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title: "Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05038c"
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# Workforce Development Training - Motivational Interviewing Courses

Buyer: NI PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05038c

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060523-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Sep 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Aug 2025 |
| Future notice date | 12 May 2025 |
| Award date | 8 Sep 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,464,900 |
| Lots value | £1,464,900 |
| Awards value | £1,464,900 |
| Contracts value | £1,464,900 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| 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 |
| Locality | ARMAGH |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT61 7PR |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast South and Mid Down |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OIWILLO TRAINING CO. LTD. T/A GLENN HINDS MOTIVATION AND COACHING CONSULTANCY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 29 Sep 2025 at 13:10 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060523-2025
- 9 Sep 2025 at 15:54 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055162-2025
- 23 Jul 2025 at 12:21 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042363-2025
- 15 Apr 2025 at 16:10 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015374-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060523-2025
  29th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055162-2025
  9th September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/042363-2025
  23rd July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015374-2025
  15th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/

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