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AwardedAwarded 28 August 2026

Techfirst womens Programme

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology · Central government

In brief

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology awarded training and IT and software work to Plexal (City) Limited on 28 August 2026.

The notice gives a value of £10,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 32 months, starting 1 August 2026.

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What the notice says

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.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Plexal (City) Limited (SME)
13 bids received
£3,037,720
Awarded 28 August 2026

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

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 051032-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 082506-2026

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From notice 051032-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 29 May 2026, last updated 1 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.