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Department for Education acting through the Education and Skills Funding Agency
Adult Education Budget Procurement contracts for services 2021/22
Live: the notice is at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No deadline statedThe source does not state a submission deadline.
- Published
- 31 Aug 2021
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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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. The Authority is conducting a light touch procurement in accordance with Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) applying the principles of the Open Procedure as set out in the PCR 2015 and more particularly within the procurement documents, with an accelerated timetable.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 80400000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 5 Feb 2021Tender notice
Tender notice published 5 February 2021.
Deadline in this release: Mon 22 Mar 2021, 10:00 GMT.
Release 002412-2021
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 26 Aug 2021Award notice
Award notice published 26 August 2021. The source does not state what changed.
Release 021133-2021
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 31 Aug 2021Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 31 August 2021. Stated change: Award details added for a successful organisation below: Section V. Award of contract A contract/lot is awarded: Yes V.2) Award of contract V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 1 August 2021 V.2.2 Information about tenders: Number of tenders received: 581 The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor: C T Skills Limited Nottingham Country United Kingdom NUTS code UK - United Kingdom The contractor is an SME Yes V.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT): Total value of the contract/lot: £1,422,105
Release 021434-2021
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
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- The source does not state a submission deadline.
- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
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07/ Tender hubs
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- Reference
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- Source
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- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Sun 5 Apr 2026, 15:46 BST
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- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 04:48 BST
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