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Individual Placement & Support Service (IPS)

Details

Buyer: Royal Borough of Greenwich
Value: £877,112
Topic: Vocational rehabilitation services
Published: 2 October 2026
Submission: 2 November 2026in 1 month
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is procuring a single contract to deliver a Tri-Borough Individual Placement and Support scheme across three boroughs (Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich). The single contract will be between RBG and the successful Provider, however the successful provider will deliver services to eligible people within the boroughs of Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. The Individual Placement and Support or IPS, is targeted support which focusses on enabling access to employment for individuals in drug and alcohol recovery, which has been set out in the government's national ten year drug strategy (From Harm to Hope). IPS offers intensive, individually tailored support to assist individuals in drug and alcohol treatment to find sustainable, paid employment. The Tri-Borough IPS scheme will provide bespoke 'packages' of support to assist adults to individuals of working age (18+), resident in the three Boroughs, who are engaged in structured treatment for drug and/or alcohol issues and are out of work. The estimated commencement date shall be 2 January 2027, with a contract end date of 31st March 2029.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published2 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date2 November 2026in 1 month

About the buyer

Royal Borough of Greenwich is a local authority covering southeast London, and runs its own tenders for goods and services. Suppliers register and bid for opportunities through the council's Proactis Rego platform. Procurement methods vary by the type of product or service and its value. Larger contracts are advertised nationally through the government's Find a Tender service. The council also runs multi-year frameworks for regeneration and construction work. Purchasing decisions follow procurement rules drawn from European directives, UK legislation and council policy. Bidders with recognised quality management accreditation, such as ISO 9000, are given preference.

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 Royal Borough of Greenwich's contract awards have been in health and social work, architectural and engineering services and construction work.