Official UK procurement notice
Reopening Adult Skills Fund Pseudo Framework Agreement
Authority: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionProcurement of Learning Organisations to be appointed onto the Adult Skills Fund Framework
CPV: Adult and other education services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Employed/Unemployed/Self Employed
Lot 1 - Employed/Unemployed/Self Employed
This Lot invites provision to support South Yorkshire residents looking to reskill or upskill by gaining qualifications, and is complementary or additional to any national/regional or locally funded activity and should include at least the following activities:
- 19+, First qualification, Legal entitlements, Maths & English, RQF, Regulated learning only.
- Robust IAG - use of learner and learning support.
- Unemployed & SWAPS - Inactive - linking into Apprenticeships, UKSPF, Skills Bootcamps, Pathways to Work, community learning support and other provision.
- Employed, self-employed, at risk of redundancy.
- Employed - Priority SSA's - Health/Care, public services, Construction/built environment. Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies, Science and Maths, Information. Communication Technology/Digital(Support LSIP ) & Green skills.
Lot #2Reducing barriers - focussed person centred support.
This Lot invites provision which is complementary or additional to any national/regional or locally funded activity supporting South Yorkshire's residents.
The focus will be on residents who face complex and/or multiple barriers Providing motivation to enable them to develop confidence and resilience, be more active members of their local community.
- 19+, Non-regulated.
- Robust IAG - use of learner and learning support.
- Moving hard to reach residents into work, such as inactive, over 50's, NEETS, ethnic minority, male/female into underrepresented industries, learners with disabilities etc.
- Progression in/from eligible ASF training courses in Lot 1, FCFJ, Grant & ACL provision.
- Recognising specialist provision.
- Deliver non-regulated programmes to support in work progression.
- Filling the gaps of Grant provision and Adult Community Learning/Tailored Learning.
- On-going support to increase achievements and progressions onto higher level. regulated learning aims, into employment linking, Apprenticeships, UKSPF, Skills Bootcamps, community learning support and other provision. Should not duplicate - unemployed and economically Inactive - UKSPF, and other programmes working hand in hand.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Shortlisting
- The Learning Organisation must have an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding or a monitoring visit confirming a reasonable progress judgement covering all three themes (leadership and management, quality of training and safeguarding) as a minimum, from any of your provision. If you are not currently in scope for Ofsted, or have not yet had your first Ofsted Monitoring visit or inspection, an acceptable explanation of why and detail of how the Learning Organisation is working towards the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF) is required. This programme is open to all learning organisations registered on the UK Register of Learning organisations. Full details can be found in the specification and Supplier Questionnaire
- “Reopening Adult Skills Fund Pseudo Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031549- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Jun 2025 → 14 Jul 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published11 Jun 2025, 14:14 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.