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Published 29 May 2026, 17:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Techfirst womens Programme · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK

Published estimate£10,000,000≈ £3.7m / year · £12,000,000 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 24 Jun 2026awarded 28 Aug 2026

Awarded to Plexal (City) Limited2 awards

Contract term 2 yrs 8 moends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

CPV: Training programme services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 2 yrs 8 moPublished value£10,000,000

Contract period: 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs 8 mo)Value: £10,000,000 exc. VAT · £12,000,000 inc. VAT

Delivery: UK

80521000 Training programme 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

Quality: 80%Price: 20%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical capability: 80%
Commercial: 20%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical capability
Commercial

What this means for your bid

Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. 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: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 29 May 2026, 17:03 BST
Last source update: 6 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 15 Jul 2026
Authority reference: 6777
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-051032
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Training programme services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06a95d Find a Tender
Contract terms summary: included

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Submission deadline: 24 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 10 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗

Timeline

29 May 2026 → 6 Oct 2026 · 7 dates

Tender notice published144 days ago
29 May 2026, 17:03 BST
Clarification questions by132 days ago
10 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
Submission deadline118 days ago
24 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST
Award decision expected by96 days ago
15 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Contract starts80 days ago
1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Assessment summaries sent53 days ago
28 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Latest notice published14 days ago
6 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 May 2026

Tender notice published
29 May 2026, 17:03 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
1 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
1 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST
Contract signature expected
11 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
6 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £3,037,7201 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 137 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 25 Sept 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Plexal (City) LimitedSME11 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2029Extensions: The Authority may extend the Contract on two occasions, each for a period of up to 12 months. Extensions may be exercised where continued funding has been secured by the Authority and there remains an ongoing business need for the services. The extensions are: Extension 1: up to 12 months. Extension 2: up to a further 12 months. Any extension will be exercised at the Authority's discretion and subject to satisfactory contract performance.	£3,037,720	28 Aug 2026	Awarded
Plexal (City) LimitedSME	£3,037,720 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 2 · Plexal (City) LimitedSME
Signed
25 Sept 2026
Value
£3,037,720
Period
25 Sept 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
This contract only has funding until end of March 2027 and requires further internal approvals to extend it for another 12 months until end of March 2028 (same for another year until end of March 2029).
Options
Scope remains the same with the same target of 300 jobs to be delivered in year 2, but there is no need for implementation this time. This contract only has funding until end of March 2027 and requires further internal approvals to extend it for another 12 months until end of March 2028 (same for another year until end of March 2029).
No agreed KPIs: Being identified during mobilisation period

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
13final-stage tenders	7	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVWZ-3216-PVQL 22 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2EGContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Plexal (City) LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 10012478 6th Floor, Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London, London, W1J 6ERContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender6 Oct 2026, 17:11 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender1 Sept 2026, 10:42 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender29 May 2026, 17:03 BST