Award

Barista Training for Prison Leavers (South London)

REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

12 Nov 2025 at 15:41

Award Notice
Tender

28 Jul 2025 at 08:49

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process, titled "Barista Training for Prison Leavers (South London)," was conducted by REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED. This initiative falls under the industry category of "Adult and other education services," with additional specialisations in "Specialist training services" and "Vocational training services." The contract is to be executed in South London, specifically at Community Hubs in Lewisham and Croydon. The procurement reached its award stage on 20th October 2025, with a contract period from 27th October 2025 to 29th September 2026. Organisations were invited to express their interest by 12th August 2025, in an open procurement process above the threshold, ensuring a broad participation from potential suppliers.

This tender provides a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in inclusive and impactful training in the hospitality sector. Companies with experience in delivering end-to-end support pathways, from practical training to employment placement for individuals with criminal convictions, can find valuable growth possibilities. Suitable businesses include those capable of providing face-to-face barista training and employment services, with robust workplace safeguarding policies. Additionally, the opportunity is particularly appealing for SMEs and VCSEs, with the potential to leverage their unique capabilities to support the reintegration of ex-offenders into community life and the workforce.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Barista Training for Prison Leavers (South London)

Notice 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.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-b43f7ea3-cf8b-4c25-8799-27968f5eb1bc
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/95f110f9-a694-4bb2-b930-0ab37c5cad9f
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80400000 - Adult and other education services

80510000 - Specialist training services

80530000 - Vocational training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£94,200 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
12 Nov 20253 months ago
Submission Deadline
12 Aug 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Oct 20254 months ago
Contract Period
27 Oct 2025 - 29 Sep 2026 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC2A 1DT
Post Town
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

REDEMPTION ROASTERS T/A CATIMOR

Further Information

Notice Documents

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