# Award Notice for Occupational Health Services and Employee Assistance Programmes \(EAP\) Under the Occupational Health Services framework agreement Reference: PFB5072 LU using Lot 1 - Occupational Health & EAP Services National

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER](/buyers/university-of-chester/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Optima Health PLC
- Award value: £400,000
- Tender value: £400,000
- Award date: 2 April 2026
- Published: 13 August 2026
- Contract start: 1 May 2026
- Contract end: 30 April 2031
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 86d33971-5221-4cf4-b849-e27e4443677d-903619
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-74941029-b8cf-4795-a093-0b21ac4ebcc1

## Description

This award follows the University of Chester seeking tenders for a further competition for Occupational Health Services and Employee Assistance Programmes \(EAP\) under the UKUPC Occupational Health Services framework agreement Reference: PFB5072 LU\. This further competition was under Lot 1 - Occupational Health & EAP Services National\. The values in this award notice have been rounded\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/86d33971-5221-4cf4-b849-e27e4443677d-903619)