Awarded contract

Jobs and Careers Service Exhibition Trailer

Details

Buyer: Department For Work and Pensions (DWP)
Supplier(s): Masters of Beckenham Ltd t/a Masters Promotional Vehicles
Value: £181,773.82
Duration: 7 months
Topic: Event services
Published: 30 October 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

DWP has awarded a contract for the provision for lease and operation of a fully operational Jobs and Careers Service Exhibition Trailer to support customer-facing activity in community locations across the North East of England. The requirement includes the provision, mobilisation and delivery of the exhibition trailer, branding, set-up, planned relocations, cleaning, maintenance, operational support, accessibility arrangements, power provision, security, health and safety assurance, emergency support, demobilisation and final collection. The exhibition trailer will support a mobile outreach pilot designed to bring DWP services directly into local communities and test a flexible approach to delivering Jobs and Careers Service support outside traditional Jobcentre settings. The initial service period is six months, with an option to extend the service for up to three additional months.

Timeline

Completed: Award date5 October 2026
Completed: Award published30 October 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date1 May 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

The Department For Work and Pensions (DWP) delivers the State Pension and working-age benefits to millions of claimants, and buys as a central government ministerial department with its own commercial teams. Framework agreements are called off through the Government Commercial Agency using Public Sector Contract terms. Suppliers can join its low value purchasing system freely, with no cap on numbers. Dynamic purchasing systems cover welfare-to-work and employment support opportunities.

Over the past 5 years, most of DWP's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-work-and-pensions-dwp.gov