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title: "Work Well - Shaw Trust"
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buyer: "NHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON ICB"
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# Work Well - Shaw Trust

Buyer: NHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON ICB  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04def1

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## Summary

NHS North Central London ICB has awarded a contract to Shaw Trust for the renewal and continuation of the WorkWell programme, which falls under the education and training services category. The programme aims to support people with disabilities and health conditions to start, stay, and thrive at work. The procurement process is at the award stage, with the contract having been signed on 7th February 2025. The project involves mobilising services by 1st April 2025 across five boroughs in North Central London, including Enfield, Camden, Islington, Barnet, and Haringey, with an execution period running until 31st March 2026. The procurement process was conducted via a limited procedure due to the urgent need to prevent service interruption.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in employment support services, particularly those with experience in health and disability support frameworks. Companies capable of forming multidisciplinary teams and achieving specific participant targets within tight timelines are well-positioned to benefit from this contract. With 60% of funding provided upfront and 40% contingent on performance-based metrics, there is substantial financial incentive for businesses able to meet the quarterly target of 525 participant starts. This contract also allows for the potential to contribute to national learning programmes and strategic development, fostering long-term growth and collaboration within the sector.

## Notice

There are now 2.8million economically inactive people with long term sickness in the UK and 22% of working age adults aged 16 to 64. The WorkWell programme has been established to support people with disabilities and health conditions to start, stay and thrive at work. The proposal for 2025 to 2026 is to provide work and health coaching to support 2100 participants with a disability or health condition to start work if unemployed, or to remain in employment if they have been signed off work due to sickness. The programme is split into three phases: (1) The Implementation period: 7th May 2024 - 30th September 2024 involved developing our plans, developing communications and referral mechanisms. (2) Recruit and support 900 participants 1st October 2024 - 31st March 2025 - The service went live in October 2024 for an initial 6-month period and was delivered through a partnership between the Shaw Trust and Working Well Trust. (3) Recruit and Support 2100 participants To meet the next requirement for the funding laid down by DWP, the ICB requires a service to be fully mobilised from 1 April 2025 which will run until 31 Mar 2026. Although 60% of funding is up front, 40% of this is participant dependant - so suppliers need to meet a monthly target of 525 starts per quarter in order to receive the maximum funding. As a vanguard, NCL will contribute to the national learning programme to enable development of a sustainable WorkWell service across the country as well as develop and deliver a Work And Health Strategy by May 2025, both of these elements are outside the scope of this procurement.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

An urgent contract award is needed to renew the current contract and continue the delivery of the WorkWell programme from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for 12 months. The commissioner believes that there is only one provider who would be able to mobilise the service fully by 1 April 2025 across all 5 NCL Boroughs, these being the timescales laid down by DWP. This decision is also linked to the requirement for a central staff team of Work and Health Coaches to be in post by 1st April 2025 to accept referrals and work with participant starts immediately, to achieve quarterly target numbers. A further requirement is to have mobilised a Multi-Disciplinary Team by 1st April 2025 to provide Work & Health Coaches with specific employment and clinical advice as required, to enable local residents to be given the most appropriate support to start, stay and thrive at work. The payment terms offered is quarterly in arrears and 40% of funding is dependent on meeting targets.

Options: To achieve the specified programme targets, a full staff team will need to be in place from 1 April 2025 for the 12-month period until 31 March 2026, with an option to extend for a further 12-month period.

### Procurement Information

An urgent contract award is needed to renew the current contract and continue the delivery of the WorkWell programme from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for 12 months. The commissioner believes that no providers would be able to deliver the service without causing an interruption of service. There is a requirement for a central staff team of Work and Health Coaches to be in post by 1st April 2025 to accept referrals and work with participant starts immediately, to achieve quarterly target numbers. A Multi-Disciplinary Team must be in place by 1st April 2025 to provide Work & Health Coaches with specific employment and clinical advice as required, to enable local residents to be given the most appropriate support to start, stay and thrive at work.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005040-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Feb 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,406,200 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS NORTH CENTRAL LONDON ICB |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | North London |
| Postcode | N1 1TH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington |
| Local authority | Islington |
| Electoral ward | Laycock |
| Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury |
| Delivery location | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East, TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SHAW TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 14 Feb 2025 at 06:49 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005040-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://nclhealthandcare.org.uk/

## Provenance

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