Adult Education Budget Procurement Contracts for Services 2021/22

A Contract Award Notice
by DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

Source
Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
1 year
Value
£157M
Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
26 Aug 2021
Delivery
01 Aug 2021 to 31 Jul 2022
Deadline
22 Mar 2021 10:00

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 86 suppliers

1 buyer

86 suppliers

Description

The Adult Education Budget (AEB) is the major fund for adult learners, delivering skills provision for eligible adults aged 19+ from pre-entry to Level 3. AEB provision aims to engage adults in learning which provides the skills and learning they need for work, progression in work, an Apprenticeship or further learning. The ESFA would like to invite potential contractors to apply for ESFA funded AEB contract for services for the delivery of adult education and training to learners in England that are resident outside of the devolved areas. The contracts will start on 1 August 2021 and run for the 2021/22 academic year. Contracts awarded will be between the values of £150,000 and £3,000,000. The procurement will fund the following provision: Statutory entitlements English and maths, up to and including Level 2, for individuals aged 19 and over, who have not previously attained a GCSE grade A* - C or grade 4, or higher, and/or First full qualification at Level 2 for individuals aged 19 to 23, and/or First full qualification at Level 3 for individuals aged 19 to 23. Information technology ('digital') skills, up to and including Level 1, for individuals aged 19+, who have digital skills assessed at below Level 1. Local Flexibility which supports delivery of flexible tailored provision for adults, including qualifications and components of these and/or non-regulated learning, up to Level 2, including Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAP) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Expansion of DWP's SWAP National Skills Fund Level 3 Adult Offer: From April 2021, any adult aged 24 and over who wants to achieve their first full Level 3 qualification, which is equivalent to a technical certificate or diploma, or 2 full A levels, will be able to access hundreds of fully funded courses. Supporting funding to provide extra support to address barriers that may prevent learners from engaging or continuing learning. This includes: Learning support - available to providers to meet the cost of making reasonable adjustments, as part of the Equality Act 2010, for learners who have an identified learning difficulty or disability, to achieve their learning goal, and/or Learner support - available to providers to support learners with a specific financial hardship, such as childcare or residential costs associated with learning. Based on the best information available to the Authority at this time the overall anticipated value for the Contracts, as set out in this Contract Notice is £157, 000, 000.00 (one hundred and fifty seven million pounds). Potential Contractors shall note that funding for the Contracts is only guaranteed for the period from the Agreement Date to 31 July 2022 and for any Learners recruited before that date to complete their Learning, provided that happens before 31 July 2023. The Authority anticipates that the combined value of the initial Contract Values of all the successful Potential Contracts will be £73,000,000

