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Department for the Economy - DfE

ID 5828340 - DfE - Skills for Life and Work Programme 2025

ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published11 Sept 2025
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
21TRAINING LIMITED + 19 more

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

The Department for the Economy is seeking tenders for the delivery of the Skills for Life and Work Programme 2025.

The programme will support a diverse cohort of young people through a relevant and empowering vocational education and training experience that equips them for progression to higher levels of learning or to employment, according to their own aspirations.

The overall aim of the Programme is to ensure continuity of youth vocational education and training provision, contribute to social and economic inclusion, deliver skills learning and achievement, and act as a pathway to any next step.

Many participants will enter the Programme with a disability or disabilities, and/or with a complex range of issues and barriers to learning and achievement, including mental wellbeing challenges and mental health difficulties.

Additional disability support will be the responsibility of the training provider to deliver or source.

Payment for this support will be covered in the funding table and contractual measures will be in place to ensure that this additional funding is ring-fenced and directed towards those young people with disabilities.

Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the deliverables of this contract.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The programme will support a diverse cohort

The programme will support a diverse cohort of young people through a relevant and empowering vocational education and training experience that equips them for progression to higher levels of learning or to employment, according to their own aspirations.

02

The overall aim of the Programme is

The overall aim of the Programme is to ensure continuity of youth vocational education and training provision, contribute to social and economic inclusion, deliver skills learning and achievement, and act as a pathway to any next step.

03

Additional disability support will be the responsibility

Additional disability support will be the responsibility of the training provider to deliver or source.

04

Payment for this support will be covered

Payment for this support will be covered in the funding table and contractual measures will be in place to ensure that this additional funding is ring-fenced and directed towards those young people with disabilities.

05

Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule

Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the deliverables of this contract.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0517ac
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
055902-2025
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