How to win: Occupational Health Services & Employee Assistance Programme

About this contract

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB) is seeking market feedback to inform the future design and delivery of an integrated Occupational Health (OH) and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for its workforce. NENC ICB is issuing this prior Information Notice (PIN) as a market engagement exercise Request for Information (RFI) to gather information on the market landscape. This is a market landscape exercise only and is not a guarantee of a future provider selection process and/or contract. The RFI on-line questionnaire should be submitted by no later than 23 September 2026 by 5pm . The NENC084 RFI will be conducted via the Atamis portal at: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome It is free to register on the portal and it can be accessed at any time of day providing you have a working internet connection. Should you have any queries, or problems registering on the portal, please contact the Atamis helpdesk via: [email protected] or phone number 0800 0988201 The helpdesk is open Monday - Friday 08.00 am - 06.00 pm

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — NHS NORTH EAST AND NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE BOARD scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £75,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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