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Published 19 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Dynamic Purchasing System for Employability and Skills - Fifth Contract Notice of Contracts Awarded

Official notice

Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities

Dynamic market18 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Dynamic market estimate£3,000,000total for 18 lots · market-wide estimate, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 21 Sept 2021awarded 14 Oct 2025
Lots 18see the lot list below

What is being bought18 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

There have been five further contracts awarded under the current Dynamic Purchasing System for Employability and Skills:

T2150p - Delivery of a Beauty and Nail Technician Employment Academy

T2150q - Delivery of Shipbuilding/Refurbishment Employment Academies

T2150r - Delivery of a Customer Services Deaf Employment Academy

T2150s - Delivery of a Language Support Employment Academy (Medics)

T2150t - Delivery of a Bridges to Progression Programme

CPV: Education and training services

Lots and requirements (18)Procurement structure

18 lots · 1 with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1Belfast City Council is seeking to appoint a number of contractors that meet the…RenewalPublished value£3,000,000

Belfast City Council is seeking to appoint a number of contractors that meet the standards required. The contractors will be able to apply for any number of the workstreams/categories listed. Below are workstreams/categories that the Council has a requirement for, this is not an exhaustive list and further workstreams/categories may be added during the life of the DPS:

Category 1 - Care Sectors:

Sub-Category 1a: Health Care and/or Social Care

Sub-Category 1b: Education and/or Childcare/Playwork

Category 2 - Customer Service Sectors:

Sub-Category 2a: Leisure

Sub-Category 2b: Hospitality and/or Retail

Sub-Category 2c: Tourism

Category 3 - Practical Sectors:

Sub-Category 3a: Transport & Logistics

Sub-Category 3b: Green Economy

Sub-Category 3c: Construction

Sub-Category 3d: Manufacturing

Category 4 - Office Based Sectors:

Sub-Category 4a: Administration and/or Financial

Sub-Category 4b: Digital

Category 5 - Employability Support:

Sub-Category 5a: Capacity Building

Sub-Category 5b: Employer Support

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: The DPS:E&S will be established for an initial period of five years with an option to extend. The decision on extension of the DPS:E&S validity period will be solely at the Council’s discretion.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2T2150f - Delivery of Level 4 Classroom Assistant Upskilling Employment AcademiesAwardedLot estimate not published

Delivery of Level 4 Classroom Assistant Upskilling Employment Academies

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #3T2150j - Provision of a Digital Badging Service for Employment AcademiesCancelledLot estimate not published

Provision of a Technology Platform for Digital Badging.

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #4T2150e Delivery of Irish Medium Classroom Assistant Employment AcademiesCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of Irish Medium Classroom Assistant Employment Academies

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #5T2150i Delivery of a Childminding Employment AcademyCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of a Childminding Employment Academy

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #6T2150d - Delivery of Hospitality and Tourism at Sea Employment AcademiesCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of Hospitality and Tourism at Sea Employment Academies

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #7T2150b - Delivery of Technology Employment AcademiesAwardedLot estimate not published

Delivery of Technology Employment Academies

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #8T2150a - Delivery of Fibre Employment AcademiesAwardedLot estimate not published

Delivery of Fibre Employment Academies

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #9T2150q - Delivery of Shipbuilding/Refurbishment Employment AcademiesCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of Shipbuilding/Refurbishment Employment Academies

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Optional services may be required during this contract, particularly in the Ship Building/Refurbishment as well as wider Maritime and manufacturing sectors if demand grows as expected.
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #10T2150n - Delivery of a Business Services Employment AcademyCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of a Business Service Employment Academy

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #11T2150m - Delivery of a GCSE Maths and English Support ProgrammeCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of a GCSE Maths and English Support Programme

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #12T2150p - Delivery of a Beauty and Nail Technician Employment AcademyCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of a Beauty and Nail Technician Employment Academy

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Optional services may be required during this contract, in the wider beauty-related sectors, if demand grows as expected. It is for this reason that the financial ceiling set for this contract is much higher than the initial opportunity identified.
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #13T2150r - Delivery of a Customer Services Deaf Employment AcademyCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of a Customer Services Deaf Employment Academy

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Optional services may be required during this contract, in the wider customer service-related sectors, if demand grows as expected. It is for this reason that the financial ceiling set for this contract is much higher than the initial opportunity identified.
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #14Delivery of a Language Support Employment Academy (Medics)AwardedLot estimate not published

Delivery of a Language Support Employment Academy (Medics)

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #15Delivery of a Bridges to Progression ProgrammeAwardedLot estimate not published

Delivery of a Bridges to Progression Programme

Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: Optional services may be required during this contract, particularly in regard to testing new approaches to supporting young people along the employability continuum. It is for this reason that the financial ceiling set for this contract is much higher than the initial opportunity identified.
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #16T2150o - Employer Engagement SupportCancelledLot estimate not published

Provision of Employer Engagement Support

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #17T2150k - Delivery of a Language Support Employment AcademyCancelledLot estimate not published

Delivery of a Language Support Employment Academy to provide support to migrant workers (including refugees and with discretion on case-by-case basis, asylum seekers) who have made Belfast their home.

