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# Self Employment and Enterprise Support Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/self-employment-and-enterprise-support-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0583c8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: "Self Employment and Enterprise Support Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £97,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: lbbd.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Barking and Dagenham](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-barking-and-dagenham-ons-e09000002)
- **Published Value:** £97,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 September 2025 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Provision of services to the community
- **Delivery Location:** UKI52
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £80,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/self-employment-and-enterprise-support-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0583c8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0583c8`

## Before you bid
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- **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/self-employment-and-enterprise-support-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0583c8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [lbbd.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flbbd.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.shtml)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/self-employment-and-enterprise-support-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0583c8#participate

## Description
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham its ancillary arms (such as arm’s length bodies and/or wholly or partly owned subsidiaries and partner organisations) sought a delivery partner (or consortium) to design and deliver a comprehensive, inclusive self-employment and micro-enterprise support programme for economically inactive residents. This programme forms a key strand of our wider Economic Inactivity Trailblazer activity.
The programme aims to support a minimum of 35 economically inactive residents from Barking & Dagenham who are currently out of work—particularly women with caring responsibilities, disabled people, and individuals furthest from the labour market to explore and move into self-employment or set up sustainable small businesses. To either register as self-employed and/or register a new business on Companies House.
Also to support the delivery of a small grants programme in conjunction with the council.
The contract will include provision for information sessions, 121 support and workshops to help residents develop the key skills and knowledge required to enable them to explore and then move into self-employment or set up a sustainable business. The Council, at its sole discretion, reserves the option to extend the Contract in such period or periods as the Council deems appropriate.
The contract will run from September 2025 (mobilisation) to March 2026 (delivery complete), with programme activity to going live by September/ Early October 2025. 
This programme is funded by the Government’s Trailblazer Funding and will be subject to strict monthly monitoring and evidence requirements in line with the requirements of the funders.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £97,000

- **Contract Period:** 28/09/2025 to 31/03/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **Adam Knight & Associates Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-168994`
  - Value: £80,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 04/12/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F047084-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-12T01:07:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T21:17:30.441Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0583c8