# Universal Support Pioneer Phase

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Work and Pensions.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Work and Pensions](/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Ipsos](/suppliers/ipsos/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £570,000
- Tender value: £570,000
- Award date: 16 April 2024
- Published: 16 April 2024
- Contract start: 16 April 2024
- Contract end: 18 August 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: baa5a571-80b6-4a06-9257-b4b519440cbc-741454
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6db445c6-c28b-4318-a89b-67d175eb1db8

## Description

Universal Support \(US\) is job-based support to help inactive disabled people into sustained employment\. It would support inactive disabled people into sustained work, using the proven supported employment \(SE\) approach \("place and train"\) which provides help to quickly move people into an open labour market job and then support to sustain that work\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/baa5a571-80b6-4a06-9257-b4b519440cbc-741454)