Croydon Means Business - Employment Support Programme
Details
- Supplier(s)
- London South Bank University
- Value
- £50,000
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Job search services
- Published
- 8 July 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
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 ## Contract award
Timeline
- Completed: Award date19 June 2026
- Completed: Award published8 July 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date7 July 2027in 8 months
About the buyer
London Borough of Croydon is a local authority procuring for the borough. Every procurement follows the council's Tenders and Contract Regulations 2024, its internal rulebook for value-for-money contracts. Since July 2023 a statutory Improvement and Assurance Panel has held powers to direct council decisions where value for money falls short.
Over the past 5 years, most of London Borough of Croydon's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and health and social work.
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@london-borough-of-croydon.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@london-borough-of-croydon.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@london-borough-of-croydon.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@london-borough-of-croydon.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@london-borough-of-croydon.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@london-borough-of-croydon.gov |
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