AwardedAwarded 9 January 2026

T25-176BUS Development and Delivery of an Inclusive 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 9 January 2026.

The notice gives a value of £64,000 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 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.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
D.F.P.F. Ltd (SME)
3 bids received
£33,600
Awarded 9 January 2026

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 071852-2025
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 004278-2026

Last time this was bought

T25-173BUS Development and Delivery of a security Academy for DCSDC LMP

Won by
Eliteconnected.ceg
Awarded
6 January 2026
Value
£21,632
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

Procurements

131

Awards

65

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  • 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 071852-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 7 November 2025, last updated 19 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.