Buyer Name: East Midlands Combined County Authority
Buyer Address: Northern Gateway Enterprise Centre, Chesterfield, UKF12, S40 1UT, United Kingdom
Contact Email: procurement@eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk
Connect to Work
Buyer Contact Info
Buyer Name: Nottinghamshire County Council
Buyer Address: County Hall, Loughborough Road, Nottingham, UKF16, NG2 7QP, United Kingdom
Contact Email: prpc@nottscc.gov.uk
Status
complete
complete
Procedure
open
open
Value
12200000.0 GBP
12200000.0 GBP
Published
01 Dec 2025, 16:12
01 Dec 2025, 16:12
Deadline
n/a
n/a
Contract Start
02 Jan 2026, 00:00
02 Jan 2026, 00:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2030, 22:59
31 Mar 2030, 22:59
Category
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n/a
CPV
75131000 - Government services
75131000 - Government services
Region
n/a
n/a
Awarded To
REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED, ASURIA PEOPLE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED, ASURIA PEOPLE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Description
The recently launched "Get Britain Working" White Paper outlines Government's strategy to invest £240m to support the ambition of a national 80% employment rate and help improve workplace health and keep people in work, including trials of combined public services for those out of work due to ill health. Connect to Work is the first major element of the Get Britain Working Strategy. By encouraging join-up between health systems and employment support, Connect to Work will support those, primarily, currently outside the workforce and facing greater labour market disadvantages, to stay in work and get back into work. In turn, supporting the Government's ambition for a more inclusive economy, supporting local people to realise their potential and supporting local and national growth. Connect to Work funding will support around 100,000 disabled people with health conditions and those with complex barriers to get into employment and on in work. In the East Midlands, Connect to Work will support 12,243 residents across the entirety of the programme. The East Midlands Combined Authority is the Accountable Body for Connect to Work in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire and, working in partnership with the four constituent local authorities, is responsible for the commissioning of Connect to Work delivery. Connect to Work is a voluntary programme, delivering the evidence-based Supported Employment model, 'place, train, and maintain', via two different types of interventions based on the needs of the participant - Individual Placement and Support (IPS) and Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF). Delivery is split into 2 Lots, as follows: Lot 1 IPS only Derby City / Derbyshire Lot 2 IPS & SEQF Nottingham City & Nottinghamshire
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Opportunity Context
Lots
Lot 1 Status: complete
Lot 2 Status: complete
Awards
Award Title: Lot 1-IPS Only-Derby City & Derbyshire
Award Title: Lot 2-IPS & SEQF-Nottinghamshire & Nottingham City
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"id": "2023/54",
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"uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents"
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"title": "Connect to Work"
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