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DWP's Commercial Agreement for Employment and Health DWP’s Commercial Agreement for Employment and Health Related Services (Release 5 October 2020) ERSA is pleased to be able to inform you of the organisations on Tier 1 and Tier 2 of the DWP Commercial Agreement for Employment and Health Related Services (CAEHRS). In total the DWP received submissions from 61 organisations with a total of 171 compliant submissions across the 7 regional lots. Overall, this has resulted in a total of 28 organisations being awarded a place on CAEHRS, 21 of which have multiple places and 7 have single awards. As set out during this competition the design of CAEHRS allows the department to offer further places they become available. The department does not currently have any plans to undertake further activity at this time but will formally notify the market as appropriate. Those that have been unsuccessful on this occasion are able to bid for future opportunities on CAEHRS. As communicated previously CAEHRS is already planned to be used for Scotland JETS delivery in Regional Lot 7 later this month and the Long-term unemployment programme that subject to further decisions will be outlined shortly. ERSA’s Chief Executive, Elizabeth Taylor said “This announcement is welcomed by the sector. ERSA is scheduling a series of events to provide more information about the successful organisations and the DWP’s plans, these events will keep the sector informed, build partnerships, and enable collaboration”. ERSA is running a series of Meet the Primes events, the first of which will be on Friday 23 October at 1pm. This will be followed by ERSA Member Forums based on the 7 CPA/ regional lot areas. Successful CAEHRS organisations can book their place to present by emailing [email protected] Attendees should register on Eventbrite, please follow ERSA via https://ersa..eventbrite.com to be notified when bookings open; priority will be given to ERSA members. Please also save the date for ERSA in Conversation with the DWP, Friday 6 November, 3-5pm, details to follow. ERSA members only. Representatives from the DWP will be Mark Leigh, Deputy Director, Head of Employment Services Category, Department for Work and Pensions, Commercial Directorate, Finance Group. Karina Stibbards, Deputy Director, Labour Market Strategy, Labour Market, Families and Disadvantage Directorate, Policy Group; and Nick Butler, Employment Account Director, Department for Work and Pensions, Finance Group, Contract Management and Partner Delivery Directorate. List of Successful Suppliers In total there are 28 successful Suppliers across the 7 regional lots. 14 Suppliers have places on Tier 1 or Tier 2: 14 Suppliers only have places on Tier 2: • Adecco Working Ventures • BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS (U.K) LIMITED • Capita Group Plc • Cumbria Chamber of Commerce • Fedcap Employment Limited • Dimensions Training Limited • G4S Regional Management (UK&I) • Go Train Limited • Ingeus UK Ltd • ITEC Training Solutions • Jobs 22 Ltd • Learning Curve • Maximus UK Services Limited • Palladium International Limited • People Plus Group Ltd • Prevista • Pinnacle Housing Limited • Sodexo Limited • Reed in Partnership • Standguide • Seetec Pluss • The Growth Company Ltd • Serco Group • The Salvation Army Trustees • Shaw Trust • The Sheffield College • WISE Ability • Twin Training International Ltd Successful Suppliers per Regional Lot • In Regional Lot 1 to 5 - Tier 1 has appointed 8 Suppliers and Tier 2 has 9 places available. • In Regional Lot 6 and 7 - Tier 1 has appointed 5 Suppliers and Tier 2 has 9 places available. • The national Lot does not have Tiers and unlimited places subject to organisations meeting the criteria. Lot 1 – Central England Tier 1 Tier 2 • Adecco Working Ventures • Capita Group Plc • Maximus UK Services Limited • G4S Regional Management (UK&I) • Reed in Partnership • Ingeus UK Ltd • People Plus Group Ltd • Twin Training International Ltd • WISE Ability • BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS (U.K) LIMITED • Pinnacle Housing Limited • Fedcap Employment Limited • Serco Group • Shaw Trust • Jobs 22 Ltd • Palladium International Limited • Sodexo Limited Lot 2 – North East England Tier 1 Tier 2 • Adecco Working Ventures • Fedcap Employment Limited • Capita Group Plc • G4S Regional Management (UK&I) • Ingeus UK Ltd Learning Curve (JAA) Ltd • Maximus UK Services Limited • BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS (U.K.) • People Plus Group Ltd • WISE Ability • Pinnacle Housing • The Growth Company Ltd • Reed in Partnership • Jobs 22 Ltd • Serco Group • Seetec Pluss • Shaw Trust Lot 3 – North West England Tier 1 Tier 2 • Adecco Working Ventures • Learning Curve (JAA) Ltd • Capita Group Plc, Ingeus • Seetec Pluss Ltd • Fedcap Employment Limited • Serco Group • Maximus UK Services Limited • BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS (U.K.) • People Plus Group • The Growth Company Limited • Reed in Partnership • Dimensions Training Solutions Limited • G4S Regional Management (UK&I) • Cumbria Chamber of Commerce • Sodexo Limited • Palladium International Limited Lot 4 – Southern England Tier 1 Tier 2 • Capita Group Plc • Go Train Limited • People Plus Goup • BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS (U.K) • Pinnacle Housing • WISE Ability • Serco Group • Adecco Working Ventures • Ingeus UK Ltd • Jobs22 Ltd • Reed in Partnership • Palladium International Limited • Fedcap Employment Limited • Standguide Ltd • Seetec Pluss Ltd • The Sheffield College NB. 1 place remain unfilled on Tier 2 Lot 5 – London and Home Counties Tier 1 Tier 2 • Ingeus • Seetec Pluss • Maximus UK Services Limited • Adecco Working Futures • People Plus Group • Capita Group Plc • Pinnacle Housing • Fedcap Employment Limited • Reed in Patnership • Twin Training International Limited • Serco Group • Go Train Limited • G4S Regional Management (UK&I) • BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS (U.K.) • Shaw Trust • Prevista • Jobs 22 Ltd Lot 6 – Wales Tier 1 Tier 2 • Adecco Working Futures • Ingeus UK Ltd • Capita Group Plc • Maximus UK Services Limited • Fedcap Employment Limited • Pinnacle Housing • Serco Group, Jobs 22 Ltd • G4S Regional Management (UK&I) • People Plus Group • Reed in Partnership • Twin Training International Limited • ITEC Training Solutions NB. 1 place remain unfilled on Tier 2. Lot 7 – Scotland Tier 1 Tier 2 • Capita Group Plc • Reed in Partnership • Fedcap Employment Limited • The Salvation Army Trustee Company • Ingeus UK Limited • Maximus UK Services Limited • People Plus Group NB. 7 places remain unfilled on Tier 2 Lot 8 – National Lot National Lot • Adecco Working Futures • Capita Group Plc • Fedcap Employment Limited • G4S Regional Management (UK&I) • Go Train Limited • Ingeus UK Limited • Jobs22 Ltd • Maximus UK Services Ltd • Palladium International Ltd • People Plus Group • Pinnacle Housing Ltd • Reed in Partnership • Seetec Pluss • Serco Group • Shaw Trust • Sodexo Limited • The Growth Company Ltd • Twin Training International Ltd Further information: ERSA is the voice of employment support https://ersa.org.uk @ERSA_news .
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