Establishment of Framework for Mediation Service– External Conflict Resolution
- Buyer
- Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery
- Value
- £40,000
- Closes
- 30 November 2026
- Where
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
ICRIR, a public body, wants to set up a list of approved external workplace mediators it can call on when needed. Mediators would help resolve staff disputes and conflicts early, before they escalate into formal procedures. The estimated total value is £40,000, with no guaranteed amount of work.
What the buyer wants
• Provide independent, suitably qualified and experienced workplace mediators • Support early resolution of workplace disputes, employee relations issues and conflict situations • Work on an as-required basis, with no guaranteed volume of work
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
The notice gives no formal thresholds, but the work depends on individual mediators with proven qualifications and workplace experience, so a suitably qualified sole practitioner or small mediation firm could realistically compete. The main barrier would be failing to evidence relevant qualifications and experience.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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