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title: "Future Employment Support"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-067bc6"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS"
published: "2026-06-12"
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# Future Employment Support

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-067bc6

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## Summary

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) is planning a procurement process entitled "Future Employment Support," aimed at providing personalised employment support services for out of work Universal Credit claimants. This initiative, valued at approximately £1.2 billion, will focus on education, training, and employment assistance across various regions in England, tailored to the needs of local labour markets. The DWP has scheduled a virtual market engagement event on 2 June 2026 via Microsoft Teams to engage potential suppliers, with further updates leading to an additional session on 9 July 2026. Interested parties need to register via the DWP Atamis portal by 29 May 2026 to participate. The procurement, classified under a competitive flexible procedure, is in the planning stage, with a planned contract period from February 2028 to January 2031.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in employment services, training solutions, and social security support, particularly those experienced in working with public sector clients. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprises (VCSEs) are particularly encouraged to express interest due to the suitability criteria. The opportunity to collaborate with the DWP offers access to substantial funding and the potential for establishing long-term partnerships, thus fostering business growth through delivering essential support services tailored to diverse client needs across England.

## Notice

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is intending to procure new employment support provision for out of work Universal Credit claimants. It will provide personalised and tailored support that is responsive to the needs of individuals and the local area. This will include skills, training and work experience; matching participants with employers through job trials, jobs fairs and job brokering; support with self-employment; intensive and repeated support with applications and interviewing; support in managing health conditions in the workplace; support with travel and childcare; and specialist support (e.g. ESOL, addiction). Support will be available across England and Wales and will be integrated within local labour markets. DWP is co-designing the provision with Mayoral Strategic Authorities to ensure it is tailored to the needs of local labour markets. This notice refers to the procurement of the service in England only. This notice seeks to invite interested suppliers to attend an upcoming virtual Market Engagement event on the 2nd June. To register interest in the event, please follow the steps set out in the Engagement Description section of this notice. Please note, that all key decisions including final programme title, budgets, contract length and dates are yet to be approved through internal governance and therefore may change. The total contract value given is excluding VAT and is estimated at this stage. **** Update 12/6/26 **** A further virtual market engagement event will be held on Thursday 9th July 2026 at 2pm. Suppliers who wish to participate in the event should ensure that they have registered their interest in the 'Future Employment Support' opportunity via Atamis. Further updates and event details will be issued through the system.

### Planning Information

The Department for Work and Pensions is procuring a new employment support provision offering personalised and tailored support to out‑of‑work Universal Credit claimants and is seeking to engage with the market to support this. 
As part of this process, the DWP will host a virtual market engagement event via Microsoft Teams, scheduled to take place Tuesday 02 June 2026 at 2pm. To register an interest in attending the event and access details of the market engagement, organisations should follow the steps below: 
1. Suppliers should ensure that they are registered on the DWP Atamis portal. Suppliers who do not already have an account on the Atamis system can register for a new account here: 
New User Registration
https://dwp2.my.site.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_Community_Registration?locale=uk
2. Express Interest on the Portal: Suppliers should navigate to the ‘Find Opportunities’ page and click on the title of the opportunity (‘Future Employment Support’) and click Register Interest. 
3. Suppliers should navigate to the Documents section of the procurement, and access the document entitled “Market Engagement - 02 June 2026” and follow the instructions in the document including completion of the enclosed short survey. 
4. DWP will issue an invite to the Market Engagement event to any suppliers who complete the above steps. Organisations should ensure that this is done by 29 May 2026. 
5. Market Engagement documentation including Question & Answer logs from the session will be hosted on Atamis. 
6. Information on future market engagement events will be shared via the Atamis portal. 
For Atamis Portal help and support, please visit:
Supplier Portal Help page
https://suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb/sections/4612344115359
Please note that the purpose of this Notice is for market engagement only. It does not signify the commencement of any procurement process and does not constitute any commitment by the Department. Participation in this engagement is voluntary and does not form part of any formal procurement process. A separate notice(s) will be published at the relevant time should the Department decide to commence any procurement(s).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055672-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 26 Nov 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2028 - 31 Jan 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,200,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR WORK & PENSIONS |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9NA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 75100000 - Administration services
- 75110000 - General public services
- 75131000 - Government services
- 75300000 - Compulsory social security services
- 75310000 - Benefit services
- 75311000 - Sickness benefits
- 75314000 - Unemployment compensation benefits
- 79611000 - Job search services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80400000 - Adult and other education services
- 80420000 - E-learning services
- 80500000 - Training services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
- 80520000 - Training facilities
- 80522000 - Training seminars
- 80530000 - Vocational training services
- 80533100 - Computer training services
- 80533200 - Computer courses
- 80561000 - Health training services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85100000 - Health services
- 85141000 - Services provided by medical personnel
- 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
- 85312510 - Vocational rehabilitation services

## Release History

- 12 Jun 2026 at 11:42 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055672-2026
- 28 Apr 2026 at 12:30 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038568-2026
- 2 Apr 2026 at 12:11 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030871-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055672-2026
  12th June 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038568-2026
  28th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030871-2026
  2nd April 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://dwp2.my.site.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_Community_Registration?locale=uk
- https://suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb/sections/4612344115359
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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