Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Department for Work and Pensions · National or federal agency/office
- Supplier
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Value
- £11,500,000
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- Public administration & defence services · Administration services (CPV 75100000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 071846-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Jul 2026
- Published29 Jul 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
This procurement aims to appoint a Supplier to provide full programme management of the Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund. The Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund Administration Supplier will be required to provide the expertise and capability to make sure that the available funding is used to generate as much quality evidence as possible from genuinely innovative Initiatives via the Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund. Full programme management will include the following service requirements: <br/>(a) Design and development. <br/>(b) Market engagement and promotion. <br/>(c) Application, assessment and award services. <br/>(d) Evaluation services. <br/>(e) Due diligence counter fraud services. <br/><br/>The initial value of the Pathways to Work: Innovation Fund Administration requirement is £4.25m and has been procured as a further call-off competition under the RM6322 - Fund Administration and Disbursement Services (FAADS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). <br/><br/>The Authority is awar…
About the supplier
Ernst & Young LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC300001).