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Employee assistance programme contracts

UK public sector · 56 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

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Contracts awarded
56
Last 12 months
Median contract
£71k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£13.9m
52 of 52 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
53
Suppliers
25

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most employee assistance programme contracts took 70% of them (39 of 56).
  • The median contract, £71k, is close to the median across recruitment & hr contracts (£70k).
  • University of Bath awarded 4% of the employee assistance programme contracts (2 of 56).

Who buys employee assistance programme

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1University of Bath2 contracts
  2. 2Greater Manchester Combined Authority2 contracts
  3. 3East Suffolk Council2 contracts
  4. 4Ministry of Justice1 contract
  5. 5LONDON NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY LIMITED1 contract
  6. 6Highways England1 contract
  7. 7Sanctuary Housing Association1 contract
  8. 8Lancashire County Council1 contract
  9. 9North Yorkshire Council1 contract
  10. 10East Sussex County Council1 contract

Top employee assistance programme contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Health Assured18 contracts
  2. 2PAM Group12 contracts
  3. 3Vita Health Group4 contracts
  4. 4Spectrum.Life3 contracts
  5. 5CIC Wellbeing3 contracts
  6. 6Wellbeing Solutions3 contracts
  7. 7Optima Health2 contracts
  8. 8Perkbox2 contracts
  9. 9Uwill Inc2 contracts
  10. 10Pluxee UK Ltd2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

11Q4 2025*22Q1 20269Q2 202614Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 49 · Wales 3 · Northern Ireland 2 · Scotland 2

North West6East of England6West Midlands5North East4Yorkshire and The Humber4East Midlands4South West4London3South East3Wales2Northern Ireland2Scotland1UK-wide or not stated12

What is included

Employee and student assistance programmes: confidential helpline, counselling, online and app support and crisis lines for an organisation's staff or students.

  • 24/7 confidential staff helpline
  • Short-term counselling within an EAP, including CBT and e-counselling
  • Legal, financial and GP information for staff
  • EAP support for staff families and dependants
  • Trauma and critical incident support inside an EAP
  • Student assistance programmes for universities and colleges: counselling, therapeutic groups, online and app support and crisis helpline

What is not included

  • Stand-alone or referral-based staff counselling (rec.occh.staff-counselling)
  • Specialist trauma screening and support (rec.occh.trauma-psychological-support)
  • Combined OH and EAP contracts led by OH (hlt.occ.occupational-health-service)
  • Benefits and discount platforms that host an EAP as one module (rec.benefit.benefits-platform)
  • Digital wellbeing apps bought alone (rec.occh.digital-wellbeing-platform)
  • Financial wellbeing platforms bought alone (rec.benefit.financial-wellbeing)
  • Insured health cash plans with helplines (csl.finsvc.employee-health-and-life-insurance)
  • Counselling for pupils, patients, residents or victims (another industry: healthcare, social-care or education-training)

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