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# Techfirst womens Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/techfirst-womens-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06a95d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: "Techfirst womens Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £10,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Jun 2026, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Science, Innovation & Technology](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-science-innovation-technology-gov-d1381)
- **Published Value:** £10,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 June 2026 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Training programme services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £3,037,720 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/techfirst-womens-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06a95d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a95d`

## 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/techfirst-womens-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06a95d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbeisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/techfirst-womens-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-06a95d#participate

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80521000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £10,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2026 to 31/03/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Techfirst Womens Programme (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Plexal (City) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24890`
  - Value: £3,037,720 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 27/08/2026

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Plexal (City) Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24890`
  - Value: £3,037,720 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,037,720
  - Signed Date: 24/09/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F051032-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-06T16:11:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T04:33:38.414Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06a95d