Official UK procurement notice
T26-064BUS Delivery of a Customer Facing Small Business Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP
Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis 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 publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£22,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-068b02Find 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
Timeline
24 Apr 2026 → 4 Jun 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published188 days ago24 Apr 2026, 16:25 BST
- Clarification questions by174 days ago8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline160 days ago22 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts153 days ago29 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published147 days ago4 Jun 2026, 10:11 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2026- Tender notice published24 Apr 2026, 16:25 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published4 Jun 2026, 10:11 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Jun 2026, 10:11 BST
- Contract signature expected4 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| D.F.P.F. LtdSME5 Jun 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 | £24,900 inc. VAT | 3 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- D.F.P.F. LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender