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title: "23114 Adult Education Budget Re-Procurement"
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# 23114 Adult Education Budget Re-Procurement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/23114-adult-education-budget-re-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-045369). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cambridgeshire County Council: "23114 Adult Education Budget Re-Procurement". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cambridgeshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cambridgeshire-county-council-ons-e10000003)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 August 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH12
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045369`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/23114-adult-education-budget-re-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-045369#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D306695c0-d1fb-ee11-812a-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/23114-adult-education-budget-re-procurement-ocds-h6vhtk-045369#participate

## Description
Cambridgeshire County Council are inviting Adult Education providers to bid for a place on the Cambridgeshire Skills Approved Provider List' to deliver AEB. Successful bidders will have the chance to be granted funding for the academic year(s) 1 August 2024 – 31 July 2026, with the possibility to extend the Approved Provider List for two further years. There is total funding of £638,000 available per year.
The Council receives two separate Adult Education Budget (AEB) grants from:
1. Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)/Department for Education (DfE)
2. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA)
The Council delivers adult education in-house, but a proportion of the grants are sub-contracted to independent providers that deliver training that complements the in-house delivery.
The Adult Education Budget (AEB) aims to engage adults and provide the skills and learning they need to equip them for work, an apprenticeship or other learning. It enables more flexible tailored programmes of learning to be made available, which may or may not require a qualification, to help eligible learners engage in learning, build confidence, and/or enhance their wellbeing.
The relevant CPCA and ESFA Funding Rules and eligibility criteria for the academic year (1 August 2024 – 31 July 2025) will apply to this funding.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Lot 1: CPCA Adult Skills Fund (ASF) - Accredited / regulated qualifications and legal entitlements: Up to £350,000 per year
The ASF aims to engage adults and provide the skills and learning they need to progress into, or within, work; or equip them f...

### Lot 2: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Lot 2: CPCA Tailored Learning – non-regulated:  Up to £150,000 per year
As outlined in the government response to the DfE consultation Skills for jobs, the purpose of Tailored Learning (previously known as Community Learning), is primarily to support...

### Lot 3: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Lot 3 ESFA Adult Skills Fund (ASF) – Accredited / regulated qualifications and legal entitlements: up to £75,000 per year
The ASF supports three legal entitlements to full funding for eligible adult learners. These are set out in the Apprenticeships,...

### Lot 4: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Lot 4 ESFA Tailored Learning up to £25,000 per year:
As outlined in the government response to the DfE consultation Skills for jobs, the purpose of tailored learning (previously known as Community Learning), is primarily to support learners into empl...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012708-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-18T14:56:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T00:51:46.832Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045369