Official UK procurement notice
Connect To Work (Lot 3)- Supported Employment: Health and Disability
Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConnect to Work will support the wider development of locally planned systems to drive growth, working jointly with the United Kingdom Government. By encouraging join up between health systems and employment support, Connect to Work will support those, primarily, currently outside the workforce and facing greater labour market disadvantages, to stay in work and get back into work.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This contract covers services including the delivery of the IPS Mental Health Support…Awarded
This contract covers services including the delivery of the IPS Mental Health Support Service. The IPS (Individual Placement and Support) supports people with severe mental health difficulties into employment. It involves intensive, individual support, a rapid job search followed by placement in paid employment, and time unlimited in-work support for both the employee and the employer.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Apr 2026, 13:42 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Apr 2026, 13:42 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-036603- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068888Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The justification for this Direct Award is that the services being procured include the delivery of the IPS Mental Health Support Service. The IPS (Individual Placement and Support) supports people with severe mental health difficulties into employment. It involves intensive, individual support, a rapid job search followed by placement in paid employment, and time unlimited in-work support for both the employee and the employer. The NHS have experience in and alignment to existing IPS systems, and staff have the necessary accredited and audited qualifications and experience to provide the clinical governance which is required.
Delivery of this service is attributed to the CPV codes 85100000-0 Health Services and 85121270-6 Psychiatrist or Psychologist Services which are listed as relevant services under the PSR Regulations.
Publisher note: This is a Direct Award under Process A using the Provider Selection Regime.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust | £758,759 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036603-2026-1 · Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £758,759
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.