Published date: 27 August 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 8 September 2025, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Supporting services for the government - 75130000

  • Government services - 75131000

  • General personnel services for the government - 75131100

    • Job search services - 79611000

    • Personnel-training services - 79632000

    • Career guidance services - 79634000

    • Special education services - 80340000

    • E-learning services - 80420000

    • Training programme services - 80521000

    • Personal development training services - 80570000

    • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

    • Guidance services - 85312310

    • Wellness services - 98334000

Location of contract

M1 5JW

Value of contract

£0.01

Procurement reference

GC26 - 007-144

Published date

27 August 2025

Closing date

8 September 2025

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

1 January 2026

Contract end date

30 March 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Growth Company is seeking to engage with key partners for the upcoming Connect to Work opportunity in Cumbria. We are seeking Expressions of Interest from locally embedded partners able to deliver a proportion of the planned service, alongside our own team of skilled and expert specialists.

The Growth Company are particularly interested in receiving Expressions of Interest (EOI's) from local providers with recent experience of delivering an IPS or SEQF service (or similar), on an end-to-end basis who can clearly demonstrate their knowledge and experience of working within the Fidelity Model (or aligned with the Model) with the target cohort on a similar scale.

Connect to Work is the first major element of the recently launched "Get Britain Working" White Paper. Nationally the programme will deliver support to 100,000 disabled people, people with health conditions, and those with complex barriers to get into employment and get on in work. The voluntary programme is delivered via two types of interventions:

1) Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
2) Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF)

Connect to Work aims to support individuals who have a physical or mental health condition and/or disability, as defined by the Equality Act 2010 or the Social Model of Disability, to help them to move into competitive employment providing the support needed to gain and/or maintain in employment. Participants will come from two distinct cohorts:

1) Out of work participants with a health condition, disability, or who are experiencing disadvantage and require assistance and support to move into employment;
2) In work participants who are off sick or struggling in the workplace due to their disability, health condition or disadvantage.

To apply for this EOI opportunity, please register as a supplier on the Panacea Supplier Platform at the following web address: https://app.panacea-software.com/growth

Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the relevant EOI document. Your EOI submission must be made on the Panacea Portal.

The deadline for submission of the required EOI document is at 16:00pm on Monday 8th September 2025.

More information

Links

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Marc Ripley

Address

Lee House
Manchester
M15JW
England

Email

marc.ripley@growthco.uk