Planning

Connect to Work

KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

01 Aug 2025 at 07:41

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Planning

01 Jul 2025 at 14:14

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Kingston Upon Hull City Council, in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, is initiating the "Connect to Work" procurement process, focusing on the health and social work services industry category. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with a planned release of the Invitation to Tender in late August 2025 on the YORtender system, and will remain open for 30 days. The programme, funded by the Department for Work and Pensions, aims to support up to 3,400 residents in the Hull and East Riding areas. Delivery is anticipated to begin in November 2025 and run for five years, offering support to disabled individuals and those with complex employment barriers, encouraging collaboration between health and employment services.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses, particularly SMEs and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSEs), with experience in service framework agreements, especially those aligned with the Integrated Placement Support and Supported Employment Quality Framework model. Companies with expertise in vocational profiling and employer engagement, aiming to enhance workforce participation and sustain employment, will find this tender advantageous. By participating, businesses can contribute to the government’s goal of increasing employment rates and fostering an inclusive economy, thereby expanding their portfolio and impact within the community.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Connect to Work

Notice Description

The recently launched "Get Britain Working" White Paper outlines Government's strategy to invest PS240m 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. In England and Wales, 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. Connect to Work is a new employment programme, funded by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The programme will primarily support people who are disabled and economically inactive. The programme will be based on the Integrated Placement Support (IPS) and Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) model of supported employment. It will focus on vocational profiling, early engagement with employers and supporting people into work quickly. Ongoing support is then provided to the participant and their employer to help sustain them in work. The programme also involves flexibility to support adults at risk of unemployment due to complex needs to be supported to sustain and improve their employment. As the Accountable Body, Hull City Council is responsible for the commissioning, implementation and management of Connect to Work but will be working in partnership with East Riding of Yorkshire Council on this exciting programme which will support up to 3400 residents from the Hull and East Riding Area. The programme is expected to run for 5 years. An Invitation to Tender for Connect to Work Hull East Yorkshire programme will be launched in Late August and will be live for 30 days on the YORtender tendering system. It is anticipated that delivery will start in late 2025.

Planning Information

A digital market briefing event is taking place on two separate dates 9th and 11th July for Hull and ERYC respectively. The link below will allow suppliers to register accordingly: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connect-to-work-tickets-1438407338069 Attendance for the event is not mandatory and will not exclude bidders from responding to the opportunity when it is published The procurement exercise is due to be released in early August 2025.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0556e0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045011-2025
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

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Aug 20254 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
1 Sep 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Nov 2025 - 1 Nov 2030 Over 5 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
KINGSTON UPON HULL CITY COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL

Contact Name
Richard Gregory
Contact Email
procurement@eastriding.gov.uk, richard.gregory@hullcc.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1482 613256

Buyer Location

Locality
HULL
Postcode
HU1 1AA
Post Town
Hull
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE1 East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE12 East Riding of Yorkshire
Delivery Location
TLE11 Kingston upon Hull, City of, TLE12 East Riding of Yorkshire
Local Authority
East Riding of Yorkshire
Electoral Ward
St Mary's
Westminster Constituency
Beverley and Holderness

Further Information

Notice Documents

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