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title: "Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund Administration - Call off under the RM6322 - Fund Administration and Disbursement Services (FAADS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)"
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# Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund Administration - Call off under the RM6322 - Fund Administration and Disbursement Services (FAADS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pathways-to-work-innovation-fund-administration-call-off-under-the-rm6322-fund-administrat-ocds-h6vhtk-031eea). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.
> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work & Pensions: "Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund Administration - Call off under the RM6322 - Fund Administration and Disbursement Services (FAADS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: £280,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Nov 2030. Published submission portal: supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk.
## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (open for submissions, 1494 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £280,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 November 2030 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administration services, Contract administration services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM, UKN
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pathways-to-work-innovation-fund-administration-call-off-under-the-rm6322-fund-administrat-ocds-h6vhtk-031eea#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031eea`
## Before you bid
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- **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/pathways-to-work-innovation-fund-administration-call-off-under-the-rm6322-fund-administrat-ocds-h6vhtk-031eea#tl-md)
## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk%2Fdps)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pathways-to-work-innovation-fund-administration-call-off-under-the-rm6322-fund-administrat-ocds-h6vhtk-031eea#participate
## Description
These services relate to “light touch services” under the Light-Touch Regime as set out in Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, using common procurement vocabulary (CPV) codes. The Authority has conducted a call-off from the RM6322 Fund Administration and Disbursement Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for this requirement.
The Department for Work and Pensions “The Authority” has awarded a contract to deliver the Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund which aims to stimulate new ideas and test innovative approaches to supporting disabled people and those with health conditions towards, into and to remain in work. It responds to the widening disability employment gap and rising economic inactivity linked to long‑term sickness. The Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund seeks to build evidence of what works through a wide range of grant funded initiatives across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, open to individuals, public, private, academic and third‑sector organisations.
The key objective of the Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund will be to generate evidence of what works through the testing of approaches and ideas that have the potential to be piloted formally (gaining sufficient evidence) and then scaled up. Such evidence would be used to inform future policies that are aimed at supporting disabled people and those with health conditions towards and into work.
## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79994000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM, UKN
- **Description:** This procurement aims to appoint a Supplier to provide full programme management of the Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund. The Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund Administration Supplier will be required to provide the expertise and capability to make ...
- **Renewal published:** yes
## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 048191-2025-DN743730-1 (active)
- Supplier(s): **Groundwork London Limited**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-154483`
- **Award:** 071846-2026-1 (active)
- Supplier(s): **Ernst and Young LLP**
- Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-184881`
- Value: £11,500,000 † (exc. VAT)
> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.
## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 071846-2026-1 (active)
- Signed Value: £11,500,000
- Signed Date: 16/07/2026
- **Contract:** 048191-2025-DN743730-1 (active)
- Signed Date: 11/08/2025
## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F071846-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-29T14:59:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T06:32:17.769Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-031eea