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title: "Essential Skills Training - Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Category (EDI)"
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buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON"
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# Essential Skills Training - Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Category (EDI)

Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-83f54def-0fc5-4a6b-bc60-44f4481759fa

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## Summary

The London Borough of Merton has awarded a contract for Essential Skills Training in the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Category. The procurement process aimed to develop the workforce's awareness of EDI workplace issues, seeking vendors offering a broad range of EDI programmes and development opportunities. The contract period runs from 20th February 2023 to 20th March 2025.

This tender creates business growth opportunities for providers of specialist training services focusing on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-suited to compete in this open procedure for service contracts in England, United Kingdom.

## Notice

The London Borough of Merton ("the Council") is inviting tenders to for the purpose of the continual development of LBMs workforce in order to become more aware of EDI workplace issues, solutions, and approaches toward creating a more inclusive workplace culture. Alongside training, LBM is seeking to engage with vendors that provide a wide range of EDI programmes and development opportunities.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6f561e2a-fbe1-401e-81a8-7b26cfa99c7f |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | 20 Feb 2023 - 20 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £240,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON |
| Locality | MORDEN |
| Post town | Sutton |
| Postcode | SM4 5DX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South |
| ITL 3 | TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton |
| Local authority | Merton |
| Electoral ward | Merton Park |
| Westminster constituency | Wimbledon |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | INTEGRITY COACHING; LINDA LAURIE ASSOCIATES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 14 Feb 2023 at 14:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6f561e2a-fbe1-401e-81a8-7b26cfa99c7f
- 22 Aug 2022 at 08:08 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c52ba3f0-4a45-4286-b4a2-ccf37ed98aaf

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6f561e2a-fbe1-401e-81a8-7b26cfa99c7f
  14th February 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c52ba3f0-4a45-4286-b4a2-ccf37ed98aaf
  22nd August 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.merton.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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