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title: "GMCA 1611 - Refugee Welcome Programme - Work and Skills Evaluation Partner"
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# GMCA 1611 - Refugee Welcome Programme - Work and Skills Evaluation Partner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-1611-refugee-welcome-programme-work-and-skills-evaluation-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-05d02d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA 1611 - Refugee Welcome Programme - Work and Skills Evaluation Partner". Published status: complete. Published Value: £100,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001)
- **Published Value:** £100,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKD
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £100,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-1611-refugee-welcome-programme-work-and-skills-evaluation-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-05d02d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d02d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.
- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-1611-refugee-welcome-programme-work-and-skills-evaluation-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-05d02d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FOpportunities%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-1611-refugee-welcome-programme-work-and-skills-evaluation-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-05d02d#participate

## Description
RWP is Greater Manchester's (GMs) partnership approach to supporting people seeking asylum and refugees to access the support and education they need to learn, settle and thrive. RWP now seek a research and evaluation partner to produce tailored evaluation of this programme and develop findings.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Estimated Value:** £100,000

- **Contract Period:** 05/01/2026 to 04/01/2027

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Institute for Public Policy Research**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175585`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Refugee Welcome Programme - Work and Skills Evaluation partner (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000
  - Signed Date: 26/02/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F066876-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-26T16:51:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-15T02:11:41.858Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05d02d