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title: "Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18"
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# Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/education-skills-funding-agency-provision-for-those-aged-16-18-ocds-h6vhtk-044417). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council: "Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18". Published status: complete. Published Value: £912,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Apr 2024, 14:00 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:** £912,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 April 2024 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **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:** £912,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044417`

## Before you bid
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- **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-those-aged-16-18-ocds-h6vhtk-044417#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-those-aged-16-18-ocds-h6vhtk-044417#participate

## Description
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council is seeking a supplier to provide the following
Service:
Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18.
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 and 16-18 programmes within Dorset. Some of the funding
received is allocated to third parties to enable the Service to increase its reach to priority
learners.
The funding paid to the supplier will be 80% of the funding received from the ESFA for each
learner recruited. Skills & Learning retain 20% of the funding and this figure represents the
total cost that the Service incurs in effectively identifying, selecting and managing all subcontracted
provision.
Skills & Learning is looking for bidders, with a proven track record of ESFA delivery to Young
People.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £456,000

### Lot 2: Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £456,000

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18 (active)
  - Award id: `026281-2024-DN710790-1`
  - Supplier(s): **AIM Community Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121818`
  - Value: £456,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18 (active)
  - Award id: `026281-2024-DN710790-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Whitehead-Ross Education Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-162153`
  - Value: £456,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18 (active)
  - Signed Value: £456,000
  - Signed Date: 17/06/2024

- **Contract:** Education & Skills Funding Agency Provision for those aged 16-18 (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%2F026281-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-19T10:43:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T07:16:45.633Z
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