Notice Information
Notice Title
WorkWell - Work and Health Support and Assessment for Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country
Notice Description
NHS Black Country ICB has piloted an offer of high quality early-intervention work and health support and assessment offer to its residents through provision of a WorkWell service. The service provides holistic support to help people overcome health-related barriers to employment, and a single, joined-up gateway to other related services within the system. During the last 18 months, the pilot has helped thousands of local people across Black Country to address their work and health needs so that they can start or stay in employment. In January this year the government announced further investment in the WorkWell approach, and as we develop our ambitions for further integration of work and health services across the Black Country we are planning a market engagement event to discuss our plans for the future delivery of this service. The event will help us to shape our preparations to develop local delivery models for the roll out of WorkWell services in Black Country for a period of up to three years from 2026-2029 so that we can meet our population work and health needs. We would invite organisations with a potential interest in the future delivery of WorkWell Services across the Black Country to hear about service developments to date, and help us to shape our future service plans for delivery within Sandwell, Wolverhampton, Walsall and Dudley. We would be particularly keen to hear from suppliers of work and health services with an interest in delivering within the Black Country footprint who would like to participate in discussions with the wider market alongside the ICB, and our partners in local authorities. We expect demand for places will be high, so, to allow as many different providers as possible to be in attendance, would politely request that one representative only attends for each organisation registered. Please see below for registration links, which we kindly ask you to use if you are intending to attend: We are hosting two events as follows : EVENT 1: Wolverhampton and Walsall DATE: Friday 13 March 2026 TIME: 9.30am - 12 noon VENUE: Beechchdale Lifelong Learning Centre, Bloxwich, Walsall REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1983615162348?aff=oddtdtcreator EVENT 2: Sandwell and Dudley DATE: Friday 13 March 2026 TIME: 2pm - 4pm VENUE: Beacon Centre, Dudley REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1983615620719?aff=oddtdtcreator
Planning Information
We expect demand for places will be high, so, to allow as many different providers as possible to be in attendance, would politely request that one representative only attends for each organisation registered. Please see below for registration links, which we kindly ask you to use if you are intending to attend: We are hosting two events as follows : EVENT 1: Wolverhampton and Walsall DATE: Friday 13 March 2026 TIME: 9.30am - 12 noon VENUE: Beechchdale Lifelong Learning Centre, Bloxwich, Walsall REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1983615162348?aff=oddtdtcreator EVENT 2: Sandwell and Dudley DATE: Friday 13 March 2026 TIME: 2pm - 4pm VENUE: Beacon Centre, Dudley REGISTRATION LINK: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1983615620719?aff=oddtdtcreator
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065d07
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017312-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement 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
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
79611000 - Job search services
80000000 - Education and training services
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £30,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Feb 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 13 Mar 20262 weeks to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Additional Buyers
DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
NHS BLACK COUNTRY INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B1 1TT
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG39 Wolverhampton
- Delivery Location
- TLG31 Birmingham, TLG32 Solihull, TLG36 Dudley, TLG37 Sandwell, TLG38 Walsall, TLG39 Wolverhampton
-
- Local Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Electoral Ward
- St Peters
- Westminster Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017312-2026
26th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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