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retender Greater Essex Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI)

Awarded to GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD

Essex County Council(buyer)

Published
Published 1 April 2025
Deadline
Closed 23 May 2025

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Overview

Essex County Council has awarded an £8 million contract to Get Skills Employment & Training Ltd to deliver Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI) across Essex. The service provides employment support integrated with secondary care mental health services to help people with severe mental health conditions find paid work, covering Essex unitary authorities and areas served by Mid and South Essex, Hertfordshire and West Essex, and Suffolk and North East Essex ICBs (excluding Hertfordshire and Suffolk themselves).

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£8,000,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
SME suitable
Yes
Published
1 April 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£8,000,000
Award date
22 July 2025
Contract period
31 August 2025 → 31 August 2028
Contract length
3 years
Could run to
30 September 2030
Bids received
6
Winner
  • GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD

This contract ends on 31 August 2028, or 30 September 2030 if every extension is used.

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About the winner

GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD

Based in
London
Public contracts won
13
Across UK and EU notices

1 other contract from Essex County Council since 2025, worth £1,045,000.

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

6

4 from SMEs

Open and restricted tenders in Health and social work services drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 19% received only one.

Who bid

  • GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTDWinner
  • QUALITY CARE RESOURCING LIMITED
  • BRIGHT IDEA STAFFING LIMITED
  • WATERFIELDS HEALTHCARE LTD
  • MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
  • ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

How bids were scored

Price 30% · Quality 70%

  • Price30%
  • Quality60%
  • Social Value10%

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Market context

Typical award in Health and social work services

£186,136

Median of 14,517 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 43.0× the median.

Essex County Council in the last 12 months

76

contracts awarded, worth £1,151,379,867 in total

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    6 March 2026

  2. Contract

    23 July 2025

  3. Contract Notice

    17 April 2025

  4. Prior Information Notice

    1 April 2025

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