Ministry of Social Development

Advance Notice - Employment Placement Service in Auckland

This is an Advance Notice of an upcoming procurement opportunity aimed at providers with experience delivering employment placement programmes in Auckland. The programmes will support MSD clients aged 25 years and over, with part-time or full-time work obligations to prepare for and achieve sustainable employment.

Please note that this Advance Notice is NOT a tender process - it is simply a notification to the supply market that a procurement opportunity is forthcoming and provides some high-level details about the opportunity. Please refer to the attached document for more information.

We intend to go to market with a Request for Proposal (RFP) in February 2026. The opportunity will be advertised on the Government Electronic Tender Service (GETS) and MSD Purchasing and Finance System (called Weka). Please subscribe to this Advance Notice so that you will be notified when the RFP is published on both platforms.

If you haven’t registered your organisation as a Supplier/Partner on Weka, please do so at your earliest convenience.

How to register as a Supplier/Partner on Weka
• User Guide for Supplier/Partner Registration - https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/what-we-can-do/providers/social-sector-partner-changes/user-guide-how-to-register-as-a-supplier-partner.pdf
• Instructional Video for Supplier/Partner Registration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7cc3_dpfmw&t=5s
• Other resources for Weka - https://www.msd.govt.nz/what-we-can-do/providers/social-sector-partner-changes/resource-guide.html

If you have any questions about this Advance Notice, please submit them through GETS or Weka.

Department/Business Unit: Service Delivery