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093605-2026Belfast City Council requires agile and flexible Employability and Skills solutions to be able to respond to challenges and opportunities within the labour market. Sufficient flexibility within the delivery of Employability & Skills interventions is required to take account of: a) Emerging needs. b) New initiatives and areas of development e.g. skills interventions within the Local Economic Partnership, Labour Market Partnership etc. c) Specialist employability and skills delivery. d) To test new areas of work as agreed. e) Sectors that are not covered within the current Employment Academy Framework (T2474) f) To pick up overflow of delivery if the current Contractors on T2474 are working to full capacity On this basis, the Council is setting up an "Open Framework", which would allow an open, fair, and transparent way of procuring the above services in the most efficient way possible. There will be no guarantee of any work for those Contractors on the new Open Framework, and any future call-offs will not be initiated until the following happens sequentially (which is designed to provide budgetary control): 1. Workplan and budget approval. 2. When agreed, a direct award or mini-competitions will then undertaken. 3. Delegated authority approval prior to awarding the call-off contract. An Open Framework will provide an opportunity for SMEs and Social Enterprises/Not-for-Profits to secure a place on the Framework, with the opportunity re-opening at various stages for new entrants to apply/re-apply. The Framework will be split into 5 Lots: 1. Lot 1 – Care Sectors (Health/Social Care/Education/Playwork/Childminding) 2. Lot 2 – Customer Services (Leisure/Hospitality/Retail/Tourism/Beauty) 3. Lot 3 – Practical Sectors (Transport/Green Economy/Construction/Manufacturing) 4. Lot 4 – Professional and Business Services Sectors (Business/Technology) 5. Lot 5 – Employability Support (language/Soft Skills/Capacity Building) The Council intends that this Framework Agreement will form part of a scheme of successive framework agreements on substantially the same terms (the “Open Framework Scheme”). The total duration of the Open Framework Scheme shall not exceed 8 years from the commencement date of the first framework awarded under the scheme.
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093605-2026Awards and suppliers
Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: ANALYTICS ENGINES LIMITED
1Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: ETT
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10Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Extern Northern Ireland
11Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: FIT NI
12Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: GEMS NI Ltd
13Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Impact Training
14Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Include Youth
15Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Lifetime Education and Training
16Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Marion Centre of Excellence
17Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: North City Business Centre
18Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Oberon Training and Development
19Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: ASHTON COMMUNITY TRUST
2Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Phoenix Education Centre
20Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Plain Sight Evidence
21Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: South Eastern Regional College
22Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Specialisterne Northern Ireland
23Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: SPRINGVALE TRAINING LIMITED
24Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: The Northern Ireland Childminding Association
25Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: THE PRINCE'S TRUST
26Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: The Springboard Charity
27Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Belfast Works Consortium
28Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Utopian Learning
29Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: BCT NI Ltd
3Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: West Belfast Partnership Board
30Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Workplus
31Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: WORKFORCE TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
32Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: BMC
4Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: BRYSON ENERGY
5Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Core Impact
6Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: People 1st
7Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: East Belfast Mission
8Buyer: Belfast City CouncilSupplier: Entrepreneurs Unleashed
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