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Connect to Work - Somerset Council

Placement services of personnel
South West (UKK23)
Official notice
Published value
£2,000,000
Submission deadline 17 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
Lots published2
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Somerset Council: "Connect to Work - Somerset Council". Published status: active. Published value: £2,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySomerset CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
17 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£2,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Somerset Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Somerset Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6.5Bids / Report
16.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
SWARCO SMART CHARGING LTDTop vendor: 73.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 278 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
SWARCO SMART CHARGING LTD1 win£11,666,667
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC1 win£2,550,000
THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FOR SOMERSET1 win£498,000
C F Psychology Ltd1 win£320,000
Psychology Direct Ltd1 win£320,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySomerset Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published19 Jun 2026, 15:24 BST
Last source update19 Jun 2026, 15:24 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPlacement services of personnel
Delivery area
South West (UKK23)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056749
What is being bought
The Connect to Work (Connect to Work - GOV.UK) programme is a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) funded initiative designed to support individuals who are economically inactive or at risk of leaving employment to access and sustain suitable work. The programme forms part of the Government's Get Britain Working strategy, which aims to reduce economic inactivity and support more people into good, sustainable employment through locally led and integrated approaches. The purpose of this procurement is to appoint one or more Delivery Partners to deliver supported employment services as part of the Connect to Work programme in Somerset. The programme will support: • individuals who are economically inactive and wish to work; and • individuals who are in work but at risk of falling out of employment Support will be delivered using the following evidence-based supported employment models that form separate Lots: • Lot 1 - Individual Placement and Support (IPS); and • Lot 2 - Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF)
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £2,000,000
    19 Jun 2026, 15:24 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    19 Jun 2026, 15:24 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    19 Jun 2026, 15:24 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 17 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
    19 Jun 2026, 15:24 BST
  5. tender value changed
    28 Jul 2025, 15:24 BST
  6. Status changed to planned
    28 Jul 2025, 15:24 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    28 Jul 2025, 15:24 BST
  8. Buyer information updated
    28 Jul 2025, 15:24 BST
Lots and requirements (2)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    IPS
    active
    Published value£1,200,000
    Delivery of Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    SEQF
    active
    Published value£800,000
    Delivery of Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) programme
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    19 Jun 2026, 15:24 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    17 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Somerset Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PPGC-1434-MQPJ
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Documents (2)
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