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Techfirst womens Programme

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 6 Oct 2026, 18:46.

Opportunity overview

Scope In scope is the design and delivery of an outcome focused programme that supports women into paid roles in frontier technology occupations, including (where applicable): recruitment, training, placement or deployment activity, employer engagement, and post placement support. · Supporting up to 300 women into paid roles. · Targeting a 20% entry level / 80% mid career participant mix. · Achieving a strong level of SME participation (targeting 80%) where labour market conditions allow.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Plexal (City) Limited

Matched by number
Published award value
£3m
Awarded
27 Aug 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 10012478
Location
London, UKI32, W1J 6ER, United Kingdom

Plexal (City) Limited

Matched by number
Contract value
£3m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
24 Sept 2026
Including VAT
£3.6m
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 10012478
Location
London, UKI32, W1J 6ER, 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
6777
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Id
GB-PPON-PVWZ-3216-PVQL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVWZ-3216-PVQL

Address

Street Address
22 Whitehall
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2EG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Plexal (City) Limited
Id
GB-COH-10012478

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
10012478

Address

Street Address
6th Floor, Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square
Locality
London
Postal Code
W1J 6ER
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72500000
Description
Computer-related services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-10012478
Name
Plexal (City) Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
25 Sept 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Being identified during mobilisation period

Period

Starts
25 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2028, 23:59

Renewal

Description
This contract only has funding until end of March 2027 and requires further internal approvals to extend it for another 12 months until end of March 2028 (same for another year until end of March 2029).

Options

Description
Scope remains the same with the same target of 300 jobs to be delivered in year 2, but there is no need for implementation this time. This contract only has funding until end of March 2027 and requires further internal approvals to extend it for another 12 months until end of March 2028 (same for another year until end of March 2029).

Value

Including VAT
3,645,264
Amount
3,037,720
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
094457-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
6 Oct 2026, 17:11
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2EG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 051032-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 082506-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 094457-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·