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# Recruitment Pilot for Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/recruitment-pilot-for-individual-placement-support-ips-services-ocds-h6vhtk-038dd2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NHS England: "Recruitment Pilot for Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: health-family.force.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481)
- **Published Value:** £500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 January 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative healthcare services, Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £496,514 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038dd2`

## 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/recruitment-pilot-for-individual-placement-support-ips-services-ocds-h6vhtk-038dd2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [health-family.force.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhealth-family.force.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/recruitment-pilot-for-individual-placement-support-ips-services-ocds-h6vhtk-038dd2#participate

## Description
NHS England would like to tender for the services of an organisation to design and deliver a national recruitment initiative which includes the development of an applicant database for existing and future IPS roles, standardized materials for the advertising of roles along with delivery of innovative recruitment practices with IPS providers to fill vacancies for Employment Specialists within Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75122000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** NHS England would like to tender for the services of an organisation to design and deliver a national recruitment initiative which includes the development of an applicant database for existing and future IPS roles, standardized materials for the adv...
- **Contract Period:** 14/02/2023 to 31/03/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 018170-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **The Think Ahead Organisation, Think Ahead**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-98504`
  - Value: £496,514 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 018170-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £496,514
  - Signed Date: 14/06/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018170-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-26T15:55:00.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:13:57.074Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038dd2