by face to face counselling sessions where required.

02

The EAP will be offered to

The EAP will be offered to the staff of Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (including Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) staff) as well as other customers of Cheshire Occupational Health Service (which will be agreed in advance and in writing with the successful provider).

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Stage
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