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# European Social Fund Provision 2014-20

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/european-social-fund-provision-2014-20-ocds-h6vhtk-02be04). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "European Social Fund Provision 2014-20". Published status: complete. Published Value: £17,788,337. 19 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: education.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** £17,788,337 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 July 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 19
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKE12, UKE2, UKE21, UKE22, UKF, UKG1, UKI, UKI4, UKI5, UKI6, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £11,858,891 (exc. VAT, 10 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/european-social-fund-provision-2014-20-ocds-h6vhtk-02be04#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02be04`

## 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/european-social-fund-provision-2014-20-ocds-h6vhtk-02be04#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/european-social-fund-provision-2014-20-ocds-h6vhtk-02be04#participate

## Description
The ESFA, acting as a Co-Financing Organisation for the European Social Fund ("ESF"), for the procurement of  education and training services to meet priorities identified by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) area European Structural and Investment Funds Sub-Committees. As a Co-Financing Organisation, the ESFA provides match funding at Priority Axis level utilising sources of funding as match for ESF funded activity.
These contracts support activity to increase participation in the labour market and thereby improve social inclusion and mobility by delivering education and training that supports the needs of employees and local employers. Specifically, these contracts provide for the supply of Skills Support to the Unemployed, Support for Young People who are NEET or At risk of becoming NEET, Community Grants and Skills Support for the Workforce.

## Lots (19)
### Lot 1: IP1.2 LEP  South London Support for Young People  who are NEET or At risk of becoming NEET
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £2,047,431
- **Description:** The ESFA, acting as a Co-Financing Organisation for the European Social Fund ("ESF"), is procuring education and training services to meet priorities identified by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) area European Structural and Investment Funds Sub...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot 2: IP1.2 LEP North and East London Support for Young People who are NEET or At risk of becoming NEET
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £4,669,763
- **Description:** The ESFA, acting as a Co-Financing Organisation for the European Social Fund ("ESF"), is procuring education and training services to meet priorities identified by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) area European Structural and Investment Funds Sub...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot 3: IP1.2 LEP South East Support for Young People who are NEET or At risk of becoming NEET
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000
- **Description:** The ESFA, acting as a Co-Financing Organisation for the European Social Fund ("ESF"), is procuring education and training services to meet priorities identified by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) area European Structural and Investment Funds Sub...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot 4: IP1.2 LEP SEMLEP Support for Young People who are NEET or At risk of becoming NEET
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £1,200,000
- **Description:** The ESFA, acting as a Co-Financing Organisation for the European Social Fund ("ESF"), is procuring education and training services to meet priorities identified by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) area European Structural and Investment Funds Sub...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot 5: IP1.4 North Eastern Community Grants
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,125,000
- **Description:** The ESFA, acting as a Co-Financing Organisation for the European Social Fund (“ESF”), is procuring education and training services to meet priorities identified by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) area European Structural and Investment Funds Sub...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot 6: IP1.4 South East Community Grants
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £1,125,000
- **Description:** The ESFA, acting as a Co-Financing Organisation for the European Social Fund (“ESF”), is procuring education and training services to meet priorities identified by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) area European Structural and Investment Funds Sub...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot 7: IP2.1 Solent Skills Support for the Workforce and Skills Support for Redundancy
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,569,125
- **Description:** Resources are being used in this investment priority for people in the workforce and those who have been made redundant within the last three months who lack basic skills or qualifications needed for their career progression. This will facilitate bus...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot 8: IP1.1 Worcestershire Skills Support to  the Unemployed
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £1,200,000
- **Description:** The ESFA is looking to procure an organisation to deliver education and training to support unemployed individuals with the right level of support, tailored to the needs of individuals and businesses in local labour markets. This will be the primary ...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot 9: IP1.1 York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (More Developed and Transitional) Skills Support for the Unemployed
- **Lot id:** `9`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £852,018
- **Description:** The ESFA is looking to procure an organisation to deliver education and training to support unemployed individuals with the right level of support, tailored to the needs of individuals and businesses in local labour markets. This will be the primary ...
- **Contract Period:** 17/10/2021 to 31/03/2023

### Lot Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Support for Young People who are NEET or at risk of NEET - London South

### Lot Lot 2: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Support for Young People who are NEET or at risk of NEET - London North & East

### Lot Lot 3: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Support for Young People who are NEET or at risk of NEET - South East

### Lot Lot 4: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Support for Young People who are NEET or at risk of NEET - SEMLEP

### Lot Lot 5: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Community Grants - North Eastern

### Lot Lot 6: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Community Grants - South East

### Lot Lot 7: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Skills Support for the Workforce and Skills Support for redundancy - Solent

### Lot Lot 8: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 8`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Skills Support to the Unemployed - Worcestershire

### Lot Lot 9 (more developed): Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 9 (more developed)`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Skills Support to the Unemployed - York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (more developed)

### Lot Lot 9 (transitional): Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `Lot 9 (transitional)`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Skills Support to the Unemployed - York, North Yorkshire and East Riding (transitional)

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (10)
- **Award:** 007091-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **DIMENSIONS TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-58379`
  - Value: £1,364,954 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-10 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **TALENTED TRAINING LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140098`
  - Value: £174,487 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **DIMENSIONS TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-58379`
  - Value: £3,113,175 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-3 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **CXK LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-122981`
  - Value: £2,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-4 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **WORKPAYS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-109727`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-5 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **GATESHEAD COUNCIL**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-139974`
  - Value: £750,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-6 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **LONDON LEARNING CONSORTIUM COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-46944`
  - Value: £750,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-7 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **SERCO LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PMNV-5613-PQMY`
  - Value: £1,712,750 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-8 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **WORKPAYS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-109727`
  - Value: £800,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 007091-2022-9 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **TALENTED TRAINING LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-140098`
  - Value: £393,525 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (10)
- **Contract:** 007091-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,364,954
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-10 (active)
  - Signed Value: £174,487
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,113,175
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-3 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,000,000
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-4 (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-5 (active)
  - Signed Value: £750,000
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-6 (active)
  - Signed Value: £750,000
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-7 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,712,750
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-8 (active)
  - Signed Value: £800,000
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

- **Contract:** 007091-2022-9 (active)
  - Signed Value: £393,525
  - Signed Date: 08/11/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007091-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-15T22:45:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:01:02.939Z
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