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retender Greater Essex Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI)

Essex County Council · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 01:43.

Opportunity overview

Essex County Council as lead commissioner is seeking to procure a service for Individual Placement and Support for Serious Mental Illness (IPS for SMI). The IPS for SMI is an employment support service integrated with secondary care mental health services to assist people who experience severe mental health conditions to find paid work. ECC is the lead commissioner for this service on behalf of the three ICBs in Essex, namely Mid and South Essex (MSE), Hertfordshire and West Essex (HWE ), and Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE). Please note that this service will not cover Hertfordshire or Suffolk. For the purposes of this procurement, this service is an ALL Essex service, which includes the Unitary Authorities of Southend and Thurrock.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD

Matched by number
Contract value
£8m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Sept 2025
Including VAT
£9.6m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 07083531
Location
London, UKI41, EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN769504
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Essex County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PWVM-4844-NRQH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWVM-4844-NRQH

Address

Street Address
County Hall, Market Road
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1QH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKH36

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD
Id
GB-COH-07083531

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
07083531

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCWM-2653-WRMG

Address

Street Address
86-90, Paul Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC2A 4NE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI41

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-07083531
Name
GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
1 Oct 2025, 00:00

Period

Starts
1 Oct 2025, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2028, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Sept 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The Council may at its sole discretion extend the duration of this Agreement for a further maximum period of up to twenty-four (24) calendar months commencing on the third anniversary of the Service Commencement Date. The Council may serve such extension notice(s) on as many occasions as it shall think fit provided that the duration of such extensions shall not in total exceed twenty-four (24) calendar months from the fifth anniversary of the Service Commencement Date.

Options

Description
As published in schedule 1 specification: 5.5.3 The service may expand over the life of the contract. Should this opportunity arise any potential increases to annual targets and associated additional funding will be discussed with Provider during the contract term.

Value

Including VAT
9,585,428
Amount
7,987,857
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Not Applicable - Light Touch Regime

Documents

Entry 1
Id
020482-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
6 Mar 2026, 14:36
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chelmsford · UKH36 · CM1 1QH · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 020482-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·