Official UK procurement notice
Connect to Work Sheffield: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supported employment for disadvantaged groups
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionDelivery of a cohort-specific IPS provision to (non-health) residents who are eligible and suitable for support on the Connect to Work programme. Groups have been specified broadly as: carers, refugees, veterans, ex-offenders, homeless people, young people at risk, victims of domestic violence, victims of modern slavery. It is anticipated that 9 individual contracts will be awarded. Each individual contract is valued at £217,416 ex VAT for the full contract term. Each contract has deliverable of supporting 90 out of work and 20 in work participants leading to job outcomes of 45 for out of work starts and 16 for retention of in work starts. This contract s funded by the UK Government through Connect to Work and Economic Trailblazer.
The contracts were signed by the final signatory on the following dates:
Infinite Skills, Sharrow Community Forum and Skills UK: 10/03/2026
Novus Transforming Lives, South Yorkshire Housing Association and The Growth Company: 20/03/2026
Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service: 16/04/2026
CPV: Job search services
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · all with a published value (£1,956,744 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 2 and win at most 1 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Contract Award 1AwardedPublished value£217,416
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #2Contract Award 2AwardedPublished value£217,416
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #3Contract Award 3AwardedPublished value£217,416
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #4Contract award 4AwardedPublished value£217,416
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #5Contract award 5AwardedPublished value£217,416
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #6Contract award 6AwardedPublished value£217,416
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #7Contract award 7AwardedPublished value£217,416
The source published no individual description for this lot.
Lot #8Contract award 8AwardedPublished value£217,416
Eighth contract award. See main description.
Lot #9Contract award 9AwardedPublished value£217,416
Ninth contract award. See main description.
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Method statement: 90%
- Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Method statement: Organisation, target cohort, integration & partnerships, IPS support,employers & workplace support, project management
- Social value: Quantitative targets (5%) supported by qualitative narrative (5%)
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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Aug 2025, 15:53 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jun 2026, 17:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
100106031- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-082535- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ec2Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Invoices to be submitted electronically, instructions will be provided on award.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Aug 2025 → 18 Jun 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published27 Aug 2025, 15:53 BST
- Market engagement393 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
For more information and to provide a response to this market engagement activity please go to the YORTender portal: yortender.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicP… ↗
The Council intends to use a blended approach to market engagement for this exercise which involves:
- this opportunity to comment in response to the project brief and let us know anything you think would be important through the online form, and potential follow-up discussions with respondents.
- gauge interest in potential providers who may wish to bid to deliver services through the online form.
- targeted conversations with key stakeholders to ensure we have collected the views of the voluntary and community sector.
- Next notice expected330 days ago1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published320 days ago12 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMT
- Clarification questions by295 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline289 days ago12 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by269 days ago31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent254 days ago16 Feb 2026
- Contract starts241 days ago1 Mar 2026
- Latest notice published132 days ago18 Jun 2026, 17:40 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Aug 2025, 15:53 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published12 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £1,956,74412 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMTwas £1,800,000
- Status changed to active12 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMT
- Procurement method changed12 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMT
- Deadline published: 12 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT12 Dec 2025, 14:23 GMT
- Contract award notice published16 Feb 2026, 21:28 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete16 Feb 2026, 21:28 GMT
- Contract signature expected28 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published18 Jun 2026, 17:40 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 27 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracts
Contract 1 · Infinite Skills CiCSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £217,416
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Contract 2 · Novus - Transforming Lives Limited, Sharrow Community ForumSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £217,416
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Contract 3 · Sharrow Community ForumSMEVCSE, Skills-UK, Education & Training LimitedSME
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £217,416
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Contract 4 · Novus - Transforming Lives Limited, SHEFFIELD OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ADVISORY SERVICE LIMITEDVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £217,416
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Contract 5 · Skills-UK, Education & Training LimitedSME, South Yorkshire Housing Association Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £217,416
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Contract 6 · South Yorkshire Housing Association Ltd, The Growth Company Limited
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £217,416
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Contract 7 · SHEFFIELD OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ADVISORY SERVICE LIMITEDVCSE, The Growth Company Limited
- Signed
- 1 Mar 2026
- Value
- £217,416
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2030
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Contract Award 1 | 19final-stage tenders | 10 | 10 | — |
| 2 · Contract Award 2 | 19final-stage tenders | 10 | 10 | — |
| 3 · Contract Award 3 | 19final-stage tenders | 10 | 10 | — |
| 4 · Contract award 4 | 19final-stage tenders | 10 | 10 | — |
| 5 · Contract award 5 | 19final-stage tenders | 10 | 10 | — |
| 6 · Contract award 6 | 19final-stage tenders | 10 | 10 | — |
| 7 · Contract award 7 | 19final-stage tenders | 10 | 10 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
7 commercial parties on the notice- INFINITE SKILLS CICAwarded supplier
- NOVUS - TRANSFORMING LIVES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- SHARROW COMMUNITY FORUM LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- SHEFFIELD OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ADVISORY SERVICE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- SKILLS-UK, EDUCATION & TRAINING LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- South Yorkshire Housing Association LimitedAwarded supplier
- THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (18)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Link to e-tendering portal. Find all tender documents here. Registration and access is free and without restriction.
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