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title: "CPCA - Adult Education Budget (AEB)"
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# CPCA - Adult Education Budget (AEB)

Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2db131ad-949a-462c-a3c3-bb8921d1fd98

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## Summary

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is procuring high-quality adult education and training services to meet the skills needs of the region. This opportunity aims to increase skills and career progression, targeting residents in specific areas for skill development. The procurement method is a selective negotiated procedure with a tender period ending on July 13, 2022, and a contract period from August 1, 2022, to July 30, 2027.

This tender from the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority presents opportunities for SMEs and VCSEs to engage in delivering adult education and training services. Businesses that can align with the region's skills needs, understand local curriculum requirements, and contribute to career progression are well-suited to compete. The opportunity focuses on improving employability skills, increasing qualification levels, and supporting residents in deprived areas through the 'skills escalator' approach.

## Notice

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (the CPCA) covers the Local Authority areas of Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridge City Council, Peterborough City Council, Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. The CPCA intends to procure high quality adult education and training. CPCA are seeking to build effective contractual relationships and continue to implement local flexibilities through our devolution agreement. Successful training providers will deliver contracts for services that meet our quality standards and delivery expectations aligned to the skills needs of the CPCA region. Through the tendering process successful providers will demonstrate an understanding of our local authority areas, the needs of resident learners and employers, and how they would work alongside our FE Colleges and Local Authority grant funded organisations to add value to the local curriculum offer for CPCA residents. From the 2019/20 academic year, the CPCA has held responsibility for the regions share of devolved Adult Education Budget (AEB) and how it is delivered. The AEB aims to engage adults and provide them with the skills and learning needed for work or further learning. In addition, it will improve employability skills including communication, self-confidence and attitude to work and enable people to contribute to the social wellbeing of their community. In addition to the AEB, further government funding from the National Skills Fund: Level 3 adult Offer has been delegated to the CPCA for Level 3 Courses for the 2022/23 academic year. The CPCAs vision is to increase skills and career progression through a network of providers operating as a 'skills escalator', in enabling adults to increase their skills levels, their productivity, and quality of life, by progressing from lower to higher levels of learning and earnings. A headline focus of this Commissioning round is to: * Increase the proportion of Peterborough and Fenland residents with a Level 3 qualification * Reduce the number of Peterborough and Fenland residents with no formal qualifications * Target residents living in the relatively most deprived postcodes in the sub-regions, including wider Cambridgeshire and parts of Cambridge City CPCAs overall commissioning approach will involve a combination of plan-led commissioning with grant providers and procured provision delivered through Contract for Services. This opportunity is concerned solely with procured activity. We expect that funding for the new Multiply program will be allocated to the CPCA for a three-year period from 2022/23 - 2024-25 academic year. Please be aware that at the time of publication, funding for Multiply has not been confirmed however is being included in this procurement to enable us to efficiently plan for and procure providers ready for launch in Autumn 2022.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/76402cfb-a72c-44ed-8e82-ef47f3bfd28a |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Jul 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Aug 2022 |
| Contract period | 4 Sep 2022 - 4 Sep 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £4,500,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | ELY |
| Post town | Cambridge |
| Postcode | CB7 4LS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | East Cambridgeshire |
| Electoral ward | Ely East |
| Westminster constituency | Ely and East Cambridgeshire |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 17 |
| Supplier names | BACK 2 WORK COMPLETE TRAINING; CAPITA; EVOLVE YOUR FUTURE; FUTURES GROUP; GNR TRAINING; IXION HOLDINGS (CONTRACTS; LEARNING CURVE GROUP; MPCT; PATHWAY FIRST LIMITED T/A PATHWAY GROUP; PEOPLEPLUS GROUP; RUNWAY TRAINING; SEETEC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE; STEADFAST TRAINING; TCHC; THE CONSTRUCTION SKILLS PEOPLE; THE PORTLAND TRAINING; THE SKILLS NETWORK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2023 at 10:18 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/76402cfb-a72c-44ed-8e82-ef47f3bfd28a
- 19 Oct 2022 at 07:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/895e5d85-4e66-41e7-8e3a-5ba2ccd20e5e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/76402cfb-a72c-44ed-8e82-ef47f3bfd28a
  10th August 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/895e5d85-4e66-41e7-8e3a-5ba2ccd20e5e
  19th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=d910a063-7a7f-ec11-8110-005056b64545
  Advert

## Notice URLs

- https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk

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