Notice Information
Notice Title
Cumbria Connect to Work (CtW) Programme
Notice Description
The Cumbria Connect to Work Programme is being commissioned for the Cumberland Council and the Westmorland and Furness Council and will be delivered by Enterprising Cumbria for the whole county, an initiative from the Department for Work and Pensions. Cumberland Council, the lead on the procurement and also the Accountable Body for this programme, advertised a procurement opportunity to seek a Service Coordinator who will manage Connect to work with delivery partners across Cumbria (Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council areas). This procurement has concluded and the contract is to be awarded to the successful provider to carry out this programme across Cumbria. This contract will be awarded to start on 31st October 2025 and terminate on 31st March 2028. There is the potential for two contract extensions of up to 12 months each, depending on both the success in achieving the required outcomes and availability of further funding, which could lead to the contract ending on 31st March 2030. The total value, including the possible extensions, is PS9,883,966 excluding VAT. Bids were evaluated and moderated according to the criteria as set out in the Invitation to Tender. From the date of this notice and in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023, the council will be observing a standstill period of 8 working days before entering into any contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: There is the potential for two contract extensions of up to 12 months each, depending on both the success in achieving the required outcomes and availability of further funding.
Planning Information
An engagement session will be held face-to-face in Carlisle on Friday 18th July 2025 at 10am. To register for this event, visit https://enterprisingcumbria.org.uk/latest-news-4/2025/cumbria-connect-work-market-engagement-session or send an email to CumbriaCTW@cumbria.gov.uk by Tuesday 15th July 2025. Please note only registered attendees will be allowed into the engagement event. An additional briefing session will be held for those who cannot attend the in-person session. This will be held virtually on Thursday 24th July, 15:30-16:30. If you would to attend, please also email the Registration Form into CumbriaCTW@Cumbria.gov.uk and explicitly state your interest to attend the Virtual Briefing in your email. A question-and-answer log will be published following the event alongside the slide used at the event. Questions can be sent to use either before the market engagement event, raised at the event, or up to close of business on 24th July, and we will seek to answer all questions either at the event or shortly afterward. Questions after 24th July may not be responded to. We recognise the burden that maybe placed on smaller local organisations in responding to requests for information from potential Service Coordinators. To help alleviate this,s we a) will be seeking to build a directory of local services; b) encourage potential Service Coordinators to use that directory of services as part of any Expression of Interest process they may have. If you wish your details to be included in a service directory, hosted on Enterprising Cumbria Connect to Work website, please complete and return the service directory form found at https://enterprisingcumbria.org.uk/cumbria-connect-work-service-directory-form. Particular suitability Organisations that can deliver and specifically coordinate the deliver across the whole of Cumbria and all participant groups. Suitability includes consortiums and joint ventures.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055984
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067218-2025
- 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
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
80 - Education and training services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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75110000 - General public services
75131000 - Government services
75200000 - Provision of services to the community
79600000 - Recruitment services
80400000 - Adult and other education services
80500000 - Training services
98200000 - Equal opportunities consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £9,883,966 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £9,883,966 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £9,883,966 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Aug 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 20 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Oct 2025 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CUMBERLAND COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- peopleprocurement@cumbria.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARLISLE
- Postcode
- CA1 1RD
- Post Town
- Carlisle
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD1 Cumbria
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD13 Cumberland
- Delivery Location
- TLD1 Cumbria
-
- Local Authority
- Cumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Carlisle
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067218-2025
21st October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051891-2025
28th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040782-2025
17th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037595-2025
4th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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