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Work Well - Shaw Trust

NHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON ICB

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14 Feb 2025 at 06:49

Summary of the contracting process

NHS North Central London ICB has awarded a contract to Shaw Trust for the renewal and continuation of the WorkWell programme, which falls under the education and training services category. The programme aims to support people with disabilities and health conditions to start, stay, and thrive at work. The procurement process is at the award stage, with the contract having been signed on 7th February 2025. The project involves mobilising services by 1st April 2025 across five boroughs in North Central London, including Enfield, Camden, Islington, Barnet, and Haringey, with an execution period running until 31st March 2026. The procurement process was conducted via a limited procedure due to the urgent need to prevent service interruption.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in employment support services, particularly those with experience in health and disability support frameworks. Companies capable of forming multidisciplinary teams and achieving specific participant targets within tight timelines are well-positioned to benefit from this contract. With 60% of funding provided upfront and 40% contingent on performance-based metrics, there is substantial financial incentive for businesses able to meet the quarterly target of 525 participant starts. This contract also allows for the potential to contribute to national learning programmes and strategic development, fostering long-term growth and collaboration within the sector.

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Notice Title

Work Well - Shaw Trust

Notice Description

There are now 2.8million economically inactive people with long term sickness in the UK and 22% of working age adults aged 16 to 64. The WorkWell programme has been established to support people with disabilities and health conditions to start, stay and thrive at work. The proposal for 2025 to 2026 is to provide work and health coaching to support 2100 participants with a disability or health condition to start work if unemployed, or to remain in employment if they have been signed off work due to sickness. The programme is split into three phases: (1) The Implementation period: 7th May 2024 - 30th September 2024 involved developing our plans, developing communications and referral mechanisms. (2) Recruit and support 900 participants 1st October 2024 - 31st March 2025 - The service went live in October 2024 for an initial 6-month period and was delivered through a partnership between the Shaw Trust and Working Well Trust. (3) Recruit and Support 2100 participants To meet the next requirement for the funding laid down by DWP, the ICB requires a service to be fully mobilised from 1 April 2025 which will run until 31 Mar 2026. Although 60% of funding is up front, 40% of this is participant dependant - so suppliers need to meet a monthly target of 525 starts per quarter in order to receive the maximum funding. As a vanguard, NCL will contribute to the national learning programme to enable development of a sustainable WorkWell service across the country as well as develop and deliver a Work And Health Strategy by May 2025, both of these elements are outside the scope of this procurement.

Lot Information

Lot 1

An urgent contract award is needed to renew the current contract and continue the delivery of the WorkWell programme from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for 12 months. The commissioner believes that there is only one provider who would be able to mobilise the service fully by 1 April 2025 across all 5 NCL Boroughs, these being the timescales laid down by DWP. This decision is also linked to the requirement for a central staff team of Work and Health Coaches to be in post by 1st April 2025 to accept referrals and work with participant starts immediately, to achieve quarterly target numbers. A further requirement is to have mobilised a Multi-Disciplinary Team by 1st April 2025 to provide Work & Health Coaches with specific employment and clinical advice as required, to enable local residents to be given the most appropriate support to start, stay and thrive at work. The payment terms offered is quarterly in arrears and 40% of funding is dependent on meeting targets.

Options: To achieve the specified programme targets, a full staff team will need to be in place from 1 April 2025 for the 12-month period until 31 March 2026, with an option to extend for a further 12-month period.

Procurement Information

An urgent contract award is needed to renew the current contract and continue the delivery of the WorkWell programme from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for 12 months. The commissioner believes that no providers would be able to deliver the service without causing an interruption of service. There is a requirement for a central staff team of Work and Health Coaches to be in post by 1st April 2025 to accept referrals and work with participant starts immediately, to achieve quarterly target numbers. A Multi-Disciplinary Team must be in place by 1st April 2025 to provide Work & Health Coaches with specific employment and clinical advice as required, to enable local residents to be given the most appropriate support to start, stay and thrive at work.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04def1
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005040-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,406,200 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Feb 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Feb 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON ICB
Contact Name
Strategy And Population Health
Contact Email
nclicb.nclcontractqueries@nhs.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
N1 1TH
Post Town
North London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI43 Haringey and Islington
Delivery Location
TLI5 Outer London - East and North East, TLI7 Outer London - West and North West

Local Authority
Islington
Electoral Ward
Laycock
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SHAW TRUST

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