Official UK procurement notice
Employee Benefits and Services
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis framework will provide a compliant, flexible, and outcomes-focused route to market for public sector organisations seeking to deliver the supply of Employee Benefits and Services.
The Framework is structured into one lot, designed to reflect real operational needs and encourage participation from organisations of all sizes including SMEs, VCSEs, and consortia.
Lot 1: Employee Benefits and Services
Scope:
This lot covers the provision of employee benefits designed to enhance wellbeing, support financial stability, encourage personal development, and promote a positive work-life balance. The benefits should be accessible to all employees and adaptable to diverse needs and lifestyles. Customers must be able to access benefits via an online platform, access the platform 24/7, 365 days a year. The online platform should offer flexibility to meet any Customer requirements that may arise. This lot will also cover the provision of confidential, accessible, and inclusive support services to employees, designed to promote mental, emotional, financial, and legal wellbeing. Services may be delivered in-person, online, or via telephone, and should be available to all employees regardless of location or working pattern. Staff must be qualified and competent to carry out any intended services. Advice and support to be carried out is to be ensured that the any employees work performance, health and wellbeing is impacted as little as possible.
oEmployee Assistance Programmes
oChildcare vouchers
oLeisure facility discounts/gym memberships
oRetail store discounts and promotions
oSubscription discounts
oLearning and development programme
oPayroll giving scheme
oFinancial wellbeing scheme
oReward and recognition scheme
oGreen car scheme
oCycle to work scheme
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CPV: Benefit services · Company health services · Medical practice services · Miscellaneous health services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 2 Feb 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Employee Benefits and Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Kent County Council buys Benefit services (CPV 7531), and who usually turns up
Kent County Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Benefit services (CPV 7531) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 58 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid2% / 8%
2–314% / 36%
4–621% / 12%
7+63% / 44%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8512Published estimate£50m
This lot is listed as CPV 8512. The table above uses the notice category.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 81 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid5%
2–36%
4–616%
7+73%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Authority reference
Y26007- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070474- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d907Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
3 Nov 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published358 days ago3 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Market engagement353 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Please download the attached PME questionnaire and submit your responses via Delta by 5pm on the 7th of November
- Contract starts267 days ago2 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Nov 2025, 14:05 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender