Connect to Work - EMCCA

A Tender Notice
by EAST MIDLANDS COMBINED COUNTY AUTHORITY

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
4 year
Value
£33M
Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
04 Sep 2025
Delivery
01 Jan 2026 to 31 Mar 2030
Deadline
06 Oct 2025 11:00

Concepts

Location

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

The recently launched "Get Britain Working" White Paper outlines Government's strategy to invest £240m 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. 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. In the East Midlands, Connect to Work will support 12,243 residents across the entirety of the programme. The East Midlands Combined Authority is the Accountable Body for Connect to Work in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and, working in partnership with the four constituent local authorities, is responsible for the commissioning of Connect to Work delivery. Connect to Work is a voluntary programme, delivering the evidence-based Supported Employment model, 'place, train, and maintain', via two different types of interventions based on the needs of the participant - Individual Placement and Support (IPS) and Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF).

Lot Division

1 IPS - Derby City & Derbyshire
  • Value: £12M

The Connect to Work delivery partner will deliver IPS to participants resident across all areas of Derby City and Derbyshire. The aim is to enable participants to secure and sustain paid, competitive employment by providing person-centred support that respects individual aspirations. This will support residents to improve their health, independence, and social inclusion while also working towards the regional and national target of 80% of working age people being in employment.
2 IPS & SEQF-Nottingham & Nottinghamshire
  • Value: £20M

The Connect to Work delivery partner will deliver IPS and SEQF to participants resident across all areas of Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire. The aim is to enable participants to secure and sustain paid, competitive employment by providing person-centred support that respects individual aspirations. This will support residents to improve their health, independence, and social inclusion while also working towards the regional and national target of 80% of working age people being in employment.

Award Criteria

Quality _
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CPV Codes

  • 75131000 - Government services
  • 79634000 - Career guidance services
  • 80521000 - Training programme services

Indicators

  • Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.

Other Information

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