DWP Employability and Health Related Services Umbrella (EHRSUA)
DWP consult about their forthcoming Employability and Health Related services Umbrella (EHRSUA) procurement.
Following on from the previous UAEHRS procurement exercise, the DWP have now run pre-market engagement events for a new, framework-style agreement for the provision of employment and health related services set to come to market this December.As before, the current standpoint is that only bidders who qualify onto the upcoming EHRSUA will be able to tender for future opportunities to provide employment and health related support services for: people who are unemployed; disabled, and; have a health condition or barrier to work.Having run the pre-market engagement events, DWP are now in the process of reviewing feedback from potential suppliers which may significantly impact the final ITT/specification.To date, DWP aims to split the procurement into 7 separate Lots (the main change here is the inclusion of Scotland). For each Lot, there will be 3 tiers separated by contract value:Tier 1: £5m and aboveTier 2: £1 to 5mTier 3: up to £1mDWP have indicated that there will be no limit on how many Lots and/or Tiers a single supplier can bid for, though only up to 5 bidders will be awarded a contract per Tier/Lot.Current feedback from the pre-market engagement events from potential suppliers has raised concerns on restricting the number of providers able to secure a contract per Tier/Lot, and whether the use of an Umbrella Agreement will negate anything from open procurement. The DWP will be creating an Open Virtual Data Room on Bravo, set to go live soon, where bidders will be able to access slides and documents from the event. Bidders are advised to register their interest via Bravo to ensure they do not miss any future updates.If you are currently providing employability and health related services, or are keen to do so, please register for further updates or to guarantee your bid writing support from Carley Consult you can request a call off contract. Please either call direct on 01302 361630 or register below. [contact-form-7 id="11729" title="New Article Form"]