Notice Information
Notice Title
Connect to Work
Notice Description
Staffordshire County Council (SCC) is looking to procure universal support called Connect to Work, which is a large scale voluntary supported employment programme, primarily to support economically inactive individuals but will also extend to some employed and unemployed cohorts. It is an intensive programme of support of up to 12 months. The core target groups are economically inactive people with disabilities, people with a health condition and disadvantaged groups.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0516f6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022647-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £22,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 19 Oct 2025 - 19 Oct 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercial.team@staffordshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STAFFORD
- Postcode
- ST16 2DH
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
-
- Local Authority
- Stafford
- Electoral Ward
- Forebridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Stafford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022647-2025
19th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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