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Department for Education acting through the Education and Skills Funding Agency
Adult Education Budget Procurement contracts for services 2021/22
Historical: no longer open for bids.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £157,000,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- Mon 22 Mar 2021, 10:00 GMTClosed.
- Published
- 5 Feb 2021
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
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
One release 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 002426-2021
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Tender hubs
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-0290e1
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Sun 5 Apr 2026, 12:29 BST
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 06:12 BST
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