Work Ready Service for Young Adults with Mental Illness
Awarded to GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD
Essex County Council(buyer)
- Published
- Published 22 May 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 18 August 2025
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Overview
Contracting authority
- Essex County CouncilBuyer
89 awarded contracts
Chelmsford, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PWVM-4844-NRQH
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £627,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- Contract type
- Dynamic purchasing system
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 22 May 2025
- Questions by
- 10 August 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £1,045,000
- Award date
- 1 December 2025
- Contract period
- 28 September 2025 → 29 September 2028
- Contract length
- 3 years
- Could run to
- 1 January 2031
- Against estimate
- 67% above
- Bids received
- 13
- GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD
This contract ends on 29 September 2028, or 1 January 2031 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 £8,000,000.
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
13
8 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.
How bids were scored
Price 30% · Quality 70%
- Commercial30%
- Social Value10%
- Service Delivery60%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
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 5.6× 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
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
5 June 2026
Contract
1 December 2025
Tender Update
13 August 2025
Tender Update
5 August 2025
Contract Notice
18 July 2025
Planning Update
18 July 2025
Planning Update
2 June 2025
Planning Update
23 May 2025
Planning Update
23 May 2025
Planning Update
22 May 2025
Prior Information Notice
22 May 2025
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