Tender: Connect to Work Supported Employment Delivery – Cambridgeshire & Peterborough (3,738 Starts to March 2030)

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The Authority, as Lead Authority and Accountable Body for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, is seeking a supplier to manage and deliver the Connect to Work Programme, a DWP-funded voluntary supported employment initiative that uses a place, train, maintain model to target hidden unemployment and disadvantaged groups. The supplier will build and manage a specialist local supply chain, ensure access and engagement with targeted participants, and deliver Individual Placement and Support (IPS) and Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) interventions to required fidelity and volumes, supporting at least 3,738 residents between 2025 and 2030 and delivering 3,738 programme starts and associated job starts and outcomes by contract commencement to 31 March 2030. The procurement is being run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure with a two-stage process of shortlisting and an Invitation to Tender.