Coming up· published 18 Feb 2025
Connect to Work delivery in Southwark
London Borough of Southwark · Southwark, London
London Borough of Southwark is planning Connect to Work delivery in Southwark. It is a contract for other health and social care in Southwark.
Source: Find a Tender, published 18 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planning Notice · 13:55
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
About this tender
In brief
London Borough of Southwark is planning Connect to Work delivery in Southwark. It is a contract for other health and social care in Southwark. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £5,800,000.
Find a Tender published it on 18 February 2025. The notice number is 005585-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e342.
Summary of the contracting process
The London Borough of Southwark is planning to issue a tender titled "Connect to Work delivery in Southwark," classified under the industry category of "Other community, social and personal services" (CPV code 98000000). This procurement process is currently at the planning stage, with the actual tender anticipated to be published in April 2025.
The Connect to Work programme, funded by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), aims to support people with health and disability-related barriers into sustainable employment. A Preliminary Market Engagement Event will be held online on 27 February 2025, providing more details about this opportunity. The programme intends to assist up to 700 participants annually, supporting over 2,000 individuals across five years.
With the Council planning to deliver 30% of the services in-house and procuring 70% from external providers, there is ample scope for qualified suppliers to secure contracts.
The notice in full
This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for information only. It is not a formal invitation to tender. You will need to respond to the tender notice in order to be considered for this contract.
The purpose of this PIN is to maximise transparency and competition for the upcoming tender notice. All details in this PIN are subject to being updated or changed in the final tender notice. The PIN is being published to advertise a Preliminary Market Engagement Event to be held online on 27 February 2025 where more information about the opportunity will be shared.
The PIN fulfils the requirement for a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice to be issued under the Procurement Act 2023. Organisations interested in this opportunity should contact Ade.Adebowale@southwark.gov.uk for details of how to join the Preliminary Market Engagement Event. Connect to Work is a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) funded programme of supported employment to be delivered over five years from April 2025 to financial year 2029/30.
Its primary objective is to support people with health and disability related barriers into good quality, sustainable employment using tested models of support known as Individual Placement and Support (IPS) and the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF). Southwark is projected to have the highest number of Connect to Work participants of all central London boroughs, with up to 700 starts per year when the programme is at full capacity.
Over the five-year delivery period, over 2,000 people are expected to benefit from support. The council will take a blended approach to delivering Connect to Work in Southwark with approximately 30% of total volumes to be delivered in-house and 70% procured through external organisations.
Effective integration with local employment support services delivered through the Southwark Works programme and with local health, wellbeing and social care providers will be essential to the success of this programme.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Planned
This procurement of a new service will be carried out using a competitive tender process. It is anticipated that the tender will be advertised on the Find a Tender service (FTS) in April 2025 .
Each lot under this procurement will be for a contract to deliver Connect to Work as a full 'end to end' service for a proportion of the total volumes of people to be supported in Southwark. The tender notice will set out the volumes, key referral relationships and eligible groups to be supported under each contract lot.
Information on the make up of the proposed contract lots and tender process will be shared at the Preliminary Market Engagement Event and feedback will be sought prior to finalisation of the tender documentation. Suppliers interested in this opportunity are invited to attend this event to be held Thursday 27 February 2025 from 10am to 12 noon via Microsoft Teams.
If you would like to attend, please email Ade Adebowale at ade.adebowale.@southwark.gov.uk by 12 noon on Wednesday 26 February and a Teams invitation will be sent to you. This is not an invitation to tender nor does it preclude or favour eligibility to participate in the formal procurement once it starts. Details in this PIN are subject to being updated or changed in the final tender notice.
The council reserves the right to cancel, postpone, suspend or abort this procurement at any stage. The issue of this PIN in no way commits the council to commence the procurement process.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planning Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £5,800,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 005585-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04e342
- CPV code
- 79611000 - Job search services; 85312510 - Vocational rehabilitation services; 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
- CPV division
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security; 85 - Health and social work services; 98 - Other community, social and personal services
Location
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Town
- South East London
- Postcode
- SE1 2QH
- Electoral ward
- London Bridge & West Bermondsey
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Delivery area
- Lewisham and Southwark
- Region
- London
- Sub-region
- Lewisham and Southwark
- Area
- Inner London - East
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- London Borough of Southwark
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Mr Nick Wolff
- Phone
- +44 2075255676
- Address
- London, SE1 2QH · London · England
Documents and links
Questions about Connect to Work delivery in Southwark
When will the Connect to Work delivery in Southwark tender open?
London Borough of Southwark 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 much is the Connect to Work delivery in Southwark contract worth?
The estimated value is £5,800,000.
Who is the buyer for Connect to Work delivery in Southwark?
London Borough of Southwark, based in Southwark, London. The named contact is Mr Nick Wolff, on +44 2075255676.
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