Award Detail

1 Acacia Training (None)
  • Value: £72,169,427
2 Academy Transformation Trust (West Midlands)
  • Value: £72,169,427
3 Access Training East Midlands (Nottingham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
4 Achievement Training (Plymouth)
  • Value: £72,169,427
5 Acorn Training Consultants (Spennymoor)
  • Value: £72,169,427
6 Acorn Training (Stoke on Trent)
  • Value: £72,169,427
7 Alm Training Services (Hockley)
  • Value: £72,169,427
8 Antrec (Spennymoor)
  • Value: £72,169,427
9 Aspiration Training (Nottingham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
10 Aspire Sporting Academy (Burnham on Sea)
  • Value: £72,169,427
11 Axia Solutions (None)
  • Value: £72,169,427
12 Babington Business College (Birmingham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
13 Back 2 Work Complete Training (Manchester)
  • Value: £72,169,427
14 BCTG (Birmingham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
15 Best Practice Training & Development (Leeds)
  • Value: £72,169,427
16 Bright Direction Training (Bolton)
  • Value: £72,169,427
17 B Skill (Tyne and Wear)
  • Value: £72,169,427
18 Building Heroes Education Foundation (Pulborough)
  • Value: £72,169,427
19 Cedars Health & Beauty Centres (Gloucester)
  • Value: £72,169,427
20 Capita (London)
  • Value: £72,169,427
21 Citrus Training (None)
  • Value: £72,169,427
22 Communicators Training Associates (Newton Aycliffe)
  • Value: £72,169,427
23 Community Training Portal (Luton)
  • Value: £72,169,427
24 Creative Process Digital (Brighton)
  • Value: £72,169,427
25 DTK Business Services (London)
  • Value: £72,169,427
26 Derby Business College (Derby)
  • Value: £72,169,427
27 Eat That Frog CIC (Newton Abbot)
  • Value: £72,169,427
28 Eden Training Solutions (Castleford)
  • Value: £72,169,427
29 Education & Training Skills (Exeter)
  • Value: £72,169,427
30 E Training (Bromley)
  • Value: £72,169,427
31 Evolve Your Future (Rushden)
  • Value: £72,169,427
32 Fairway Training Healthcare (Sutton Coldfield)
  • Value: £72,169,427
33 Fareham College (None)
  • Value: £72,169,427
34 Finchale Training College (Belmont Industrial Estate)
  • Value: £72,169,427
35 Functional Skills (Hove)
  • Value: £72,169,427
36 Futures Advice Skills & Employment (Nottingham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
37 Gateway Education London (London)
  • Value: £72,169,427
38 Genesis Training Group (None)
  • Value: £72,169,427
39 Go Train (Rochester)
  • Value: £72,169,427
40 GP Strategies Training (Altrincham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
41 Impact Futures Training (Slough)
  • Value: £72,169,427
42 JBC Skills Training (Coventry)
  • Value: £72,169,427
43 JFC Training College (London)
  • Value: £72,169,427
44 Jga (Harrow)
  • Value: £72,169,427
45 JM Excellence in Training (Wallasey)
  • Value: £72,169,427
46 Kiwi Education (Southampton)
  • Value: £72,169,427
47 Learning Curve Group (Spennymoor)
  • Value: £72,169,427
48 Logistics Skills & Consultancy (Tyne and Wear)
  • Value: £72,169,427
49 Mainstream Training (Sittingbourne)
  • Value: £72,169,427
50 Mi Comput Solutions Incorporated (London)
  • Value: £72,169,427
51 North Staffordshire Engineering Group Training Association (Stoke on Trent)
  • Value: £72,169,427
52 Northern Care Training (Spennymoor)
  • Value: £72,169,427
53 Northern Regeneration CIC (Barnsley)
  • Value: £72,169,427
54 Nottinghamshire County Council (Nottingham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
55 Personal Trainer (None)
  • Value: £72,169,427
56 Plato Training (Wrexham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
57 Plumpton College Charitable Foundation Incorporating Ot N (None)
  • Value: £72,169,427
58 Professional Training Solutions (Swanley)
  • Value: £72,169,427
59 Profound Services (Spennymoor)
  • Value: £72,169,427
60 Qube Qualifications & Development (Abingdon)
  • Value: £72,169,427
61 Resources NE (Tyne and Wear)
  • Value: £72,169,427
62 Sccu (West Midlands)
  • Value: £72,169,427
63 SCL Education & Training (Sandhurst)
  • Value: £72,169,427
64 Seetec Business Technology Centre (Hockley)
  • Value: £72,169,427
65 Skills Edge Training (Norwich)
  • Value: £72,169,427
66 Skills to Group (Plymouth)
  • Value: £72,169,427
67 Skills Training (Harrow)
  • Value: £72,169,427
68 South West Association of Training Providers (Taunton)
  • Value: £72,169,427
69 Specialist Trade Courses (Spellbrook)
  • Value: £72,169,427
70 Strive Training London (London)
  • Value: £72,169,427
71 Talented Training (Leeds)
  • Value: £72,169,427
72 Child Care Company Old Windsor (Slough)
  • Value: £72,169,427
73 Construction Skills People (Leicester)
  • Value: £72,169,427
74 Development Manager (Worcester)
  • Value: £72,169,427
75 Forward Trust (London)
  • Value: £72,169,427
76 Number 4 Group (Lincoln)
  • Value: £72,169,427
77 Portland Training (Sheffield)
  • Value: £72,169,427
78 Voluntary & Community Sector Learning & Skills Consortiu (Nottingham)
  • Value: £72,169,427
79 Thelightbulb (Loughton)
  • Value: £72,169,427
80 Think Employment (South Humberside)
  • Value: £72,169,427
81 Total Training Provision (Witney)
  • Value: £72,169,427
82 Train 4 (Lincoln)
  • Value: £72,169,427
83 Train Together (Leicester)
  • Value: £72,169,427
84 TRN Train (None)
  • Value: £72,169,427
85 Waltham International College (Barking)
  • Value: £72,169,427
86 Workpays (Chesterfield)
  • Value: £72,169,427

CPV Codes

  • 80400000 - Adult and other education services

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.
  • Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

The Authority will be administering the procurement process electronically via Jaggaer, the Authority e-Procurement Solution (e-PS) portal. It can be accessed via your web browser at: https://education.app.jaggaer.com AEB procurement market engagement event 13.01.2021 https://youtu.be/bumDSzD1yQc AEB procurement market engagement event 14.01.2021 https://youtu.be/MtXw-DLJW40 AEB Market Engagement Events Q&A AEB Procurement market engagement QA.xlsx

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