Connect to Work Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) Programme
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Key dates and value
Status
Open
Submission deadline
3 Nov 2026
Published
8 Oct 2026
Estimated value
£1m
Location
Wales
Overview
Caerphilly County Borough Council is inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced Organisation's to deliver the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) model as part of the UK Government’s DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) Connect to Work programme.
Connect to Work is a voluntary supported employment programme delivered across England and Wales, designed to support disabled people, individuals with health conditions, and people facing complex barriers who are currently outside the labour market and experiencing ‘Hidden Unemployment’, to find and sustain meaningful employment. The programme forms a key component of the Government’s Get Britain Working Strategy, targeting economic inactivity by offering tailored, intensive, and high quality employment support at the right time for the right participants.
Participants of the programme must be working age, eligible, and suitable for the provision. Connect to Work delivers the evidence based “place, train, and maintain” Supported Employment model. The Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) is designed to support individuals facing complex barriers, disabilities, long term health conditions, social, emotional, or environmental barriers.
Tenderers will be required to submit responses in accordance with the requirements set out within the procurement documentation. Submissions will be evaluated against the published criteria.
Full details can be found in the Invitiation to Tender (ITT) Pack
CPV codes
79610000 Placement services of personnel
85312300 Guidance and counselling services
85312510 Vocational rehabilitation services
85312320 Counselling services
85300000 Social work and related services
80590000 Tutorial services
80521000 Training programme services
About the buyer
Caerphilly County Borough Council has published 147 tender notices since 10 Oct 2023, with a combined advertised value of £1.1bn. 29 of them are currently open.
How to apply
Tender documents and submissions are handled on the official portal (Sell2Wales). Register there to download the documents and submit your response before the deadline.
Upload the tender documents and mytender.io drafts compliant answers from your own past bids, case studies and policies, so your team spends its time improving the bid rather than starting from a blank page.
It is the ambition of the Welsh Government to develop a thriving and confident agriculture sector in Wales built around innovation and growth, to rise to the challenges we face and make most of the opportunities available. In July 2025 the Welsh Government published its...
The Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) of Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) is undertaking an exercise for the procurement of electoral registration print materials including Canvass forms, invitation to register forms, PI refresher and reapplication forms, household...
Dŵr Cymru Cyfyngedig, trading as Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water (DCC), is seeking to establish a Hybrid Managed Service Provider (MSP) Recruitment Framework to support its in-house recruitment function with the provision of temporary, interim, fixed-term contract (FTC) and permanent...
The Welsh Government are delivering a framework agreement for Print Services on an All Wales basis.
The framework will be used by Welsh Government departments, with individual jobs managed through Welsh Government's central Print Team.
The Framework agreement will be split into...
This ITT has been issued by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services (hosted by the Velindre NHS Trust) “NWSSP” on behalf of Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB who shall enter into the Agreement.
You are being invited to tender under the open procedure conducted in...
Buyer
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)
This ITT has been issued by NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership Procurement Services (hosted by the Velindre NHS Trust) “NWSSP” on behalf of Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB who shall enter into the Agreement.
You are being invited to tender under the open procedure conducted in...
Buyer
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Location
Abercynon, Mountain Ash
Deadline
Closes 12 Oct 2026
Value
£391k
Source: Sell2Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Details may change; always check the original notice before bidding.