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title: "IPS Support Contract Procurement"
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# IPS Support Contract Procurement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ips-support-contract-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-033c30). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England: "IPS Support Contract Procurement". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £6,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-033c30`

## 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/ips-support-contract-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-033c30#tl-md)

## Description
To provide a 3 year implementation and technical support programme, including fidelity reviews, to a range of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services across England. Supporting IPS employment support for a range of groups, including those with severe mental illness (70 IPS services based in 42 Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs), those with drug and alcohol addiction (currently 31 IPS teams covering 46 local authority areas) and those with common mental health and/or physical health conditions. Providing at least 7 IPS Expert Implementation Managers to work with NHSE/I regional teams, Public Health England and health system/local authority commissioners to guide commissioning and service delivery. Working with HEE and IPS services to develop and implement a workforce strategy, including a robust recruitment and training model to increase and strengthen the IPS workforce.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Following PCR 32 2 b ii, after the conclusion of the Prior Notification Notice (PIN) window only one provider expressed interest. There is justification for the STA as we have tested the market and there is evidence that there are no suitable other i...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013707-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Social Finance Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185021`
  - Value: £6,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 013707-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £6,000,000
  - Signed Date: 31/12/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013707-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-23T09:24:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:33:14.247Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-033c30