Employee Benefits and Occupational Health Services
Summary
This open framework agreement, let under the Procurement Act 2023 will give public sector organisations access to employee benefits and wellbeing services.
Description
This framework will be available to all public sector organisations including the NHS, except where The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 do not apply. It will give public sector organisations access to:
- employee benefits
- occupational health
- employee assistance programmes
- eye care services
The agreement will cover all current services and combine two existing frameworks:
- RM6273 Employee Benefits
- RM6296 Occupational Health and Related Services DPS
More information will be published on the full scope of services when they become available.
The framework will run for up to 8 years.
Product types
We are planning the structure of this framework. It is anticipated that this will be an open framework running up to 8 years. It will have 2 lots which will be split into sub-lots.
Customer engagement
In January, we ran our first customer engagement session to support the development of this agreement. If you have any questions contact the team with ‘RM6400’ in the email subject line.
Register to watch our webinar recording from 26 January 2026.
Supplier engagement
In February, we ran our first supplier engagement session to support the development of this agreement. If you have any questions contact the team with ‘RM6400’ in the email subject line.
Register to watch our webinar recording from 11 February 2026.
Important links
| Pipeline notice | Read pipeline notice |
| Preliminary market engagement notice | Read preliminary market engagement notice |
| Planned procurement notice | Not available yet |
| Contract notice in Find a Tender (FTS) | Not available yet |
| Tender documents | Not available yet |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated dates |
| Pre-market engagement | July 2025 to March 2026 |
| Drafting of procurement documentation | May to August 2026 |
| Publication of Find a Tender (FTS) notice | August 2026 |
| Framework award | February 2027 |