Pre Engagement Marketing for Executive Mayor’s Employment Fund (MEF)

Procurement description

The Executive Mayor’s Employment Fund (MEF) will commission a suite of employment-related services that support residents to enter, re-enter or progress in work, education or training. Services should provide a structured offer that combines personalised employability support with access to training, work-related activity, employer engagement and in-work support, so that participants are not only helped into opportunities but are also supported to sustain and progress. It will be procured as a single programme structured into five pathways or lots, covering youth provision, care experienced young people, residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness, veterans, and a small grants and community events strand designed to strengthen engagement and progression routes.

We are pleased to invite you to attend a Provider and Community Briefing on the Mayor’s Employment Fund (MEF), taking place on Wednesday 17th December 2025 from 10:30 to 12:00. The session will be held at Bernard Weatherill House – please report to Corporate Reception just before 10:20, where colleagues will meet you and escort you to the meeting room. If you wish to attend this event please email Marlon.Bruce@Croydon.gov.uk by Friday 12th December 2025, so we can finalise arrangements and refreshments.

Main category

Services

Delivery regions

• UKI62 - Croydon

Total value (estimated)

500000 GBP Excluding VAT

600000 GBP Including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

01 April 2026, 00:00AM to 31 March 2027, 23:59PM

London Borough of Croydon

CPV classifications

• 79414000 - Human resources management consultancy services
• 79600000 - Recruitment services
• 79610000 - Placement services of personnel
• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80530000 - Vocational training services

Delivery regions

• UKI62 - Croydon

Sustainability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Contract start date (estimated)

01 April 2026, 00:00AM

Contract end date (estimated)

31 March 2027, 23:59PM

Engagement process description

We are pleased to invite you to attend a Provider and Community Briefing on the Mayor’s Employment Fund (MEF), taking place on Wednesday 17th December 2025 from 10:30 to 12:00. The session will be held at Bernard Weatherill House – please report to Corporate Reception just before 10:20, where colleagues will meet you and escort you to the meeting room. If you wish to attend this event please email Marlon.Bruce@Croydon.gov.uk by Friday 12th December 2025, so we can finalise arrangements and refreshments.

This important briefing will introduce the Mayor’s Employment Fund, a £500,000 investment designed to support Croydon residents into training, employment and skills development through collaboration with our voluntary, community and specialist delivery partners.

The session will run for 90 minutes and will cover:

• Welcome and introduction from Mayor Jason Perry

• Overview of the Mayor’s Employment Fund

• Funding priorities and commissioning timeline

• How local organisations can apply and collaborate

• Q&A and discussion

This event will be an opportunity to hear directly about the Council’s new commissioning-led approach, understand how the MEF will support residents into sustainable employment.

We look forward to welcoming you to this important session as we work together to strengthen Croydon’s employment and skills landscape and ensure our communities benefit from inclusive growth.

Due date

17 December 2025, 23:59PM

Has the engagement period already ended?

No

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

19 January 2026