Official UK procurement notice
Work Well - Shaw Trust · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NHS North Central London ICB (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThere are now 2.8million economically inactive people with long term sickness in the UK and 22% of working age adults aged 16 to 64.
The WorkWell programme has been established to support people with disabilities and health conditions to start, stay and thrive at work.
The proposal for 2025 to 2026 is to provide work and health coaching to support 2100 participants with a disability or health condition to start work if unemployed, or to remain in employment if they have been signed off work due to sickness.
The programme is split into three phases:
(1) The Implementation period: 7th May 2024 - 30th September 2024 involved developing our plans, developing communications and referral mechanisms.
(2) Recruit and support 900 participants
1st October 2024 - 31st March 2025 - The service went live in October 2024 for an initial 6-month period and was delivered through a partnership between the Shaw Trust and Working Well Trust.
(3) Recruit and Support 2100 participants
To meet the next requirement for the funding laid down by DWP, the ICB requires a service to be fully mobilised from 1 April 2025 which will run until 31 Mar 2026.
Although 60% of funding is up front, 40% of this is participant dependant - so suppliers need to meet a monthly target of 525 starts per quarter in order to receive the maximum funding.
As a vanguard, NCL will contribute to the national learning programme to enable development of a sustainable WorkWell service across the country as well as develop and deliver a Work And Health Strategy by May 2025, both of these elements are outside the scope of this procurement.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1An urgent contract award is needed to renew the current contract and continue the…
An urgent contract award is needed to renew the current contract and continue the delivery of the WorkWell programme from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for 12 months. The commissioner believes that there is only one provider who would be able to mobilise the service fully by 1 April 2025 across all 5 NCL Boroughs, these being the timescales laid down by DWP.
This decision is also linked to the requirement for a central staff team of Work and Health Coaches to be in post by 1st April 2025 to accept referrals and work with participant starts immediately, to achieve quarterly target numbers. A further requirement is to have mobilised a Multi-Disciplinary Team by 1st April 2025 to provide Work & Health Coaches with specific employment and clinical advice as required, to enable local residents to be given the most appropriate support to start, stay and thrive at work.
The payment terms offered is quarterly in arrears and 40% of funding is dependent on meeting targets.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Feb 2025, 06:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Feb 2025, 06:49 GMT
- Authority reference
C339332- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005040- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
An urgent contract award is needed to renew the current contract and continue the delivery of the WorkWell programme from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) for 12 months. The commissioner believes that no providers would be able to deliver the service without causing an interruption of service. There is a requirement for a central staff team of Work and Health Coaches to be in post by 1st April 2025 to accept referrals and work with participant starts immediately, to achieve quarterly target numbers. A Multi-Disciplinary Team must be in place by 1st April 2025 to provide Work & Health Coaches with specific employment and clinical advice as required, to enable local residents to be given the most appropriate support to start, stay and thrive at work.
Publisher note: The main delivery partner may subcontract to others where they are confident delivery outputs will be achieved without compromising quality. Subcontracting arrangements should be discussed with the contracting authority.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Shaw Trust LimitedVCSE | £3,406,200 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005040-2025-1 · The Shaw Trust LimitedVCSE
- Signed
- 7 Feb 2025
- Value
- £3,406,200
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Shaw TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.