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title: "ESF NEETs and Youth Employment Programme"
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# ESF NEETs and Youth Employment Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/esf-neets-and-youth-employment-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-034e90). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Trafford Council: "ESF NEETs and Youth Employment Programme". 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:** [Trafford Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/trafford-council-ons-e08000009)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £10,000,000 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034e90`

## 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/esf-neets-and-youth-employment-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-034e90#tl-md)

## Description
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) secured £10m European Social Fund (ESF) and looked to procure two lead organisations to deliver an innovative engagement and mentoring programme for young people and young adults aged 15-24 who are affected by missed learning, and/or are disengaged from mainstream skills support offers, and/ or are not in employment or training.
This programme was procured as two separate lots – one focusing on young people aged 15-19 and one focusing on young people aged 18-24 years.
This opportunity was procured as a further competition through GMCA's Education, Work and Skills Flexible Procurement System.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Young People aged 15-19
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** To deliver an innovative engagement and mentoring programme for young people aged 15-19 who are affected by missed learning, and/or are disengaged from mainstream skills support offers, and/ or are not in employment or training.
This opportunity was ...

### Lot 2: Lot 2 - Young People aged 18 - 24
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** To deliver an innovative engagement and mentoring programme for young people aged 18 - 24 who are affected by missed learning, and/or are disengaged from mainstream skills support offers, and/ or are not in employment or training.
This opportunity wa...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 018408-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Career Connect**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-133515`
  - Value: £5,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 018408-2022-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ingeus UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-13820`
  - Value: £5,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 018408-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,000,000
  - Signed Date: 26/11/2021

- **Contract:** 018408-2022-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,000,000
  - Signed Date: 26/11/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018408-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-05T15:45:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:31:50.441Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034e90