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title: "T24-129BUS PEACEPLUS Fit For Purpose"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-049a98"
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# T24-129BUS PEACEPLUS Fit For Purpose

Buyer: DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-049a98

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## Summary

Derry City and Strabane District Council has issued a tender titled "T24-191BUS PEACEPLUS Fit For Purpose Reissue," classified under the "Community action programme" industry category. The procurement stage is ongoing, with an active tender process initiated on 5th November 2024. This project aims to deliver a soccer-based citizenship project for young men aged 13-21 over approximately two years, focusing on promoting positive attitudes, behaviours, and mindsets. The project is supported under the PEACEPLUS Programme 2021-2027 and includes various workshops, training sessions, and trips. The tender period ends on 13th December 2024.

This contract presents excellent business growth opportunities for organisations experienced in delivering community action and youth engagement programmes. Ideal candidates would be entities capable of managing comprehensive educational and recreational activities, particularly those focused on sports. Enterprises that can demonstrate effective project management, strong community ties with local soccer teams, and an ability to foster cross-community relations would be well-suited to compete. The project’s long-term impacts aim to strengthen peace-building efforts through sports, promoting diversity and positive community engagement.

## Notice

Derry City and Strabane District Council invite suppliers to tender for PeacePlus Fit For Purpose. This tender will deliver a soccer-based citizenship project specifically for young men (teens/early twenties). Delivered over approximately a 2-year period, it will include a young men's holistic player development programme, comprising of 3 age groups within the age ranges of 13 - 21 (for example, Under 16, Under 18 and Under 21). The main focus of programme will be forming positive attitudes, behaviours and mindsets of the young male participants. The programme will achieve this through a series of workshops, training sessions and trips throughout the duration of the programme. In terms of wider peace and reconciliation context, during the co-design consultation process, it was identified that there was a need for projects of interest to young men, particularly those less likely to engage in other community activity. Soccer is an excellent vehicle for this as it can provide positive role models and engagement, but yet, as with other sports, soccer has also faced issues round sectarianism, racism and prejudice. Locally, in the co-design process it was noted that local senior football is in different leagues (North and South of Border) and has been historically divided, yet recently the two senior clubs have shown excellent collaboration, role-modelling the opportunities to use soccer as a vehicle for peace. Likewise, other soccer organisations have worked to implement good relations and anti-prejudice work through the sport. This project is an opportunity to build on peacebuilding through soccer with young players. This tender is an opportunity to strengthen the peace-building potential of the sport and to bring players together across communities by delivering a combined programme bringing young men together from wide ranging identities including Catholic or Nationalist or Republican community backgrounds, Protestant or Unionist or Loyalist community backgrounds and those who identify with other backgrounds including Black and Minority Ethnic. This is likely to require proactive work connecting with a range of local soccer teams in the council area and potentially cross border. It may also involve delivery in a range of venues to expand participants awareness of shared space. This project is under the Celebrating Cultures and Diversity Theme. Please refer to the etenders CfT documents for further detail.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Derry City and Strabane District Council invite suppliers to tender for PeacePlus Fit For Purpose. This tender will deliver a soccer-based citizenship project specifically for young men (teens/early twenties). Delivered over approximately a 2-year period, it will include a young men's holistic player development programme, comprising of 3 age groups within the age ranges of 13 - 21 (for example, Under 16, Under 18 and Under 21). The main focus of programme will be forming positive attitudes, behaviours and mindsets of the young male participants. The programme will achieve this through a series of workshops, training sessions and trips throughout the duration of the programme. In terms of wider peace and reconciliation context, during the co-design consultation process, it was identified that there was a need for projects of interest to young men, particularly those less likely to engage in other community activity. Soccer is an excellent vehicle for this as it can provide positive role models and engagement, but yet, as with other sports, soccer has also faced issues round sectarianism, racism and prejudice. Locally, in the co-design process it was noted that local senior football is in different leagues (North and South of Border) and has been historically divided, yet recently the two senior clubs have shown excellent collaboration, role-modelling the opportunities to use soccer as a vehicle for peace. Likewise, other soccer organisations have worked to implement good relations and anti-prejudice work through the sport. This project is an opportunity to build on peacebuilding through soccer with young players. This tender is an opportunity to strengthen the peace-building potential of the sport and to bring players together across communities by delivering a combined programme bringing young men together from wide ranging identities including Catholic or Nationalist or Republican community backgrounds, Protestant or Unionist or Loyalist community backgrounds and those who identify with other backgrounds including Black and Minority Ethnic. This is likely to require proactive work connecting with a range of local soccer teams in the council area and potentially cross border. It may also involve delivery in a range of venues to expand participants awareness of shared space. This project is under the Celebrating Cultures and Diversity Theme. Please refer to the etenders CfT documents for further detail.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012729-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Dec 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £79,500 |
| Lots value | £79,500 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £79,149 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Unsuccessful |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active, Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DERRY CITY AND STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | EUROPEAN UNION |
| Locality | DERRY |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT48 7NN |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN0A Derry City and Strabane |
| Local authority | Derry City and Strabane |
| Electoral ward | Northland |
| Westminster constituency | Foyle |
| Delivery location | TLN0A Derry City and Strabane |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | THE RYAN MCBRIDE FOUNDATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85322000 - Community action programme

## Release History

- 3 Apr 2025 at 10:03 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012729-2025
- 12 Feb 2025 at 13:29 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004727-2025
- 5 Nov 2024 at 12:11 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035780-2024
- 13 Sep 2024 at 09:56 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029345-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

## Provenance

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