Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bce-b6bd-707f-84a4-9661eb6dcd39/connect-to-work-sheffield-individual-placement-and-support-ips-supported-empl awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Connect to Work Sheffield: Individual Placement and Support (IPS) supported employment for disadvantaged groups [Sheffield City Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/sheffield-city-council) Estimated value £1,956,744 Published 18 Jun 2026 Deadline Closed 12 Jan 2026 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Split into 9 lots You can usually bid for just the lots you can deliver. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Delivery of a cohort-specific IPS provision to (non-health) residents who are eligible and suitable for support on the Connect to Work programme. Groups have been specified broadly as: carers, refugees, veterans, ex-offenders, homeless people, young people at risk, victims of domestic violence, victims of modern slavery. It is anticipated that 9 individual contracts will be awarded. Each individual contract is valued at £217,416 ex VAT for the full contract term. Each contract has deliverable of supporting 90 out of work and 20 in work participants leading to job outcomes of 45 for out of work starts and 16 for retention of in work starts. This contract s funded by the UK Government through Connect to Work and Economic Trailblazer. The contracts were signed by the final signatory on the following dates: Infinite Skills, Sharrow Community Forum and Skills UK: 10/03/2026 Novus Transforming Lives, South Yorkshire Housing Association and The Growth Company: 20/03/2026 Sheffield Occupational Health Advisory Service: 16/04/2026 ## CPV classification Job search services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-058ec2-2026-06-18T17:40:57+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-058ec2-2026-06-18T17:40:57+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Sheffield City Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/sheffield-city-council) [Sector More Business services tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/business-services) ## More tenders like this [Supply services of personnel including temporary staff – Flexibele capaciteitsschil ICT-professionals · Provincie Noord-Brabant · 91 days left · 18 Jan 2027](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6eb4-70f6-8d1b-e1d174f83ea1/netherlands-supply-services-of-personnel-including-temporary-staff-flexibele) [Market research services – Suivi des marchés pour le secteur Spatial · Centre National D'etudes Spatiales · 31 days left · 19 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6d52-72ca-8443-0f5874823be1/france-market-research-services-suivi-des-marches-pour-le-secteur-spatial) [Advertising and marketing services – Personalmarketingagentur\_Stellenanzeigen · Berliner Feuerwehr · 32 days left · 20 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6347-72f7-8491-b98e903a3ff7/germany-advertising-and-marketing-services-personalmarketingagentur-stellena) [Printing and distribution services – impression, façonnage, MISE SOUS PLI et routage de supports de communication POUR LES services DU departement de lot-et-garonne - 4 lots · Conseil Départemental du Lot-et-Garonne · 45 days left · 3 Dec 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6342-737e-9c91-e518c28582e6/france-printing-and-distribution-services-impression-faconnage-mise-sous-p) [Customer-care services – Servicio de atención ciudadana 010, centralita y atención presencial para el Ayuntamiento de Valladolid · Concejalía Delegada General del Área de Hacienda, Personal y Modernización Administrativa del Ayuntamiento de Valladolid · 35 days left · 23 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6465-7316-bb64-ce8123cbca0c/spain-customer-care-services-servicio-de-atencion-ciudadana-010-centralita) [Survey conduction services – Accords-cadres à bons de commande de prestations de services relatifs à la réalisation d'une enquête de satisfaction annuelle sur la qualité de service et la réalisation d'appels de courtoisie auprès des nouveaux clients locataires de PARTENORD HABITAT et PARTIMMO - Relance du lot n°2 suite à déclaration sans suite (n°26190) · Partenord Le groupe · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a156a9-6fbe-70d0-b410-7283546d6344/france-survey-conduction-services-accords-cadres-a-bons-de-commande-de-prest)