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Connect to Work

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Lots published4
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Lancashire County Council: "Connect to Work". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityLancashire County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Lancashire County Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Lancashire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7.8Bids / Report
7.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
STEPPING STONE PROJECTSTop vendor: 31.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 95 active published awards; 14 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
STEPPING STONE PROJECTS1 win£322,000
JMU SERVICES LIMITED1 win£314,238
CONSTRUCTION MARINE LIMITED1 win£216,667
JENOPTIK UK LIMITED1 win£180,940
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLancashire County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published13 Mar 2026, 19:16 GMT
Last source update13 Mar 2026, 19:16 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05167a
What is being bought
Connect to Work is a national scheme led by the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) and is a supported employment programme targeted at specific groups of residents to enable sustained employment. The programme is focused on reversing the growth in Economic Inactivity and is targeted towards residents with health conditions and disabilities, as well as a number of groups to face barriers to gaining sustained employment, such as care leavers, carers, refugees, ex-offenders, and veterans, aligning with the Lancashire Economic Inactivity insights report, published in 2023. The Authority is seeking secure a new multi-lotted contract for the external provision of IPS (Individual Placement Support) and SEQF (Supported Employment Quality Framework) as part of the Authority's Connect to Work project. Lot 1 is based on IPS for the East geographical area of Lancashire. (Including delivery in the districts of Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley, Hyndburn, Pendle, Ribble Valley and Rossendale.) Lot 2 is based on IPS for the North geographical area of Lancashire. (Including delivery in the districts of Fylde, Lancaster and Wyre .) Lot 3 is based on IPS for the Central & West geographical area of Lancashire. (Including delivery in the districts of, Chorley, Preston, South Ribble and West Lancashire.) Lot 4 is based on SEQF for the geographical area of Lancashire.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    13 Mar 2026, 19:16 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    11 Dec 2025, 16:36 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    5 Sept 2025, 15:25 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    5 Sept 2025, 15:25 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    5 Sept 2025, 15:25 BST
Lots and requirements (4)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    13 Mar 2026, 19:16 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  5. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  6. Contract active
    Signed 24 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £5,828,063
  7. Contract active
    Signed 23 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £7,336,781
  8. Contract active
    Signed 23 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £6,377,138
  9. Contract active
    Signed 12 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · £4,430,067
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Ingeus UK Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
STANDGUIDE LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Ingeus UK Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Lot 4: Supported Employment Quality Framework: Lancashire
£5,828,063 · signed 24 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 24 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT — 31 Mar 2029, 23:59 BST
Lot 1. Individual Placement and Support: East
£7,336,781 · signed 23 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 23 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT — 31 Mar 2029, 23:59 BST
Lot 3. Individual Placement and Support: Central West
£6,377,138 · signed 23 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 23 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT — 31 Mar 2029, 23:59 BST
Lot 2: Individual Placement and Support: North
£4,430,067 · signed 12 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT · active
Contract period: 12 Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT — 31 Mar 2029, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Lancashire County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PBBJ-2179-TNXM
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Documents (1)
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