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title: "NHS CIOS and NHS Devon - WorkWell Central Hub - Market Engagement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0773d3"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board"
published: "2026-09-17"
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# NHS CIOS and NHS Devon - WorkWell Central Hub - Market Engagement

Buyer: NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0773d3

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## Summary

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board, acting with NHS Devon Integrated Care Board, is planning a WorkWell Central Hub service for the South West peninsula. The service will provide early-intervention work and health coaching for people whose mental or physical health makes work difficult, helping them remain in employment or return to work before health-related economic inactivity becomes entrenched. The appointed provider will operate a core coaching team delivering light-touch, holistic and personalised support to participants across Cornwall, Devon and the Isles of Scilly. This is a health and social work service, covering the whole peninsula rather than a single local site. NHS South Central and West is providing procurement support.

The procurement is at the planning stage and is currently a market engagement exercise, not an invitation to tender. The commissioners are seeking market feedback through an online questionnaire, with responses planned by 1 October 2026. Providers must register their interest in the opportunity to access the draft specification and questionnaire. The commissioners expect the service contract to run from April 2027 to March 2031, with the published lot showing an initial period from 1 April 2027 to 1 April 2029 and a renewal option. The estimated value is £1.5 million excluding VAT, or £1.8 million including VAT. The service is above the relevant threshold and falls under the light-touch regime. The single planned lot is identified as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs.

This engagement will be relevant to organisations that can design and deliver employment-focused health coaching and support at peninsula-wide scale. Suitable providers are likely to include health and social care organisations, employment support providers, charities, voluntary and community organisations, and partnerships combining these capabilities. The service calls for a core coaching team able to provide personalised, holistic and light-touch support to people affected by mental or physical health conditions, with the judgement to help participants remain in work or return promptly. Providers should consider how they would deliver consistently across Cornwall, Devon and the Isles of Scilly, coordinate support across a large geography, and demonstrate practical experience of work, health, coaching or related early-intervention services. SMEs and VCSEs are expressly considered suitable, creating scope for direct participation or collaboration.

## Notice

WorkWell is a national service commissioned across England by local Integrated Care Boards. It is an early-intervention work and health coaching and support service for people whose mental or physical health makes work a struggle. It offers light-touch, holistic, personalised coaching and support which is designed to prevent people from falling out of work because of health (or help them back quickly, before they become entrenched in health-related economic inactivity). Cornwall & Isles of Scilly, acting also on behalf of Devon ICB, wishes to contract the hub service strand of WorkWell in the SW peninsula region, which will employ a core coaching team providing coaching and support to participants across the whole of the Cornwall, Devon & Isles of Scilly peninsula for the period April 2027 to March 2031.

### Planning Information

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board and NHS Devon Integrated Care Board ("the Commissioners") are commencing a Market Engagement stage inviting feedback from the market via an online questionnaire.
Interested providers will be able to view this opportunity via the live opportunities list on the 'Health Family' e-procurement system, Atamis. Click on 'View our Live Opportunities' from the home page, available on the following link: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome.
Once you have found the opportunity (via the search function, using the title or reference number: C471989), to gain full access you will need to click on 'Register interest' - this will take you to the log-in page. You MUST complete your registration to access the draft specification and link to the Questionnaire via this opportunity.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088015-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2027 - 1 Apr 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board |
| Additional buyers | NHS DEVON INTEGRATED CARE BOARD |
| Locality | BODMIN |
| Postcode area | Plymouth |
| Postcode | PL31 2FR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Electoral ward | Lanivet, Blisland & Bodmin St Lawrence |
| Westminster constituency | North Cornwall |
| Delivery location | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, TLK4 Devon |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 09:08 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088015-2026
- 16 Sep 2026 at 16:34 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087940-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088015-2026
  17th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087940-2026
  16th September 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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