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #18T2150k - Provision of a Music Internship ProgrammeCancelledLot estimate not published

Provision of a Music Internship Programme.

Delivery: Northern Ireland
80000000 Education and training services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

LotQualityPriceSocial valueSplit
2 · T2150f - Delivery of Level 4 Classroom Assistant Upskilling Employment Academies556015
3 · T2150j - Provision of a Digital Badging Service for Employment Academies556015
4 · T2150e Delivery of Irish Medium Classroom Assistant Employment Academies7060—
5 · T2150i Delivery of a Childminding Employment Academy7060—
6 · T2150d - Delivery of Hospitality and Tourism at Sea Employment Academies7060—
7 · T2150b - Delivery of Technology Employment Academies8040—
8 · T2150a - Delivery of Fibre Employment Academies7060—
9 · T2150q - Delivery of Shipbuilding/Refurbishment Employment Academies556015
10 · T2150n - Delivery of a Business Services Employment Academy8040—
11 · T2150m - Delivery of a GCSE Maths and English Support Programme556015
12 · T2150p - Delivery of a Beauty and Nail Technician Employment Academy556015
13 · T2150r - Delivery of a Customer Services Deaf Employment Academy555015

5 more lots publish their own split on the notice.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40–60 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 60 points.
  • “Dynamic Purchasing System for Employability and Skills - Fifth…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Aug 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update
26 Nov 2025, 12:25 GMT
Award evaluation window
21 Sept 2021 – …
Authority reference
T2150p, T210q, T2150r, T2150s, T2150t
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-077210
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02d71c Find a Tender

Publisher note: There have been five previous notices in relation to this DPS: 2021/S 000-020397 2022/S 000-016881 2023/S 000-017307 2025/S 000-010301 2025/S 000-029757

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Admission period ends
21 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
21 Sept 2021, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

21 Sept 2021 → 26 Nov 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    21 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    21 Sept 2021, 12:05 BST
  3. Notice published336 days ago
    26 Nov 2025, 12:25 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jun 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Jun 2022, 09:21 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    21 Jun 2022, 09:21 BST
  3. Buyer details updated
    4 Jun 2025, 10:39 BST
Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2023-06: 1 release · 19 Jun 2023
  • 2022-06: 1 release · 21 Jun 2022
  • 2021-08: 1 release · 19 Aug 2021

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 16admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 20latest 14 Oct 2025

20 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £100,000, the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Delivery of a Language Support Employment Academy (Medics)

    Signed
    14 Oct 2025
    Value
    £240,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a Bridges to Progression Programme

    Signed
    14 Oct 2025
    Value
    £90,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a Beauty and Nail Technician Employment Academy

    Signed
    26 Aug 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a Customer Services Deaf Employment Academy

    Signed
    26 Aug 2025
    Value
    £120,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of Shipbuilding/Refurbishment Employment Academies

    Signed
    5 Aug 2025
    Value
    £200,000
    Status
    active

  • Provision of Employer Engagement Support

    Signed
    15 Oct 2024
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Provision of a Music Internship Programme

    Signed
    4 Sept 2024
    Value
    £10,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a Business Services Employment Academy

    Signed
    29 Aug 2024
    Value
    £13,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a Language Support Employment Academy

    Signed
    22 Aug 2024
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a GCSE Maths and English Support Programme

    Signed
    6 Aug 2024
    Value
    £525,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a Childminding Employment Academy

    Signed
    8 Jul 2024
    Value
    £12,000
    Status
    active

  • Provision of a Technology Platform for Digital Badging (Employment Academies)

    Signed
    21 Jun 2024
    Value
    £140,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a Business Services Employment Academy – Training and Employment Support

    Signed
    9 Nov 2023
    Value
    £28,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of a GCSE Maths and English Support Programme

    Signed
    15 Aug 2023
    Value
    £70,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of Level 4 Classroom Assistant Upskilling Academies

    Signed
    19 Jun 2023
    Value
    £109,500
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of Irish Medium Classroom Assistant Employment Academies

    Signed
    25 May 2023
    Value
    £106,500
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of Hospitality and Tourism at Sea Employment Academies

    Signed
    2 May 2023
    Value
    £150,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of Business Services Employment Academies

    Signed
    6 Dec 2022
    Value
    £500,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of Technology Employment Academies

    Signed
    6 Apr 2022
    Value
    £350,000
    Status
    active

  • Delivery of Fibre Employment Academies

    Signed
    29 Nov 2021
    Value
    £350,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2 · T2150f - Delivery of Level 4 Classroom Assistant Upskilling Employment Academies1bids———
7 · T2150b - Delivery of Technology Employment Academies1bids1——
8 · T2150a - Delivery of Fibre Employment Academies1bids1——
Whole notice2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Belfast City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 9-21 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DJContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body Belfast

Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market

17 commercial parties on the notice
Show 7 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria