Stale Pre-tender

Delivery of Wirral Council's Connect to Work Individual Placement Support (IPS) Programme

Details

Buyer: Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Value: £4,064,000
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 5 December 2025
Submission: 16 December 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Wirral Borough Council (the "Council") is looking for a provider to deliver under contract, the Individual Placement Support (IPS) element of LCR's Connect to Work Connect programme. The value of Wirral's IPS Fund is an estimated £4,064,000. Connect to Work is a voluntary programme to help tackle economic inactivity by providing a specific form of support targeted at the right people at the right time, based on their individual circumstances. Participants must be both eligible and suitable for the provision. Connect to Work will deliver the evidence-based Supported Employment model, 'place, train, and maintain'. The IPS element of Connect to Work will give particular attention to helping residents who because of their situation, are more likely to face significant disadvantage when trying to gain employment.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published5 December 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council is a local authority that publishes its tenders and procurement procedures on The Chest e-tendering portal. Suppliers register on The Chest for email alerts about contracts that are about to be tendered. A register of the council's current contracts is published through ProContract. Larger planned procurements are listed in a pipeline on Find a Tender. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers also register their core business details once on the Central Digital Platform. Existing suppliers track invoices and purchase orders through a separate supplier portal.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wirral-metropolitan-borough-council.gov