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title: "Adult Education Budget Service Contract 2"
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# Adult Education Budget Service Contract 2

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/adult-education-budget-service-contract-2-ocds-h6vhtk-03336c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Midlands Combined Authority: "Adult Education Budget Service Contract 2". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 2 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [West Midlands Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-midlands-combined-authority-ons-e47000007)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,164,955 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03336c`

## 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/adult-education-budget-service-contract-2-ocds-h6vhtk-03336c#tl-md)

## Description
WMCA is establishing a suite of Adult Education Budget Service Contracts through this procurement exercise, with a total estimated value of up to £4m for the initial 15 month period. It is WMCA’s intention that contracts awarded will initially be awarded for 15 months (academic year 2019 to 2020), with an option to extend for a further year up to July 2022.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 4: Support for those in Employment
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** The provision of Adult Education Services - Lot 4 includes:
• Focus on new learning to support career progression
• A flexible adult offer to enable those who seek to re-train and up-skill
• Particular focus but not exclusive to those in low-paid, lo...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 5: Birmingham Commonwealth Games
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** The provision of Adult Education Services - Lot 5 includes:
• Particular focus on young people aged between 19 and 30 and unemployed adults aged 30+ through level 3 provision
• Technical skills at level 3 supporting event management, digital marketin...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Adult Education Budget Service Contract 2 - Support for those in employment (active)
  - Award id: `011471-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Learning Curve Group, Waltham International College Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-54243`, `GB-FTS-55912`
  - Value: £582,464 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Adult Education Budget Service Contract 2 - Birmingham Commonwealth Games (active)
  - Award id: `011471-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Babington Business College, Bright Direction Training Limited, Mitre Group Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-70080`, `GB-FTS-122623`, `GB-FTS-55914`
  - Value: £582,491 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Adult Education Budget Service Contract 2 - Support for those in employment (active)
  - Signed Value: £582,464
  - Signed Date: 03/05/2022

- **Contract:** Adult Education Budget Service Contract 2 - Birmingham Commonwealth Games (active)
  - Signed Value: £582,491
  - Signed Date: 03/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011471-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-04T10:56:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:29:22.942Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03336c