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title: "Croydon Means Business - Employment Support Programme"
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# Croydon Means Business - Employment Support Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/croydon-means-business-employment-support-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06c676). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Croydon: "Croydon Means Business - Employment Support Programme". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Croydon](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-croydon-ons-e09000008)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKI62
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £50,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/croydon-means-business-employment-support-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06c676#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c676`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/croydon-means-business-employment-support-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06c676#tl-md)

## 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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79611000, 80521000, 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **London South Bank University**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-28454`
  - Value: £50,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 18/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F064242-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-08T12:55:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:01:09.325Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c676