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T25-176BUS Development and Delivery of an Inclusive Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP

Derry City and Strabane District Council · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 05:33.

Opportunity overview

This is an invitation to tender for the development and delivery of an Inclusive Employment Academy for 2025/26 (and subject to funding, a 2026/27 academy) 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 Disability theme. DSLMP are seeking tenders from organisations who have the required experience, expertise, and qualifications in delivering and managing employment academies for people with disabilities. This employment academy is to be targeted, employment-focused, and employer-led within the IT / Financial / Creative industries. It must enable participants with a disability to move into work, either working from home, on site, or hybrid working taking into consideration individual’s barriers and needs. Direct interventions are to be put in place to skill participants in areas within the IT, Financial and Creative industries utilising DSLMP’s Flexible Learning Fund. 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.

Awarded to

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D.F.P.F. Ltd

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£33.6k
Awarded
9 Jan 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
Belfast, UKN06, BT9 6SP, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
T25-176BUS Development and Delivery of an Inclusive Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Id
GB-PPON-PGJQ-8275-HLMG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGJQ-8275-HLMG

Address

Street Address
98 Strand Road
Locality
Derry
Postal Code
BT48 7NN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN0A

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Entry 2
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Id
GB-NIR
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply
Organisation 2
Name
D.F.P.F. Ltd
Id
GB-FTS-169460

Address

Street Address
89 Malone Road
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT9 6SP
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKN06

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
T25-176BUS Development and Delivery of an Inclusive Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP
Status
active
Date
9 Jan 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
80000000
Description
Education and training services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
80570000
Description
Personal development training services

Value

Including VAT
33,600
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-169460
Name
D.F.P.F. Ltd

Contract period

Starts
20 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2026, 23:59
Max Extent Date
30 Sept 2027, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Year 2 award subject to funding.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
004278-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
19 Jan 2026, 11:50
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
19 Jan 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Derry · UKN0A · BT48 7NN · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 004278-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·