The Prospectus

Length of contracts

Customers referred to the Work Programme contracts for a 5 year period. Providers will then work with customers for up to a further 2 years.
Contract packages and sizes.

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We expect to let 40 Work Programme contracts across 18 package areas. Each individual contract will fall within the range of £10-50 million per year, as published in the framework advertisement.

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Annexe C
Framework ‘lot’
Work Programme package areas and number of providers in each

Scotland
Single package covering the whole of Scotland, with two providers delivering contracts

Wales
Single package covering the whole of Wales, with two providers delivering contracts

London
Two packages, one covering areas to the West and one to the East. Each package area will have three providers delivering contracts.

East of England
Single package covering the whole of the region, with two providers delivering contracts

East Midlands
Single package covering the whole of the region, with two providers delivering contracts

South East
Two packages – one covering Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire and the other covering Surrey, Sussex and Kent. Each package area will have two providers

North East
Single package covering the whole region, with two providers

North West
Two packages – one covering Merseyside, Halton, Cumbria and Lancashire and having 2 providers. The other covering Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Warrington and having 3 providers

South West
Two packages – one covering Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset and one covering Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and West of England. Two providers in each package area.

West Midlands
Two packages – one covering Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country with 3 providers, the other covering Coventry and Warwickshire, Staffordshire and the Marches, with 2 providers

Yorkshire and Humberside
Three packages:

1. West Yorkshire (2 providers)
2. South Yorkshire (2 providers)
3. NE Yorks and Humber (2 providers)

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