Published date: 4 March 2026

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


Closing: 12 March 2026, 4:30pm

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

M15JW

Value of contract

£0.01

Procurement reference

GC26 - 013-158

Published date

4 March 2026

Closing date

12 March 2026

Closing time

4:30pm

Contract start date

6 June 2026

Contract end date

31 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 Hull. 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.

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 Growth Company is seeking to engage with key local partners for our bid to Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority (HEYCA). As a provider delivering multiple IPS contracts including IPS in Primary Care, IPS Drug and Alcohol, IPS Severe Mental Illness and more recently Connect to Work, we understand what it takes to deliver high quality services and interventions for the target groups.

The HEYCA Connect to Work programme will operate across the full Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority geography, encompassing the Hull City Council area and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council area. The procurement will be organised into two Lots aligned to constituent authority boundaries:
• Lot A - Hull
• Lot B - East Riding of Yorkshire

The Growth Company is seeking expressions of interest from locally embedded partners able to deliver a proportion of this service alongside our own team of skilled and expert specialists. We are looking to engage with partners for Lot A - Hull only.

This is a voluntary programme aiming to support individuals with a physical or mental health disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010 or the Social Model of Disability), or those in a specific disadvantaged group who need support to gain and/or maintain employment. Eligible 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; and
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 16:30pm on Thursday 12th March 2026.

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