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title: "Southwark Works Employment Support Service Framework"
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# Southwark Works Employment Support Service Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/southwark-works-employment-support-service-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-038b32). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Contracting Authority gives prior notice that it intends to launch a procurement for qualified and experienced operators to enter into a 4 year framework agreement to provide employment support services in the London Borough of Southwark. The services are for specialist employment support to help Southwark residents further from the labour market back into work, or to progress in work. The call off contracts will be awarded for 2 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Southwark](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-southwark-ons-e09000028)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £9,800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI44
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038b32`

## 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/southwark-works-employment-support-service-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-038b32#tl-md)

## Description
The Contracting Authority gives prior notice that it intends to launch a procurement for qualified and experienced operators to enter into a 4 year framework agreement to provide employment support services in the London Borough of Southwark. The services are for specialist employment support to help Southwark residents further from the labour market back into work, or to progress in work.
The Contracting Authority is seeking to procure a multi-lot framework of 9 lots of providers to provide the services to the Contracting Authority. The Contracting Authority envisages that this framework will be for used by the Contracting Authority. The Lots are as follows:
Lot 1 Vulnerable young people
Lot 2 People aged 50+ or with physical health conditions
Lot 3 Mental health
Lot 4 Learning difficulties and disabilities including autism
Lot 5 Families / lone parents and carers
Lot 6 Offenders
Lot 7 Substance misuse
Lot 8 Homelessness
Lot 9 In work support
The estimated total contract value is for all of the Lots (Lot1 to Lot 9) for the four year period.
The call off contracts will be awarded for 2 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria will be stated in the procurement documents.
The Contracting Authority will be using the Restricted Procedure.
The Contracting Authority intends to hold an online meet the buyer event for interested parties on 14th December 2022. To register to attend please book a space using Eventbrite:
www.eventbrite.com/e/southwark-works-market-warming-event-tickets-473932995347

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034556-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-06T16:45:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-08T09:00:21.731Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-038b32