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Connect To Work (Lot 3)- Supported Employment: Health and Disability

Worcestershire County Council · award, contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 18:31.

Opportunity overview

Connect to Work will support the wider development of locally planned systems to drive growth, working jointly with the United Kingdom Government. By encouraging join up between health systems and employment support, Connect to Work will support those, primarily, currently outside the workforce and facing greater labour market disadvantages, to stay in work and get back into work.

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.

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • This contract covers services including the delivery of the IPS Mental Health Support Service. The IPS (Individual Placement and Support) supports people with severe mental health difficulties into employment. It involves intensive, individual support, a rapid job search followed by placement in paid employment, and time unlimited in-work support for both the employee and the employer.Value not stated

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
ocds-h6vhtk-068888
Status
complete
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The justification for this Direct Award is that the services being procured include the delivery of the IPS Mental Health Support Service. The IPS (Individual Placement and Support) supports people with severe mental health difficulties into employment. It involves intensive, individual support, a rapid job search followed by placement in paid employment, and time unlimited in-work support for both the employee and the employer. The NHS have experience in and alignment to existing IPS systems, and staff have the necessary accredited and audited qualifications and experience to provide the clinical governance which is required. Delivery of this service is attributed to the CPV codes 85100000-0 Health Services and 85121270-6 Psychiatrist or Psychologist Services which are listed as relevant services under the PSR Regulations.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
This contract covers services including the delivery of the IPS Mental Health Support Service. The IPS (Individual Placement and Support) supports people with severe mental health difficulties into employment. It involves intensive, individual support, a rapid job search followed by placement in paid employment, and time unlimited in-work support for both the employee and the employer.
Has Options
No
Status
cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG1

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Worcestershire County Council
Id
GB-FTS-54301

Identifier

Legal Name
Worcestershire County Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address
County Hall, Spetchley Road
Locality
Worcester
Region
UKG12
Postal Code
WR52NP
Country Name
United Kingdom

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Id
01
Description
General public services
Organisation 2
Name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Id
GB-FTS-9721

Identifier

Legal Name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Address

Locality
Worcester
Region
UKG1
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Organisation 3
Name
Worcestershire County Council
Id
GB-FTS-31423

Identifier

Legal Name
Worcestershire County Council

Address

Locality
Worcester
Country Name
United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1
Id
036603-2026-1
Status
active

Related lots

1

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-9721
Name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
036603-2026-1
Award ID
036603-2026-1
Status
active
Date Signed
1 Mar 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount
758,759.22
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Worcester · UKG12 · WR52NP · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG1

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 036603-2026award, contract ·