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UK6 - Contract award notice - Fidelity Assurance

  • Department for Work & Pensions

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-036063

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04eaa0 (view related notices)

Published 30 June 2025, 12:24pm



Scope

Reference

ITT_22170

Description

Connect to Work will be delivered using two of the most recognised quality standards for supported employment: IPS and SEQF. The Fidelity Assurance requirement supplements the delivery of Connect to Work by supporting delivery partners in following the requirements of the IPS and SEQF supported employment models. Both models have Fidelity Scales. The Fidelity Assurance Supplier will be required to deliver the Fidelity Assurance services across England and Wales.

DWP will fund delivery of the Fidelity Assurance requirement for IPS and SEQF through one contract. The Authority has considered whether the Fidelity Assurance services could reasonably be supplied under more than one contract by dividing the procurement into lots based on geographical area. The Authority has concluded that splitting the procurement into lots could make the requirement disproportionately expensive to manage and increase the technical risk to deliver the requirement.

The Authority is awarding a public contract under section 19 of the Procurement Act 2023. The award of that public contract was through an open procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(a) of the PA 2023, The procurement for the award of that public contract was conducted in accordance with sections 20(1) and (2)(a) the Procurement Act 2023 as an open procedure for the award of a light touch contract.


Contract 1. Fidelity Assurance

Supplier

Contract value

  • £7,749,981 excluding VAT
  • £9,299,977 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

30 June 2025

Date assessment summaries were sent to tenderers

30 June 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 9 July 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

10 July 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 August 2025 to 31 March 2030
  • Possible extension to 31 March 2032
  • 6 years, 8 months

Description of possible extension:

The Authority is awarding a contract for the services for an initial period of 56 months with an option (subject to governance approval, available funding and satisfactory performance) for the Authority to extend the contract for a further period of up to 24 months by giving the Supplier written notice of no less than 3 Months before the initial period of the contract expires, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions of the Contract. The contract value stated on this UK6 - Contract Award Notice represents the initial contract term and is exclusive of any potential extensions.

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 75112000 - Administrative services for business operations
  • 75121000 - Administrative educational services
  • 75122000 - Administrative healthcare services
  • 80500000 - Training services

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)
  • UKL - Wales

Information about tenders

  • 2 tenders received
  • 2 tenders assessed in the final stage:
    • 1 submitted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
    • 1 submitted by voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
  • 1 supplier awarded contracts
  • 1 supplier unsuccessful (details included for contracts over £5 million)

Unsuccessful suppliers


Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure

Special regime

Light touch


Suppliers

G4S FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED

  • Companies House: 03333860
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLTW-2112-MBLM

6th Floor 50 Broadway

London

SW1H 0DB

United Kingdom

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

SOCIAL FINANCE LIMITED

  • Companies House: 06402143
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PHGL-6481-HVBL

87 Vauxhall Walk

London

SE11 5HJ

United Kingdom

Region: UKI45 - Lambeth

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): Yes

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Connected people/organisations:

The Sigrid Rausing Trust, 12 Penzance Place, London, W11 4PA (Companies House Number 13152028)

The R And S Cohen Foundation Nominees Limited, 4 Stanley Crescent, London, W11 2NB (Companies House Number 05752230)

David Blood, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HJ (Individual - April 1959)

Contract 1. Fidelity Assurance


Contracting authority

Department for Work & Pensions

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJCP-7274-TLRQ

Third Floor, Hartshead Square

Sheffield

S1 2FD

United Kingdom

Region: UKE32 - Sheffield

Organisation type: Public authority - central government