Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Concepts

• health and social work
• critical incident response service
• employee assistance programme
• supply of an employee assistance programme
• eap
• employees
• line management support
• network rail
• health services
• national contract

Location

Network Rail operates nationally

Description

Network Rail as the Authority is putting in place a national contract for the supply of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Critical Incident Response service. This contract Agreement will be for a period of 4 years from 31st July 2021 to 30th July 2025 (this 4 year term is inclusive of an option to extend by up to 1 year).

Total Quantity or Scope

The proposed contract is for the supply of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Critical Incident Response service to support the Occupational Health and Wellbeing vision for Network Rail. The scope of this tender will include (but not limited to) the following: • financial advice relating to debt; • legal advice; • health and wellbeing; • childcare and elderly care; • line management support, including but not limited to guidance in relation to their employees, support in resolving management issues, supporting employees with health and wellbeing queries and developing management skills; • Critical Incident Management (e.g. trauma support, on site counselling after incidents, strategic consultation services in relation to incidents, etc.), on-site specialist counselling intervention at Network Rail locations; where employees have been exposed to a potentially traumatic incident (e.g. an incident at work involving the death of a colleague or passenger); and • As part of the service provision the provider will be required to provide the following value add services to enhance the quality of the service for the duration of the contract. o 24/7 online platform Telephone Support – with App to access services and for health and wellbeing information o Management Information, Reporting Insight o Continuous Improvement Innovations NOTE: The number of employees utilising the service may vary, depending upon how the business develops. As such, the future service must have the capability to be scalable and also be flexible at short notice.

Renewal Options

Network Rail as the Authority is putting in place a national contract for the supply of an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Critical Incident Response service. This contract Agreement will be for a period of 4 years from 31st July 2021 to 30th July 2025 (this 4 year term is inclusive of an option to extend by up to 1 year).

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85100000 - Health services
• 85300000 - Social work and related services
• 98300000 - Miscellaneous services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.