T26-064BUS Delivery of a Customer Facing Small Business Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP
Details
- Supplier(s)
- DFPF LTD
- Value
- 24,900
- Duration
- 7 months
- Topic
- Education and training services
- Published
- 4 June 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
This is an invitation to tender for the delivery of a Customer Facing Small Business Employment academy for 2025/26 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, to deliver the 2025/26 Customer Facing Small Business Employment Academy. To ensure residents are skilled, qualified and confident to apply for employment within small local businesses requiring customer service representatives such as retail, coffee shops, restaurants, guest houses, corner shops, take away establishments, call centres etc., DSLMP are seeking tenders from organisations who have the required experience, expertise, and qualifications in delivering and managing such an academy. This employment academy is to be targeted, and employment focused and must take into consideration individual barriers and needs. The AT will deliver qualifications and a wraparound support service to help residents of DCSDC secure employment to meet the demand within customer facing small businesses. 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. ## Contract award Title: T26-064BUS Delivery of a Customer Facing Small Business Employment Academy for DCSDC LMP
Timeline
- Completed: Award date3 June 2026
- Completed: Award published4 June 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date31 December 2026in 3 months
About the buyer
Derry City & Strabane District Council is a local authority covering the Derry and Strabane district in Northern Ireland, running its own procurement function. Tenders are published through eTendersNI, the shared eProcurement portal for Northern Ireland's public bodies. Contracts are grouped by department, spanning environment, business, health and community, capital and corporate categories. Complex procurements often open with a preliminary market engagement questionnaire ahead of the full tender. Bids typically close at 12 noon on a specified Friday, set out on each notice. The council's own website also mirrors live and past tenders alongside the portal.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Derry City & Strabane District Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 80000000 · Education and training services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@derry-city-strabane-district-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@derry-city-strabane-district-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@derry-city-strabane-district-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@derry-city-strabane-district-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@derry-city-strabane-district-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@derry-city-strabane-district-council.gov |
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