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# DfE Disability Support for Participants on Training for Success (TfS) and ApprenticeshipsNI (AppsNI)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dfe-disability-support-for-participants-on-training-for-success-tfs-and-apprenticeshipsni--ocds-h6vhtk-02c1b7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CPD - Supplies & Services Division: "DfE Disability Support for Participants on Training for Success (TfS) and ApprenticeshipsNI (AppsNI)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [CPD - Supplies & Services Division](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cpd-supplies-services-division-GB-FTS-159040)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN0
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £6,050,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02c1b7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dfe-disability-support-for-participants-on-training-for-success-tfs-and-apprenticeshipsni--ocds-h6vhtk-02c1b7#tl-md)

## Description
Following a competition advertised in the Official Journal of the EU in 21/12/2016 the Department for Economy entered into a contract with 5 suppliers primarily for Disability Support Services to the Departments Training for Success and ApprenticeshipsNI programmes. This contract was procured in line with the provisions of Schedule 3, ‘light touch regime’, within the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract, valued at £4.5 million, was originally let as a two year contract on 31/07/2017. While there was two one year extensions available to cover provision it was originally not envisaged that they would be used. However, this was not the case and both extensions were used modifying the contract value to £6.75 million. The current contract is due to expire 31/07/2021 however, due to the Public Heath restrictions that have been in place in 2020 and extended throughout the early part of 2021, as a result of the Covid Pandemic, the Department have been unable to complete the work required under this contract. It has therefore become necessary to further Modify this contract until 31/12/2021 at a cost of £2.05 million under regulation 72(1)(c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** The Department for the Economy is committed to the development of a highly skilled, flexible and innovative workforce which will contribute to the twin goals of social inclusion and economic success for Northern Ireland. The quality and effectiveness...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** DfE Disability Support for Participants on Training for Success (TfS) and ApprenticeshipsNI (AppsNI) (active)
  - Award id: `014916-2021-694984-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Clanrye, Disability Action, Sensory Learning Support (+2 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-21036`, `GB-FTS-21037`, `GB-FTS-21038`, `GB-FTS-162565`, `GB-FTS-6857`
  - Value: £6,050,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** DfE Disability Support for Participants on Training for Success (TfS) and ApprenticeshipsNI (AppsNI) (active)
  - Signed Value: £6,050,000
  - Signed Date: 30/07/2017

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014916-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-30T09:24:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:26:57.905Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02c1b7