West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Healthy Working Life Supported Employment
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This is a large award for Health & Social Care — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.
Healthy Working Life Supported Employment (funded via Connect to Work) aims to enable residents with health conditions, disabilities and complex barriers to secure and maintain sustainable employment through personalised Supported Employment.
The Combined Authority seeks to appoint a Lead Service Provider to establish and deliver a high‑fidelity Individual Placement and Support (IPS) service across West Yorkshire.
The appointed Provider will be responsible for supporting a minimum of 9,276 residents to access personalised, high‑fidelity supported employment, in line with the IPS model.
The total value of this opportunity is up to £23,190,000 (excl tax).
What the supplier must deliver
Healthy Working Life Supported Employment (funded via
Healthy Working Life Supported Employment (funded via Connect to Work) aims to enable residents with health conditions, disabilities and complex barriers to secure and maintain sustainable employment through personalised Supported Employment.
The Combined Authority seeks to appoint
The Combined Authority seeks to appoint a Lead Service Provider to establish and deliver a high‑fidelity Individual Placement and Support (IPS) service across West Yorkshire.
The appointed Provider will be responsible
The appointed Provider will be responsible for supporting a minimum of 9,276 residents to access personalised, high‑fidelity supported employment, in line with the IPS model.
Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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- Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
- Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
- Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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- tender · Open
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