Awarded contract

Connect to Work Programme - Individual Placement Support (IPS) in Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and Redcar & Cleveland

Details

Supplier(s)
Humankind Charity
Value
£2,769,200
Duration
2 years
Topic
Education and training services
Published
8 October 2026

Tender description

Hartlepool Borough Council (the Council) has been appointed as the Lead Authority by Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) for the Connect to Work Programme. As such, the Council is responsible for ensuring successful management and delivery of the programme across Tees Valley. Connect to Work will support disabled people, people with health conditions and those with complex barriers to get into or remain in work. It will be delivered up to 31st March 2030, and the primary focus is on those who are inactive and out of work, but it will also support some people who are at high risk of becoming inactive if they become unemployed. At its peak, the programme will support nearly 2,000 people per year in Tees Valley - and more than 5,000 people over the period to 2030. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published8 October 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date8 October 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 17 months

About the buyer

Hartlepool Borough Council is a unitary authority buying as a local authority for the Hartlepool area. Hartlepool also acts as lead authority for the Tees Valley Combined Authority on certain programmes.

Over the past 5 years, most of Hartlepool Borough Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and education and training.

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