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Published 6 Sept 2024, 10:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

T25-008BUS PEACEPLUS Ballyarnett Women’s Programme Reissue

Official notice

Authority: Derry City and Strabane District Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£96,100exc. VAT1.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 7 Mar 2025awarded 2 Jun 2025
Awarded to VERBAL ARTS CENTRE NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED THE

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derry City and Strabane District Council invite suppliers to tender for PeacePlus Ballyarnett Women's Programme. Derry City and Strabane District Council are seeking an organisation to co-ordinate and deliver a cross-community women's leadership programme examining exploring cultural traditions and beliefs. Originating from the Ballyarnett Co-Design process, this project will engage women from the Ballyarnett DEA (predominantly a Catholic / Nationalist / Republican CNR community) with outreach across the district and Waterside communities directly over the Foyle Bridge (Caw/Nelson Drive, Irish Street) predominantly from Protestant / Unionist / Loyalist PUL community. Dialogue will explore shared experiences/challenges, build trust and break down barriers. The project has three main elements: 1. Women's Development Programme: Training and support to empower women with skills, knowledge and confidence to become community leaders/influencers for peacebuilding. Building women’s groups to engage in intergenerational and cross community activities and initiatives. Will cater for diverse ability levels and in particular young women who are at the beginning of their peace building journey. Includes 1 study visit. 2. Learning Together Programme: Good Relations/Cultural Diversity. Facilitates participants to explore each other cultures through workshops, relevant visits and 1 day trip. Cultivates mutual understanding, challenging perceptions/prejudice, forms friendships, trust and opens respectful and informed dialogue. 3. Learning Together Programme: Health and Wellbeing. Facilitates participants to explore each other’s cultures through workshops, relevant visits and 1 day trip. Cultivates mutual understanding, awareness of relevant health and wellbeing issues and skills, forms friendships, trust and opens respectful and informed dialogue. Arising from the Co-design process in a Ballyarnett District Electoral Area (DEA), this project should strive to bring key benefit to that area. This project is under the Thriving and Peaceful Communities Theme. 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.

CPV: Community action programme

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£96,100
Variant bids: not allowed

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
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90%
  • Cost: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90
  • Cost: 10
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

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

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Sept 2024, 10:17 BST
Last source update
2 Jun 2025, 13:51 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Mar 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029156
Classification (CPV)
Community action programme
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN0A)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0498ac Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

As per PCR 2015

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Submission deadline
7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 Mar 2025, 12:30 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Mar 2025 → 7 Mar 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    7 Mar 2025, 12:30 GMT
  3. Notice published
    2 Jun 2025, 13:51 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until233 days ago
    7 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Nov 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 10 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
    15 Nov 2024, 09:37 GMT
    +91 days · was 11 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to unsuccessful
    10 Dec 2024, 15:16 GMT
  3. Status changed to active
    22 Jan 2025, 13:32 GMT
  4. Deadline moved to 7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
    22 Jan 2025, 13:32 GMT
    +56 days · was 10 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  5. Status changed to unsuccessful
    2 Jun 2025, 12:21 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    2 Jun 2025, 13:51 BST
Routine re-releases (6)
  • 2024-12: 1 release · 10 Dec 2024
  • 2024-11: 1 release · 15 Nov 2024
  • 2024-09: 1 release · 6 Sept 2024

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 3
Awarded value £94,9311 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
VERBAL ARTS CENTRE NORTHERN IRELAND LIMITED THESMEContract£94,931 †—Awarded

2 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Council Offices, 98 Strand Road, Derry, UK, BT48 7NNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of Justice NIMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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