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Published 28 May 2026, 11:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T26-060CRO Restricted List Application for Health and Safety Training Providers

Official notice

Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Published estimate£500,000≈ £500k / year · £500,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 3 Jul 2026
Contract term 1 yrends 1 Sept 2027 · up to 1 Sept 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derry City and Strabane District Council wish to appoint a list of suitably qualified and experienced external training providers to deliver or supplement the delivery of a range of health and safety compliance training including refresher courses. The Council will appoint up to five suppliers for each course where applicable. Bidders will be ranked based on their cost scoring (ie lowest cost ranked first, second lowest cost ranked second etc). As a need arises The Council will appoint the lowest ranked bidder to provide training, in the event the lowest ranking bidder is unable to perform training the second lowest raked bidder will be appointed etc. Council reserves the right to no longer use suppliers that are unable to meet outputs or deliver or supplement the delivery of health and safety compliance courses within a reasonable timeframe. Your submission must be submitted via etendersNI, via this CFT. No other method of submissions will be accepted. Please refer to the CfT documents for further detail.

CPV: Education and training services · First-aid training services · Health training services · Personnel-training services · Safety training services · Staff training services · Training programme services · Training seminars · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yrPublished value£500,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2026 – 1 Sept 2027 (1 yr) · up to 1 Sept 2029 with extensionsValue: £500,000 exc. VAT · £500,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The Council reserves the right to extend/renew the Contract up to a further two years after the initial 12 months giving a total of 3 year contract. The contract will be reviewed after 12 months. Any extension may be subject to further approval by Council Committee, availability of funding and satisfactory performance of the Contractor.
79632000 Personnel-training services80000000 Education and training services80500000 Training services80511000 Staff training services80521000 Training programme services80522000 Training seminars

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Price: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Financial: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Financial: See Tender Documents for further detail.
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 May 2026, 11:08 BST
Last source update
28 May 2026, 11:08 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 17 Aug 2026
Authority reference
T26-060CRO Restricted List Application for Health and Safety Training Providers
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050168
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesFirst-aid training servicesHealth training servicesPersonnel-training servicesSafety training servicesStaff training servicesTraining programme servicesTraining seminarsTraining services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a74a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
19 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.etendersni.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

28 May 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published153 days ago
    28 May 2026, 11:08 BST
  2. Clarification questions by131 days ago
    19 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline117 days ago
    3 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected by72 days ago
    17 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Contract starts58 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    28 May 2026, 11:08 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PGJQ-8275-HLMG 98 Strand Road, Derry, Northern Ireland, BT48 7NNContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender