AwardedAwarded 1 October 2025
retender Greater Essex Individual Placement and Support for Severe Mental Illness (IPS for SMI)
Essex County Council · Local authority
In brief
Essex County Council awarded care and healthcare work to Get Skills Employment & Training Ltd on 1 October 2025.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
What the notice says
Essex County Council as lead commissioner is seeking to procure a service for Individual Placement and Support for Serious Mental Illness (IPS for SMI). The IPS for SMI is an employment support service integrated with secondary care mental health services to
assist people who experience severe mental health conditions to find paid work. ECC is the lead commissioner for this service on behalf of the three ICBs in Essex, namely Mid and South Essex (MSE), Hertfordshire and West Essex (HWE ), and Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE). Please note that this service will not cover Hertfordshire or Suffolk. For the purposes of this procurement, this service is an ALL Essex service, which
includes the Unitary Authorities of Southend and Thurrock.
Who won
| Winner | Value | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Get Skills Employment & Training Ltd (SME) | £7,987,857 | 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2028 |
Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.
Timeline
- Contract details notice · UK7, notice 020482-2026
About the buyer
Essex County CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
150Awards
92Suppliers it has used most for care
- Creative Support Limited2 contracts
- Ace Music Therapy CIC1 contract
- Apricot Centre CIC1 contract
- Barnardo's1 contract
- Bridge 86 Limited1 contract
Similar open tenders
All open care tenders- £1.44mestimated
- £124kestimated
- £20mframework ceiling
- £2.74mestimated
- £900kestimated
From notice 020482-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 6 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.