Official UK procurement notice
Refugee Welcome Programme -Work & Skills: Employment Support
Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£200,000≈ £104k / year · £240,000 inc. VAT1.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 25 Nov 2025awarded 26 Jan 2026
Awarded to BREAKING BARRIERS
Contract term 1 yr 11 moends 11 Dec 2027 · starts 12 Jan 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe GMCA is looking to procure a personalised employment support for refugees and people seeking asylum with the right to work in Greater Manchester, addressing gaps in local provision and supporting integration, employability, and wellbeing. This builds on the Refugee Welcome Programme (RWP) and learning from the Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund.
The scope of the contract includes.
- 1:1 employment support and guidance for eligible participants.
- Employer engagement and toolkit development.
- Partnership working with local authorities and VCFSEs.
- Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting against KPIs.
CPV: Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£200,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Questions: 80%
- Price submisison: 10%
- Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Questions: Project Delivery and Management 30% Mobilisation 10% Staffing 10% Cultural Competency and asylum Literacy 10% Partnerships 10% Monitoring and KPIs 10%
- Social value: Social Value
- Price submisison: Price Submission
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Oct 2025, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2026, 13:26 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 5 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
GMCA 1612- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068331- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d3b0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 25 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
24 Oct 2025 → 4 Mar 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published367 days ago24 Oct 2025, 16:33 BST
- Clarification questions by346 days ago14 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline335 days ago25 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by293 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts287 days ago12 Jan 2026
- Assessment summaries sent270 days ago29 Jan 2026
- Standstill ends258 days ago9 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published236 days ago4 Mar 2026, 13:26 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Oct 2025- Tender notice published24 Oct 2025, 16:33 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published29 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Jan 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Contract signature expected11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Mar 2026, 13:26 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £196,4531 award exc. VAT
Bids received 99 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREAKING BARRIERS16 Feb 2026 – 15 Feb 2028 | £196,453 | 26 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Refugee Welcome Programme -Work & Skills: Employment Support · BREAKING BARRIERS
- Signed
- 26 Feb 2026
- Value
- £196,453
- Period
- 27 Feb 2026 – 26 Feb 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Below the £5 million threshold
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9final-stage tenders · 11 at stage one | 9 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- BREAKING BARRIERSAwarded supplier
- BREAKING BARRIERSAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All Tender documents can be found under DN794338 on the chest
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender