Awarded contract

Provision of Employee Assistance Program

Details

Value
£1,243,080
Duration
2 years
Topic
Health and safety services
Published
25 July 2025

Tender description

Provision of Employee assistance support service for Defra will support the mental health of Defra group employees (including agency and temporary staff). The service provides confidential advice, counselling and support to our workforce, with additional support and coaching for managers, on a wide range of both work and non work focused issues. It also provides free legal advice, critical incident support, structured professional support, wellbeing education programmes and access to an interactive wellbeing app. Counselling support is available 24/7, 365 days a year via a free helpline, with up to 6 sessions of structured counselling available for employees each year.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published25 July 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 September 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2027in 10 months

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

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