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# Tender for the Provision of Connect to Work Programme Sep 2025

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-provision-of-connect-to-work-programme-sep-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05a5a5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Buckinghamshire Council: "Tender for the Provision of Connect to Work Programme Sep 2025". Published status: complete. Published Value: £6,410,387. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Buckinghamshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/buckinghamshire-council-ons-e06000060)
- **Published Value:** £6,410,387 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 November 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ13
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £6,410,387 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 8 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-provision-of-connect-to-work-programme-sep-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05a5a5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a5a5`

## 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/tender-for-the-provision-of-connect-to-work-programme-sep-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05a5a5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fbuckinghamshire-council%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-provision-of-connect-to-work-programme-sep-2025-ocds-h6vhtk-05a5a5#participate

## Description
As part of the UK Government’s Get Britain Working agenda, Buckinghamshire Council has been working in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions to develop the key supported employment programme Connect to Work. 
Connect to Work will depend on successful partnerships with referral partners, employers, employability providers and community services.  The support to be made available aligns with local work, health and skills provision to enable individuals to reach their potential through different opportunities, and for employers to grow.
Through this tender, we seek to appoint one delivery partner with a proven track record of delivering effective supported employment programmes so that participants with complex barriers can access sustainable employment, employers may access a new pool of talent, and through this, our economy will thrive.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000

- **Estimated Value:** £6,410,387

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 01/03/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Tender for the Provision of Connect to Work Programme 2025 (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **INTUITIVE THINKING SKILLS LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-05204890`
  - Value: £6,410,387
  - Date: 26/11/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Tender for the Provision of Connect to Work Programme 2025 (active)
  - Signed Value: £6,410,387
  - Signed Date: 26/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F061219-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-01T14:51:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T15:05:27.153Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a5a5