Award

Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses

NI PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

29 Sep 2025 at 13:10

Award

09 Sep 2025 at 15:54

Tender

23 Jul 2025 at 12:21

Planning

15 Apr 2025 at 16:10

Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process for the "Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses" is led by the NI Public Health Agency, located in Belfast, UK. This initiative focuses on training within the health and social work services, explicitly aimed at those engaged with substance use services. Utilizing an open procedure, the procurement journey has culminated in a contract award dated 18 September 2025, with a start date of 1 October 2025, running until 30 September 2028, with provisions for extensions. The contract, valued at approximately £1,464,900, is part of a larger commitment totalling £1,757,880, falling under the education and training services category (CPV: 80000000). The award stage confirmed the supplier as OIWILLO TRAINING CO. LTD., showcasing tailored opportunities for service delivery in Northern Ireland.

This tender provides significant opportunities for businesses specializing in educational and health services to engage in a developmental and collaborative environment. SMEs, particularly those adept in motivational interviewing and training, could find fruitful avenues for growth, enhancing their delivery capacity and refining methods geared toward substance use interventions. The open procedural approach underscores a level playing field for competent suppliers ready to make impactful contributions in the public health domain. Moreover, the contract includes options for enhancing practitioner support, affording further business expansion opportunities through additional training services.

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Notice Title

Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses

Notice 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.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: The right for additional training and an option for ongoing practitioner support groups or communities of practice.

Renewal: 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.

Planning Information

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.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05038c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060523-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,464,900 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,464,900 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,464,900 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£1,464,900 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Sep 20254 months ago
Submission Deadline
18 Aug 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
12 May 2025Expired
Award Date
8 Sep 20255 months ago
Contract Period
30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NI PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY
Additional Buyers

PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY

REGIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE

REGIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES ORGANISATION, PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS SERVICE

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
palsarmagh.sourcing@hscni.net
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
ARMAGH
Postcode
BT61 7PR
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Belfast South and Mid Down

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

OIWILLO TRAINING CO. LTD. T/A GLENN HINDS MOTIVATION AND COACHING CONSULTANCY

Further Information

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