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T25-172BUS Development and Delivery of a HGV and PCV Transport Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP

Derry City and Strabane District Council · Local authority

In brief

Derry City and Strabane District Council awarded training and education work to D.F.P.F. Ltd on 15 December 2025.

The notice gives a value of £89,207 including VAT.

The contract runs for 10 months, up to 22 months with extensions, starting 12 December 2025.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

What the notice says

This is an invitation to tender for the development and delivery of an HGV and PCV Transport Employment 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 Skilled Labour Supply theme. DSLMP are seeking tenders from organisations who have the required experience, expertise, and qualifications in delivering and managing employment academies within the Transport sector. You must submit a separate tender for each lot. Lot 1: HGV Lorry Class 2 (12) and Lot 2: PCV Bus Category D (10). 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.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
D.F.P.F. Ltd (SME)
4 bids received
£28,008
Awarded 15 December 2025
D.F.P.F. Ltd (SME)
4 bids received
£23,280
Awarded 15 December 2025

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 069749-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 083769-2025

Last time this was bought

T25-152BUS Delivery of a Plant and Machinery Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP

Won by
McKinney Safety Centre Ltd
Awarded
15 December 2025
Value
£29,375
Bids
1

Matched on Derry City and Strabane District Council, the type of work and the title. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Derry City and Strabane District CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

131

Awards

65

Suppliers it has used most for training

  • D.F.P.F. Ltd4 contracts
  • NOW Project2 contracts
  • Eliteconnected.ceg1 contract
  • Enterprise North West1 contract
  • McKinney Safety Centre Ltd1 contract
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From notice 069749-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 30 October 2025, last updated 17 December 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.