---
title: "CREATOR-FOUNDER ACCELERATOR COHORTS"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ef1a"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council"
published: "2026-09-01"
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# CREATOR-FOUNDER ACCELERATOR COHORTS

Buyer: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ef1a

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## Summary

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council commissioned specialist entrepreneurship and employment training services for young people aged 18 to 30 in South Yorkshire. The work is a creator-founder accelerator designed to help early-stage founders become confident and visible creators. The provider is expected to design, manage and deliver four eight-week cohorts, supporting up to 60 participants in total. Delivery covers every South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority local authority area, with one cohort in each locality. The service also includes in-person launch events for each cohort and a final showcase bringing participants together. Support is intended for young founders at an early stage, so relevant providers are likely to offer practical entrepreneurship development, employment skills, cohort management and events delivery.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council awarded the contract to Studio Self-Made, a small and medium-sized enterprise. The contract was signed on 29 July 2026 and runs from 30 July 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £40,000 gross, and it is below the applicable threshold. The council used a direct award below threshold without competition. There was one lot, covering the full service. The contracted outputs are four complete eight-week cohorts, recruitment of 60 young founders, at least 640 hours of support, four in-person kick-off events and one final showcase. Delivery is measured across all South Yorkshire local authority areas, with participant performance expected within 15% of the recruitment target.

This award demonstrates demand from Barnsley Council for structured support aimed at young, early-stage founders across South Yorkshire. A credible future provider would need to combine entrepreneurship training with employment-skills development, understand the needs of people aged 18 to 30, and manage multiple cohorts consistently across several local authority areas. Relevant experience includes recruiting and supporting founder participants, delivering intensive multi-week programmes, coordinating facilitators and venues, and producing practical outcomes that can be evidenced against agreed targets. Providers should also be able to deliver face-to-face launch activity and a larger showcase event, while maintaining participant engagement and monitoring delivery quality. The successful supplier’s SME status indicates that this type of locally focused, specialist service can be delivered by a smaller organisation with suitable programme-management capability.

## Notice

The purpose of the Services is to design, manage, and deliver entrepreneurship and employment skills to a range of 18-30 year olds, aimed at transforming up to sixty (60), with a target of 60 young (18-30) early-stage founders across South Yorkshire into confident, visible creators.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082427-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Jul 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £40,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE |
| Postcode area | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S70 2TA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE33 Barnsley |
| Local authority | Barnsley |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Barnsley North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Studio Self-Made |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 1 Sep 2026 at 08:05 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082427-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082427-2026
  1st September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-19920
  Contract

## Notice URLs

- https://www.barnsley.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.studioselfmade.com/#contact

## Provenance

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