Notice Information
Notice Title
Connect to Work CRM System
Notice Description
Staffordshire County Council (SCC) has procured a customer relationship management (CRM) system to support the delivery of the Connect to Work program. Requirements are to record participant/employer engagement, track progress, link into Department of Work and Pensions systems and report outcomes.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The term of the contract will be 2 years plus 3 x 1 year extensions (20th October 2027 - 19th October 2028, 20th October 2028 - 19th October 2029, 20th October 2029 - 19th October 2030 ). Extensions will be used dependent on: grant funding allocation, the Connect to Work program performance, and the impact of Local Government Reorganisation.
Planning Information
Please note that this notice relates to Pre Market Engagement that has already taken place. Connect to Work is a Government program. Following national publications regarding the program, 3 suppliers contacted the Council with marketing emails in February 2025 and provided demonstration of their systems. These suppliers were sent a follow up document requesting information regarding the systems' current reporting capabilities. In July 2025, a further supplier contacted the Council with an invitation to a webinar which involved a demonstration of their system. The pre market engagement has not shaped the requirements set in the upcoming procurement, these have been derived from the Grant Guidance and Technical Notes Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have published for Connect to Work, other information provided by DWP, and the Council itself.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0581d2
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078776-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48445000 - Customer Relation Management software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £200,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Oct 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- 17 Nov 2025 - 16 Nov 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- ellie.butler@staffordshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STAFFORD
- Postcode
- ST16 2LP
- 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
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Stafford
- Electoral Ward
- Forebridge
- Westminster Constituency
- Stafford
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078776-2025
2nd December 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069313-2025
29th October 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048794-2025
14th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046241-2025
5th August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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