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PAN3317 - Connect to Work IPS Provision Lot 1 Leicester

Leicester City Council

This public procurement record has 9 releases in its history.

Award

20 Jul 2026 at 15:05

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
AwardUpdate

15 May 2026 at 16:36

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

07 May 2026 at 08:20

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

22 Apr 2026 at 15:46

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

13 Jan 2026 at 08:58

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

27 Nov 2025 at 15:12

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
PlanningUpdate

17 Oct 2025 at 08:31

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

16 Oct 2025 at 15:39

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

20 May 2025 at 16:00

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leicester City Council is the lead accountable body for Connect to Work Individual Placement and Support (IPS) provision, working with Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council. The requirement is for services for eligible residents, divided into three geographical areas: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The work falls within education and training services and is delivered within the relevant local authority boundary. Leicester City Council commissions and procures the service on behalf of the three councils. Lot 1 covers Leicester City; Lot 2 covers Leicestershire County; and Lot 3 covers Rutland. The three lots provide identical services, but Leicester is awarded separately and cannot be awarded to the same supplier as either of the other two lots.

The procurement used an open procedure and is now at award stage. The award date was 22 April 2026. Twin Training International Limited was selected for Leicester, with an awarded value of £4,633,525 excluding VAT (£5,560,230 including VAT). Intuitive Thinking Skills Ltd was selected for Leicestershire at £3,671,850 excluding VAT (£4,406,220 including VAT), and for Rutland at £437,125 excluding VAT (£524,550 including VAT). The latest published contract periods for all three lots run from 17 August 2026 to 31 March 2030. Bids were due by 12 February 2026, with enquiries accepted until 30 January 2026; the award period ended on 27 February 2026. Evaluation gave quality 90% and price 10%.

This procurement shows sustained demand from the three councils for specialist IPS delivery within education and training services, across both urban and county settings. A credible future competitor would need to support eligible residents through the required provision and demonstrate a strong, evidence-based service model, because quality carried substantially more weight than price. The buyer expressly considered the lots suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The awarded suppliers included an SME and a larger VCSE among the tenderers, showing that organisations of different scales were involved in competition. Relevant providers would therefore be those with established employability, training or IPS delivery capability, suitable local reach across Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland, and enough operational capacity to manage one or more distinct geographical services while respecting the separation of Leicester from the other lots.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

PAN3317 - Connect to Work IPS Provision Lot 1 Leicester

Notice Description

*This notice supersedes earlier UK6 notices: Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-036739 & 2026/S 000-045071 LCC is the lead Accountable Body for this Connect to Work Provision in Leicester in association with Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council and LCC shall be working with these three constituent Local Authorities and be responsible for the commissioning and procurement of the Connect to Work delivery. The requirement is divided into three Lots each providing identical services as follows: Lot 1 - Leicester The Supplier will deliver the IPS provision for residents who are eligible within the Leicester City Council Local Authority boundary. Lot 2 - Leicestershire The Supplier will deliver the IPS provision for residents who are eligible within the Leicestershire County Council Local Authority boundary. Lot 3 - Rutland The Supplier will deliver the IPS provision for residents who are eligible within the Rutland County Council Authority boundary.

Lot Information

Lot 1 - Leicester Lot 2 - Leicestershire Lot 3 - Rutland

Planning Information

The PME process involves suppliers to attend a Microsoft Teams online session at 10.00am on Thursday 30 October 2025 to discuss the requirement and have an opportunity to provide a high level overview of the Connect to Work commissioning process and ask questions to shape any future procurement activity. A maximum of two hours have been allocated for this and will include a short presentation. Please complete and submit the Microsoft Form found within the PME documentation requesting attendance to the Online Session. Attendance requests must be received by 12:00 noon on 29 October 2025 at the very latest. Further information about this exercise can be found in the PME documentation found within the EastMidsTenders portal: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/?advertId=2c3ca6f0-62aa-f011-813a-005056b64545. Any queries/questions regarding this opportunity must be received via the ProContract portal only by 12:00 noon on 29 October 2025 at the very latest

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051948
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068329-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£8,742,500 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£8,742,500 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£8,742,500 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
12 Feb 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
24 Dec 2025Expired
Award Date
22 Apr 20264 months ago
Contract Period
17 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Leicester City Council
Additional Buyers

Leicestershire County Council

Rutland County Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEICESTER
Postcode
LE1 1FZ
Postcode Area
Leicester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF21 Leicester
Delivery Location
TLF21 Leicester, TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland
Local Authority
Leicester
Electoral Ward
Castle
Westminster Constituency
Leicester South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

INTUITIVE THINKING SKILLS LTD

TWIN TRAINING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Further Information

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