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title: "ID 2642050 DfE - Skills for Life and Work Programme"
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# ID 2642050 DfE - Skills for Life and Work Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-2642050-dfe-skills-for-life-and-work-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-028a44). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ID 2642050 Department for the Economy: "ID 2642050 DfE - Skills for Life and Work Programme". Published status: active. Published Value: £59,900,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Feb 2021, 15:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ID 2642050 Department for the Economy](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/id-2642050-department-for-the-economy-GB-FTS-1670)
- **Published Value:** £59,900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 February 2021 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Industrial and technical training services, Industrial training services, Personal development training services, Technical and vocational secondary education services (+5 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKN0
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028a44`

## 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/id-2642050-dfe-skills-for-life-and-work-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-028a44#tl-md)

## Description
Skills for Life and Work professional and technical skills training provision will be offered to young people aged 16-17 (under 22 years for those with a disability and under 24 years for those from an in-care background) who normally will not possess a full level 1 qualification (defined as 4 GCSEs at grades D-G) and who have not yet gained full-time employment. Existing Training for Success contracts will expire on 31 July 2021 and an interim programme option (Skills for Life and Work) is therefore required to ensure continuity of training provision and to meet ongoing need of Entry Level/Level 1 skills provision amongst this cohort of young people. The overarching aim of this project is to ensure that a network of quality providers eligible to deliver Skills for Life and Work is in place from September 2021. It is anticipated that the Programme will be delivered by a mix of training organisations drawn from the non-statutory sector and FE statutory sector.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80210000, 80310000, 80500000, 80521000, 80530000, 80531000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £59,900,000
- **Description:** Skills for Life and Work professional and technical skills training provision will be offered to young people aged 16-17 (under 22 years for those with a disability and under 24 years for those from an in-care background) who normally will not posses...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000752-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-01-14T12:08:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T12:26:22.449Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028a44