Awarded contract

Integrated Settlement NEET Contract

Details

Buyer: Manchester City Council
Supplier(s): Career Connect
Value: £520,000
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Social work services
Published: 23 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The City Council is looking to commission Careers Connect who will proactively champion NEET young people and those at risk of becoming NEET, using a range of interventions and offer the support these young people need. The focus of the work will be to re-engage young people in education, employment and training and to provide holistic support, leading on developing bespoke EET activity/provision and appropriate signposting to specialised support throughout the aforementioned age range with a focus on both NEET prevention and reduction ## Contract award Title: Integrated Settlement NEET Contract

Timeline

Completed: Award published23 February 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date23 February 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester, and buys through its Corporate Procurement Service. Category leads across the council handle procurement for their own areas of goods and services. Contract opportunities are advertised on The Chest, the North West's shared procurement portal for local authorities. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender, the UK's service for public procurement notices. A Professional Services Framework covers consultancy and professional services work for the council. Suppliers can register for free email alerts on The Chest when relevant opportunities are published.

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 Manchester City Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

85310000 · Social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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