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ID 5827234 - DfE - ApprenticeshipsNI 2025 Programme (Apps25)

Department for the Economy

Awarded
services
Northern Ireland

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Key details

Contracting authority
Department for the Economy
Public authority - central government
Region
BELFAST
Delivery: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Contract value
£180,000,000ex VAT
£216,000,000 inc VAT
Submissions closed
23 June 2025
Published
19 May 2025

Procurement

Contract period
1 August 2025 - 31 July 2029
4 years
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 80000000 Education and training services
  • 80210000 Technical and vocational secondary education services
  • 80211000 Technical secondary education services
  • 80212000 Vocational secondary education services
  • 80310000 Youth education services
  • 80330000 Safety education services
  • 80340000 Special education services
  • 80500000 Training services
  • 80520000 Training facilities
  • 80521000 Training programme services
  • 80530000 Vocational training services
  • 80531000 Industrial and technical training services
  • 80531100 Industrial training services
  • 80531200 Technical training services
  • 80532000 Management training services
  • 80533000 Computer-user familiarisation and training services
  • 80533100 Computer training services
  • 80533200 Computer courses
  • 80540000 Environmental training services
  • 80550000 Safety training services
  • 80560000 Health and first-aid training services
  • 80561000 Health training services
  • 80570000 Personal development training services

What happened

Department for the Economy awarded this contract to STEER TRAINING ACADEMY LTD on 31 Jul 2025. The contract runs until 31 Jul 2029.

Description

The Department for the Economy (DfE) is seeking suppliers for the delivery of ApprenticeshipsNI 2025 (Apps25) programme. The Apps25 programme provides Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeship training provision for employed people who are contracted to work a minimum of 21 hours or more per week. The programme provides an opportunity to work towards completing an industry approved apprenticeship framework at Level 2 and/or Level

3. The core components of the framework include Employee Rights and Responsibilities, a relevant competence-based qualification, a knowledge-based qualification (or a combined qualification, as appropriate), and Essential Skills, if required. The Buyer will fund the cost of the off-the-job training up to the amounts specified in the pricing schedule for all eligible apprentices, and across all supported sectors at Levels 2 and

3. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for details.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
STEER TRAINING ACADEMY LTD
Award date
31 July 2025

Contact

Address
39/49 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8FD

Identifiers

Buyer reference
ID 5827234
Notice ID
022797-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051769

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