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    ContractsCroydon Employment Support and Work-Readiness Programme
    Awarded contract

    Croydon Employment Support and Work-Readiness Programme

    Awarded
    £50k
    Published 8 Jul 2026

    Commission to deliver employment support, skills development, and work-readiness services to 60+ Croydon residents, with intensive one-to-one support for at least 10 participants, delivered from Electric House campus over nine months.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· LondonPublished 8 Jul 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £50k
    Published 8 Jul 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £50,000
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Professional Services
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      London

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • LS
      LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 2 months ago.

    8 July 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    This employment support commission seeks a provider to deliver comprehensive employment services to Croydon residents from LSBU's Electric House campus. Services include: resident recruitment and onboarding, individual employability assessments, confidence-building and soft-skills development, customer service training, and structured progression support. The provider will conduct rolling outreach to long-term unemployed residents through partnerships with DWP and Croydon Works, create personalised support plans with short, medium and long-term goals, and make referrals to complementary funded services including SWAPs and Skills Bootcamps. The programme requires support for a minimum of 60 Croydon residents over nine months, with at least 10 receiving intensive one-to-one support. The successful provider will work collaboratively with Up (the Council's concierge service), DWP, Croydon Works, Legacy Youth Zone, and local charities to ensure coordinated, wraparound support.

    Track record

    4 awards · 4 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In professional services, LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON has awarded 4 contracts to 4 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. Upswing Aerial Limited1× · 25%
    2. ASIAN RESOURCE CENTRE OF CROYDON LIMITED1× · 25%
    3. WHITE LABEL PUBLISHING LTD trading as White Label Creative1× · 25%
    4. LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY1× · 25%

    Across professional services, the most active winners are REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LIMITED, KPMG LLP, Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06c676
    LB
    Buyer
    LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON
    Sector
    Professional Services