Provision of Learning and Development Services

Framework information

Project title: ID 5279958 – Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative Framework.

The framework agreement consists of five lots, as follows:

• Lot 1 – Building People Skills and Capability
• Lot 2 – Developing Operational Capability
• Lot 3 – Leadership
• Lot 4 – Health, Safety and Wellbeing
• Lot 5 – Digital Learning

NICS Departments and their Agencies must not engage directly with the framework contractors. All NICS Call-Off Contracts must be established through NICSHR L&D.

Estimated framework value	£2.4m
Framework start date	4 February 2025
Framework end date	3 February 2029

Participating Bodies

Government departments

• The Executive Office (TEO)
• Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA)
• Department for Communities (DfC)
• Department for the Economy (DfE)
• Department of Education (DE)
• Department of Finance (DoF)
• Department of Health (DoH)
• Department for Infrastructure (DfI)
• Department of Justice (DoJ)

Non Departmental Public Bodies

• Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
• Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
• Arts Council of Northern Ireland
• Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI)
• Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta (CnaG)
• Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland
• Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland (COPNI)
• Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland (CPANI)
• Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse (COSICA)
• Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
• Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
• Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA)
• Education Authority
• Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI)
• Forensic Science Northern Ireland
• Forest Service
• General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI)
• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
• Health and Social Care Trusts
• Historic Buildings Council
• Historic Environment Division (HED)
• Historic Monuments Council
• Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR)
• Information Services Division
• Invest Northern Ireland
• Labour Relations Agency (LRA)
• Legal Services Agency Northern Ireland
• Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC)
• Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland (LGSC)
• Loughs Agency
• Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation (MKLDC)
• Middletown Centre for Autism (MCA)
• National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI)
• North West Regional College
• North/South Language Body - Ulster-Scots Agency
• Northen Ireland Water and its Subsidiary NI Water Alpha & Water Clear (also a CoPE)
• Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY)
• Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (NICRC)
• Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE)
• Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS)
• Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE)
• Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission (NIJAC)
• Northern Ireland Library Authority -Libraries NI
• Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC)
• Northern Ireland Museums Council
• Northern Ireland Policing Board
• Northern Ireland Screen
• Northern Regional College
• The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
• Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust (PRRT)
• Probation Board for Northern Ireland
• Public Prosecution Service for NI
• South Eastern Regional College
• Southern Regional College
• Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB)
• Sport NI
• Stranmillis University College
• Strategic Investment Board (SIB)
• Tourism NI
• Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL)
• Ulster-Scots Agency
• Victims' Payments Scheme (Branch)
• Waterways Ireland

View the User Guide, Specification and other contract information

Please note only those listed can avail of this framework.

More information can be obtained from

CPD Collaborative Professional Services Team

• email: collaboration.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk