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Croydon Means Business - Employment Support Programme

London Borough of Croydon · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 05:02.

Opportunity overview

Provision of employment support, outreach, and work-readiness services to Croydon residents, delivered from LSBU's Electric House campus in Croydon. The commission covers resident recruitment and onboarding, individual employability assessments, confidence-building, soft-skills development, customer service training, and structured progression support. Services include rolling outreach to long-term unemployed residents (including through DWP and Croydon Works), creation of individual support plans with short, medium and long-term goals, and referrals to existing funded provision such as SWAPs and Skills Bootcamps. The programme targets a minimum of 60 Croydon residents supported over nine months, with at least 10 receiving intensive one-to-one support, and works in close collaboration with Up, the Council's concierge service, DWP, Croydon Works, Legacy Youth Zone and local charities

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Published award value
£50k
Awarded
18 Jun 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 00986761
Location
Croydon, UKI62, CR0 2AG, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06c676
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
London Borough of Croydon
Id
GB-PPON-PJTH-3594-VXYL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PJTH-3594-VXYL

Address

Street Address
Bernard Wetherill House, Fell Road
Locality
Croydon
Postal Code
CR01EA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI62

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
London South Bank University
Id
GB-COH-00986761

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
00986761

Address

Street Address
3 Wellesley Road
Locality
Croydon
Postal Code
CR0 2AG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI62

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Date
19 Jun 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79611000
Description
Job search services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
80521000
Description
Training programme services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
80530000
Description
Vocational training services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI62
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
60,000
Amount
50,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-00986761
Name
London South Bank University

Contract period

Starts
8 Jul 2026, 00:00
Ends
7 Jul 2027, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
064242-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
8 Jul 2026, 13:55
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
8 Jul 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Croydon · UKI62 · CR01EA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 064242-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·