Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bdb-82c2-7185-8867-aff794dad29f/t2689-framework-agreement-for-the-delivery-of-various-employability-and-skills awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # T2689 - Framework Agreement for the Delivery of Various Employability and Skills Requirements [Belfast City Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/belfast-city-council) Estimated value £6,000,000 Published 5 Oct 2026 Deadline Closed 21 Aug 2026 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Split into 5 lots You can usually bid for just the lots you can deliver. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Belfast 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: - Emerging needs. - New initiatives and areas of development e.g. skills interventions within the Local Economic Partnership, Labour Market Partnership etc. - Specialist employability and skills delivery. - To test new areas of work as agreed. - Sectors that are not covered within the current Employment Academy Framework (T2474) - 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): - Workplan and budget approval. - When agreed, a direct award or mini-competitions will then undertaken. - 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: - Lot 1 – Care Sectors (Health/Social Care/Education/Playwork/Childminding) - Lot 2 – Customer Services (Leisure/Hospitality/Retail/Tourism/Beauty) - Lot 3 – Practical Sectors (Transport/Green Economy/Construction/Manufacturing) - Lot 4 – Professional and Business Services Sectors (Business/Technology) - 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. Read full description ## CPV classification Education and training services Training services Vocational training services Training programme services Adult and other education services Other community, social and personal services Source Find a Tender (UK) · Notice ocds-h6vhtk-067fbc-2026-10-05T09:03:35+01:00 [View official notice](https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/ocds-h6vhtk-067fbc-2026-10-05T09:03:35+01:00) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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