Coming up· published 7 Oct 2025
Connect to Work
Tees Valley Combined Authority · Darlington, North East
Tees Valley Combined Authority is planning Connect to Work. It is a contract for other health and social care in Darlington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 7 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 16:50
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Pipeline notice updated
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 13:13
View notice2025
Contract starts
Next
2030
Contract ends
4½ years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Tees Valley Combined Authority is planning Connect to Work. It is a contract for other health and social care in Darlington. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 30 October 2025 to 31 March 2030. It lasts 4½ years.
Find a Tender published it on 7 October 2025. The notice number is 062896-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-050019.
Summary of the contracting process
The Tees Valley Combined Authority is in the planning stage for the "Connect to Work" programme, which focuses on providing employment support to economically inactive individuals, the unemployed, and those at risk of job loss due to health conditions. This initiative falls under the services category, specifically targeting general public services, government support services, job search, and miscellaneous health services.
The project is set to commence in Autumn 2025, continuing through to March 2030, and covers areas in the UK regions UKC11, UKC12, and UKC13. A pre-market engagement event is scheduled for 15th April 2025 at Teesside Airport Business Suite, Darlington, with a questionnaire deadline for suppliers on 9th May 2025, to refine the procurement process.
The programme will be led by Hartlepool Borough Council, in partnership with other Tees Valley Local Authorities, following Cabinet approval in September 2025 for a mixed delivery model. Interested suppliers are encouraged to participate in market engagement activities to better understand evolving requirements and position themselves as potential collaborators for the successful delivery of the programme across the Tees Valley region.
The notice in full
Connect to Work is a voluntary employment program launched by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). It aims to help individuals who are economically inactive, unemployed, or at risk of losing their jobs due to disabilities or long-term health conditions. The program provides targeted support to eligible participants, assisting them in finding and maintaining employment.
Tees Valley Combined Authority is the Accountable Body (AB) for Connect to Work and will host a pre-market engagement event with key partners, stakeholders and interested parties prior to official procurement activities to support shaping our approach to commissioning the program. Update: TVCA Cabinet 26th September 2025 approved a mixed model of delivery for the Tees Valley Connect to Work programme.
This Model will see the programme led by Hartlepool Borough Council in partnership with the Tees Valley Local Authorities. Hartlepool Borough Council will undertake further market engagement late Autumn that will engage further delivery partners to deliver specialist services across the region.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 30 Oct 2025 to 31 Mar 2030 (4½ years)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 062896-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050019
- CPV code
- 75110000 - General public services; 75130000 - Supporting services for the government; 79611000 - Job search services; 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- CPV division
- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services; 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security; 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Town
- Darlington
- Postcode
- DL2 1NJ
- Electoral ward
- Sadberge & Middleton St George
- Constituency
- Stockton West
- Delivery area
- Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees, TLC12 South Teesside, TLC13 Darlington
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- Darlington
- Area
- Tees Valley
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Tees Valley Combined Authority
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Darlington, DL2 1NJ · North East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062896-2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014110-2025
- Eventbrite.co.ukeventbrite.co.uk/e/tees-valley-work-and-health-programmes-pre…
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-050019 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Connect to Work
When will the Connect to Work tender open?
Tees Valley Combined Authority has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Connect to Work contract?
The contract runs from 30 October 2025 to 31 March 2030 (4½ years).
Who is the buyer for Connect to Work?
Tees Valley Combined Authority, based in Darlington, North East.
How do I bid for Connect to Work?
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
- Check your policies are up to date.
- Watch for the tender notice.
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