Official UK procurement notice
Individual Placement and Support IPS
Authority: St Helens Council (Local council)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD71)
Awarded value£152,450published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to The Growth Company Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvide support for substance users to get into employment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedCommercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £152,4501 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Growth Company Limited | £152,450 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Growth Company Limited
- Signed
- 31 Mar 2025
- Value
- £152,450
- Period
- 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Job Starts · Sustained Employment · Job Retention Support
- Job Starts, Minimum of 15 job starts per ES annually (target 30% of caseload).
- Sustained Employment, At least 60% of job starts sustained beyond 13 weeks.
- Job Retention Support, Ongoing in-work support, with case reviews built in at 9 months (pre-employment) and 4 months (in-employment).
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- 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 May 2025, 10:26 BST
- Last source update
- 22 May 2025, 10:26 BST
- Authority reference
UID13483- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-024557- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051cdfFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published22 May 2025, 10:26 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender