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title: "Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults"
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# Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/education-skills-funding-agency-provision-for-adults-ocds-h6vhtk-04441a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council: "Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,391,000. 7 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Apr 2024, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole-council-ons-e06000058)
- **Published Value:** £2,391,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 April 2024 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 7
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,145,600 (exc. VAT, 6 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04441a`

## 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/education-skills-funding-agency-provision-for-adults-ocds-h6vhtk-04441a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/education-skills-funding-agency-provision-for-adults-ocds-h6vhtk-04441a#participate

## Description
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council (BCP Council) is seeking a supplier to provide
the following Service:
Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults.
Skills & Learning Adult Community Education is the merged local authority adult learning
service covering all of Bournemouth, Dorset, Christchurch & Poole.
It holds a contract for the delivery of Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) funded
provision for Adult Skills provision within Dorset. Some of the funding received is allocated
to third parties to enable the Service to increase its reach to priority learners.

## Lots (7)
### Lot 1: Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £504,000

### Lot 2: Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

### Lot 3: Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £153,600

### Lot 4: Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £456,000

### Lot 5: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £240,000
- **Description:** Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council (BCP Council) is seeking a supplier to provide the following Service:
Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults.
Skills & Learning Adult Community Education is the merged local authority adult le...

### Lot 6: Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £72,000

### Lot 7: Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £456,000

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (6)
- **Award:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Award id: `024526-2024-DN710793-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Bournemouth Churches Housing Association**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-159288`
  - Value: £504,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Award id: `024526-2024-DN710793-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Bournemouth Churches Housing Association**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-159288`
  - Value: £504,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Award id: `024526-2024-DN710793-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Mike Taylor Education**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-79046`
  - Value: £153,600 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Award id: `024526-2024-DN710793-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Whitehead-Ross Education and Consulting Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-149252`
  - Value: £456,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Award id: `024526-2024-DN710793-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Somerset Skills & Learning CIC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-89435`
  - Value: £72,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Award id: `024526-2024-DN710793-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Somerset Skills & Learning CIC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-89435`
  - Value: £456,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (6)
- **Contract:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Signed Value: £504,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2024

- **Contract:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Signed Value: £504,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2024

- **Contract:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Signed Value: £153,600
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2024

- **Contract:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Signed Value: £456,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2024

- **Contract:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Signed Value: £72,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2024

- **Contract:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for Adults (active)
  - Signed Value: £456,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024526-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-05T13:42:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T05:51:35.070Z
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