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Published 15 Apr 2025, 17:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses

Official notice

Procurement agent: NI Public Health Agency·On behalf of: Regional Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£1,464,900≈ £488k / year · £1,757,880 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 18 Aug 2025awarded 9 Sept 2025
Awarded to OIWILLO TRAINING CO. LTD. T/A Glenn Hinds Motivation and Coaching Consultancy
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2032 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses focuses on the development and delivery of training and capacity building for those working in substance use services and other related service areas where substance use is pertinent.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, person-centered way of having conversations

about change. Through four core processes of engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning, MI unearths and builds upon a person's intrinsic motivations for change. Specific strategies based on

the psycholinguistics of change are applied within a spirit of partnership, acceptance, compassion, and evocation.

CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£1,464,900
Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2032 with extensionsValue: £1,464,900 exc. VAT · £1,757,880 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern IrelandEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The right for additional training and an option for ongoing practitioner support groups or communities of practice. · The Buyer will have the option to extend the contract for any period or periods together totalling no more than 48 months, plus 18 months emergency extension. Extension exercised where the Buyer gives the Supplier no less than three Months' written notice before the expiry of the current Contract Period.
80000000 Education and training services85000000 Health and social work services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Quality - Mandatory Quality Assessment: Pass/Fail as detailed in the Tender documentation.
  • Quality – Scored Quality Assessment: 70% as detailed in the Tender documentation.
  • Social Value: 10% as detailed in the Tender documentation.
  • Price: 20% as detailed in the Tender documentation.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Apr 2025, 17:10 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2025, 14:10 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Sept 2025
Authority reference
5913615
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042363
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesHealth and social work services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05038c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
18 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
Clarification deadline
12 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

15 Apr 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 17:10 BST
  2. Market engagement
    1 May 2025, 23:59 BST

    This is a Pre Market Engagement Notice to inform and seek engagement with potential suppliers for Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses for Public Health Agency (PHA). To this end, BSO Procurement and Logistics Service PaLS wish to engage with potential suppliers on behalf of health and social care for Northern Ireland to obtain a market view of the potential requirements through a questionnaire. Any interested suppliers are required to submit their response through the eTendersNI secure messaging area of this CfT. All correspondence in relation to this tender will be communicated via the secure eTendersNI messaging area. Suppliers will be required to return answers to the questionnaire and any comments no later than 15:00 on Thursday, 01 May 2025. Suppliers should also note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

  3. Next notice expected
    12 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
  5. Clarification questions by
    12 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline
    18 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
  7. Award decision expected by
    1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  8. Assessment summaries sent
    9 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  9. Standstill ends399 days ago
    18 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  10. Latest notice published388 days ago
    29 Sept 2025, 14:10 BST
  11. Contract starts387 days ago
    1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

11 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Apr 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Apr 2025, 17:10 BST
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    23 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value updated to £1,464,900
    23 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
    was £0
  4. Status changed to active
    23 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    23 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
  6. Deadline published: 18 Aug 2025, 15:00 BST
    23 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
  7. Buyer details updated
    23 Jul 2025, 13:21 BST
  8. Contract award notice published
    9 Sept 2025, 16:54 BST
    UK6
  9. Status changed to complete
    9 Sept 2025, 16:54 BST
  10. Contract signature expected
    19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  11. Contract details notice published
    29 Sept 2025, 14:10 BST
    UK7
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 15 Apr 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,464,9001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Sept 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
OIWILLO TRAINING CO. LTD. T/A Glenn Hinds Motivation and Coaching ConsultancySME1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2034Extensions: The Buyer will have the option to extend the contract for any period or periods together totalling no more than 48 months, plus 18 months emergency extension. Extension exercised where the Buyer gives the Supplier no less than three Months' written notice before the expiry of the current Contract Period. · Options: The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. The right for additional training and an option for ongoing practitioner support groups or communities of practice.£1,464,9009 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses · OIWILLO TRAINING CO. LTD. T/A Glenn Hinds Motivation and Coaching ConsultancySME

    Signed
    18 Sept 2025
    Value
    £1,464,900
    Period
    1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2034 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    The Buyer will have the option to extend the contract for any period or periods together totalling no more than 48 months, plus 18 months emergency extension. Extension exercised where the Buyer gives the Supplier no less than three Months' written notice before the expiry of the current Contract Period.
    Options
    The right for additional training and an option for ongoing practitioner support groups or communities of practice.

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NI Public Health Agency

Procurement agentPublic authority - central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGGH-1787-BZLL 4th Floor, 12-22 Linenhall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8BSContact email

Clients of the procurement agent

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure