Tender

Connect to Work

REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

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19 Jun 2025 at 10:26

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13 Jan 2025 at 18:30

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12 Dec 2024 at 11:53

Summary of the contracting process

Reed in Partnership Limited is leading a procurement process titled "Connect to Work" as part of the UK Government's Get Britain Working Strategy. This initiative aims to support economically inactive individuals in England and Wales by removing barriers to employment, focusing on specified groups such as disabled people and ex-offenders. The procurement falls under the "Job search services" industry category with additional emphasis on adult and other education services. The open procedure method is being utilised for this active tender, with expressions of interest required by 10th January 2025 and the tender period closing on 28th February 2025. The contract is set to start on 1st April 2025 and run until 31st March 2030, primarily targeting activities within England, United Kingdom.

This tender offers significant opportunities for local organisations, particularly SMEs and VCSEs, with capabilities in delivering Supported Employment and Individual Placement & Support services. Businesses with a strong track record in employability services and removing employment barriers for marginalised cohorts stand a competitive chance. The procurement seeks partners capable of providing community-based interventions, which can foster business growth by strengthening local capabilities while improving employment outcomes for participants. Reed in Partnership Limited is focused on building partnerships that enhance regional service delivery, offering a platform for businesses to expand and impact positively on the local community.

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Notice Title

Connect to Work

Notice Description

Reed in Partnership intends to bid for a number of Connect to Work opportunities as and when they are commissioned. We invite you to complete our EOI if you believe your organisation can also make a positive difference to the lives of people in your local community through helping them into sustainable work. Opportunity Overview Connect to Work is part of the Government's Get Britain Working Strategy. The programme will be commissioned locally by lead accountable bodies (e.g. Combined Authorities and Local Authorities). Connect to Work is a voluntary, high-fidelity Supported Employment programme in England and Wales, to help economically inactive people who want to work, to remove their barriers to work and find sustainable employment. Priority participants groups will be disabled people, people with health conditions and people in the specified cohorts. The specified cohorts are: Offenders or ex-offenders; carers or ex-carers; people who are homeless; a former member of the Armed Forces or partner of current/former Armed Forces personnel; a person with a drug/alcohol dependency; a care experienced young person or care leaver; a refugee, a resettled Afghan or a person on the Ukrainian scheme; a victim/survivor of domestic abuse; young persons identified as being involved/at risk of being involved in serious violence; victims of modern slavery. It is anticipated that 75% of participants will follow the Individual Placement & Support (IPS) model and 25% will follow the Supported Employment model. It is expected that delivery partners will follow the respective fidelity assurance systems (IPS and SEQF). We are seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from local organisations with experience of locally delivering: 1. IPS services 2. Supported Employment services 3. Proven employability services, supporting those who are furthest from the labour market 4. Specialist services removing barriers to employment for one or more of the above specified groups Given that the nature of these locally commissioned programmes will require local, community-based delivery, we will be looking for evidence of this in EOI responses. Responding to this EOI Please fully complete and submit this EOI before the closing date of Friday 10th January 2025 at 6pm. The EOI can be found here: https://forms.office.com/e/3qNDcNPRMG Contact partner.network@reed.com should you have questions. For information on how we score our EOIs and work with partners, visit our website https://reedinpartnership.co.uk/partners/ Please note, this does not constitute an offer to work with your organisation, but is the first stage in our selection process. For organisations successful at EOI stage, we will undertake further due diligence and commercial pricing analysis to make our final selection of partners. Thank you for your interest in working with us.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-e80a6414-09ff-413e-b0fb-a3def7114d5c
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1b752187-f02c-4ba4-85a9-1993196d3817
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

79611000 - Job search services

80400000 - Adult and other education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Jun 20258 months ago
Submission Deadline
28 Feb 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2030 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
partner.network@reed.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC2A 1DT
Post Town
Central London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

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