PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Jobs and Career Services

Department for Work and Pensions · published 23 Sept 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDc7ab8f60-7baf-4914-86cf-afe830472bd5-915199
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-c7e0e411-7f80-412c-a162-3837a1f648e7
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-338583
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£4,000,000
award field
Tender value
£4,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79315000
Social research services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Jobs and Careers Service (JCS) is currently being piloted through 3 pathfinder research sites, with in-house researchers conducting the evaluation to test delivery models and gather early insights.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release23 Sept 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published17 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published17 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published17 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published18 Sept 2030
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

IFF

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 23 Sept 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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