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Connect to Work (IPS)

Buyer: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council →

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BuyerDudley Metropolitan Borough Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline8 Jun 2026
Value£190,000
Published14 Jul 2026

What is being bought

Dudley MBC is commissioning a Connect to Work delivery partner to contribute to a single, borough wide supported employment system, rather than standalone or parallel services. The Council is seeking locally embedded organisations with an existing footprint in Dudley or the Black Country, who already work within the borough’s communities and have proven experience supporting residents with health conditions, disabilities and complex barriers to employment. Commissioned providers will operate as delivery partners within Dudley MBC’s Connect to Work model Working alongside in house teams and other partners as one integrated service. This includes shared referral and triage processes, aligned delivery models, and joint responsibility for quality, fidelity and continuous improvement.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Connect to Work

Statusactive
Value£190,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06981f
Latest release ID066036-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jul 14 2026 10:04:11 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044096-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
14 Jul 2026award, contract066036-2026
23 Jun 2026award, contract058743-2026
13 May 2026tender044096-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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13 May 2026 · 044096-2026 · tender
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