Published date: 28 July 2025
Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.
Contract summary
Industry
Adult and other education services - 80400000
Specialist training services - 80510000
Vocational training services - 80530000
Location of contract
London
Value of contract
£0 to £94,000
Procurement reference
2025CFO2
Published date
28 July 2025
Closing date
12 August 2025
Closing time
6pm
Contract start date
1 October 2025
Contract end date
30 September 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Private procurement rules
Supply chain notices are business-to-business transactions and are not bound by the same rules and restrictions as public sector contracts. The UK government is not responsible for the conduct of such procurement.
Description
Reed in Partnership is a national provider of government services, with 26 years' experience of supporting participants through delivery of employment, skills, health and justice contracts. In this time, we have supported 300,000 people into employment. Being part of the family-owned Reed Group, we also have access to an extensive employer network. Our mission is to positively transform people and their communities. We support individuals, their families and the places they live to prosper - often under challenging circumstances. With our help, people start working, improve their health, develop their skills and fulfil their potential.
Reed in Partnership deliver HMPPS Creating Future Opportunities Evolution programme in South London: a single, integrated service that supports prison leavers as they transition from custody to community life. Our Community Hubs in Lewisham and Croydon offer co-designed, person-centred support to ex-offenders, helping them rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose. We are seeking to enhance our Community Hub provision through barista training provision to deliver end-to-end training and employment pathways in our Lewisham and Croydon premises. Initially, this will be a 12-month programme to support 132 service users to gain practical skills, confidence, and access to sustainable employment in the hospitality sector.
We invite Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from organisations with a proven track record in delivering inclusive, impactful barista training and employment services. Applicants must demonstrate experience and capability in the following:
On-site face to face barista training - Including supervision and practical delivery at our hubs.
End-to-end delivery of training and employment pathways - Including training, CV writing, interview preparation, soft skills development, employment placement and casework support to move into, sustain and progress in work as a barista or other hospitality roles.
Successful experience working with and delivering outcomes for this client group - Applicants must have an understanding of inclusive and appropriate hiring practices for individuals with convictions and effective mechanisms for informing programme design/delivery through consulting those with lived experience of the criminal justice system.
Workplace safeguarding policies - Robust procedures to ensure safety and wellbeing.
How to respond to this invitation:
Please complete and submit this EOI: https://forms.office.com/e/M6uu39FP0m by the 12th August 2025, 6pm. Contact partner.network@reed.com should you have questions. For information on how we score our EOIs and work with partners, visit https://reedinpartnership.co.uk/partners/
This EOI does not constitute an offer to work with your organisation but is the first stage in our selection process. For organisations successful at EOI stage, we will undertake further due diligence and commercial pricing analysis to make our final selection of partners.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
About the buyer
Address
ACADEMY COURT
LONDON
WC2A1DT
England
Telephone
020 7708 6063
Website
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