Coming up· published 1 Aug 2025
Connect to Work
Kingston upon Hull City Council · East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber
Kingston upon Hull City Council is planning Connect to Work. It is a framework for other health and social care in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 1 Aug 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 14:14
View notice2025
Pipeline notice published
UK1 - Pipeline Notice · 07:41
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2025
Contract starts
Next
2030
Contract ends
5 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Kingston upon Hull City Council is planning Connect to Work. It is a framework for other health and social care in East Riding of Yorkshire. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 1 November 2025 to 1 November 2030. It lasts 5 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 1 August 2025. The notice number is 045011-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-0556e0.
Summary of the contracting process
Kingston Upon Hull City Council, in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, is initiating the "Connect to Work" procurement process, focusing on the health and social work services industry category. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a planned release of the Invitation to Tender in late August 2025 on the YORtender system, and will remain open for 30 days.
The programme, funded by the Department for Work and Pensions, aims to support up to 3,400 residents in the Hull and East Riding areas. Delivery is anticipated to begin in November 2025 and run for five years, offering support to disabled individuals and those with complex employment barriers, encouraging collaboration between health and employment services.
This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses, particularly SMEs and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs), with experience in service framework agreements, especially those aligned with the Integrated Placement Support and Supported Employment Quality Framework model.
The notice in full
The recently launched "Get Britain Working" White Paper outlines Government's strategy to invest PS240m to support the ambition of a national 80% employment rate and help improve workplace health and keep people in work, including trials of combined public services for those out of work due to ill health. Connect to Work is the first major element of the Get Britain Working Strategy.
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. In turn, supporting the Government's ambition for a more inclusive economy, supporting local people to realise their potential and supporting local and national growth.
In England and Wales, Connect to Work funding will support around 100,000 disabled people with health conditions and those with complex barriers to get into employment and on in work. Connect to Work is a new employment programme, funded by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The programme will primarily support people who are disabled and economically inactive.
The programme will be based on the Integrated Placement Support (IPS) and Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) model of supported employment. It will focus on vocational profiling, early engagement with employers and supporting people into work quickly. Ongoing support is then provided to the participant and their employer to help sustain them in work.
The programme also involves flexibility to support adults at risk of unemployment due to complex needs to be supported to sustain and improve their employment.
As the Accountable Body, Hull City Council is responsible for the commissioning, implementation and management of Connect to Work but will be working in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council on this exciting programme which will support up to 3400 residents from the Hull and East Riding Area. The programme is expected to run for 5 years.
An Invitation to Tender for Connect to Work Hull East Yorkshire programme will be launched in Late August and will be live for 30 days on the YORtender tendering system. It is anticipated that delivery will start in late 2025.
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 health and social care
- Procurement type
- Framework
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Nov 2025 to 1 Nov 2030 (5 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK1 - Pipeline 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
- Planned
- Lots
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 045011-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0556e0
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Town
- Hull
- Postcode
- HU1 1AA
- Electoral ward
- St Mary's
- Constituency
- Beverley and Holderness
- Delivery area
- Kingston upon Hull, City of, TLE12 East Riding of Yorkshire
- Region
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Sub-region
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Area
- East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Kingston upon Hull City Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Richard Gregory
- Phone
- +44 1482 613256
- Address
- Hull, HU1 1AA · Yorkshire and The Humber · England
Documents and links
- Pipeline notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045011-2025
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036480-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-0556e0 (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?
Kingston upon Hull City Council 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 1 November 2025 to 1 November 2030 (5 years).
Who is the buyer for Connect to Work?
Kingston upon Hull City Council, based in East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber. The named contact is Richard Gregory, on +44 1482 613256.
How do I bid for Connect to Work?
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