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Official UK procurement notice

T26-064BUS Delivery of a Customer Facing Small Business Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP

Official notice

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

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£22,000£22,000 inc. VAT13.2% above published estimate
Submissions closed 22 May 2026awarded 3 Jun 2026
Awarded to D.F.P.F. Ltd
Contract term 7 moends 31 Dec 2026 · starts 29 May 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an invitation to tender for the delivery of a Customer Facing Small Business Employment academy for 2025/26 on behalf of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Labour Market Partnership, hereby known as DSLMP. The 2025/26 DSLMP Action Plan strives to improve employability outcomes and / or labour market conditions locally. This procurement exercise focuses on the Skilled Labour Supply theme, to deliver the 2025/26 Customer Facing Small Business Employment Academy. To ensure residents are skilled, qualified and confident to apply for employment within small local businesses requiring customer service representatives such as retail, coffee shops, restaurants, guest houses, corner shops, take away establishments, call centres etc., DSLMP are seeking tenders from organisations who have the required experience, expertise, and qualifications in delivering and managing such an academy. This employment academy is to be targeted, and employment focused and must take into consideration individual barriers and needs. The AT will deliver qualifications and a wraparound support service to help residents of DCSDC secure employment to meet the demand within customer facing small businesses. 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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 7 moPublished value£22,000
Contract period: 29 May 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 (7 mo)Value: £22,000 exc. VAT · £22,000 inc. VAT

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

Lot awarding rule: Please refer to CfT documents for further detail

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
24 Apr 2026, 16:25 BST
Last source update
4 Jun 2026, 10:11 BST
Authority reference
T26-064BUS Delivery of a Customer Facing Small Business Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037743
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068b02 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
22 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Apr 2026 → 4 Jun 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published188 days ago
    24 Apr 2026, 16:25 BST
  2. Clarification questions by174 days ago
    8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline160 days ago
    22 May 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts153 days ago
    29 May 2026, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published147 days ago
    4 Jun 2026, 10:11 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Apr 2026, 16:25 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    4 Jun 2026, 10:11 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    4 Jun 2026, 10:11 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    4 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £24,9001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
D.F.P.F. LtdSME5 Jun 2026 – 31 Dec 2026£24,900 inc. VAT3 Jun 2026Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders10—

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • D.F.P.F. LtdAwarded supplier Rosemont, 89 Malone Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 6SPContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender