Award of Mental Health Support Service Contracts under Access to Work Programme

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The Department for Work and Pensions awarded two contracts to Maximus UK Services Limited and Ingeus UK Limited for the delivery of the Access to Work: Mental Health Support Service on a national basis across England, Wales, and Scotland, excluding Northern Ireland.

The contracts have an initial referral period of four years, with an implementation period of up to 10 weeks and an option to extend by up to two additional years.

The anticipated total value for the initial four years plus the additional two years is £50,117,210 excluding VAT (£60,140,652 including VAT) across both contracts.

The procurement was conducted through a mini-competition under the National Lot (Lot 8) of the Department for Work and Pensions' Commercial Agreement for the provision of Employment and Health Related Services (CAEHRS).