# Employee Benefits - Access to Technology and Retail Discounts and Staff recognition scheme

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Defra Network eTendering Portal.

## Key facts

- Buyer: Defra Network eTendering Portal
- Supplier: [Reward Gateway](/suppliers/reward-gateway/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £4,000,000
- Award date: 9 December 2022
- Published: 13 March 2023
- Contract start: 15 December 2022
- Contract end: 1 May 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: dae1fd34-03d3-4a52-8531-680028352da1-623466
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-adbcbd88-9384-496d-9462-787b350559ea

## Description

A key objective of Defra group Human Resources \(DgHR\) is, to ensure Employee Benefits \(EBs\) are offered as a part of Defra's Employee Value Proposition \(EVP\), to attract and retain the workforce\. This includes staff access to; - Employee Discounts Scheme - a service from which employees can access discounts on goods and services - Technology and Smartphone Discounts Scheme - a service that enables employees instant access to free financing on the latest white goods and technology products - Reward and Recognition Scheme - the provision of an employee recognition system that enables peer to peer and manager and team recognition\. Additional information: The ceiling value of spend will have an upper limit of £40million but will be controlled internally\. There will be no obligated spend and a large element will be covered not by Defra organisations but by individual staff spend\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dae1fd34-03d3-4a52-8531-680028352da1-623466)