--- title: "Adult Education - Functional Skills English and Mathematics" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-4e04778e-b2dc-426e-8e25-ddefd6a191e3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4e04778e-b2dc-426e-8e25-ddefd6a191e3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4e04778e-b2dc-426e-8e25-ddefd6a191e3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4e04778e-b2dc-426e-8e25-ddefd6a191e3.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION" published: "2021-12-22" --- # Adult Education - Functional Skills English and Mathematics Buyer: CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4e04778e-b2dc-426e-8e25-ddefd6a191e3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4e04778e-b2dc-426e-8e25-ddefd6a191e3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4e04778e-b2dc-426e-8e25-ddefd6a191e3.json) ## Summary The City of London Corporation is inviting bids for a contract titled "Adult Education - Functional Skills English and Mathematics". This tender falls under the education and training services industry category, specifically focusing on providing functional skills training in English and mathematics to disadvantaged London residents. The procurement is currently at the planning stage and bids must be submitted by 12:00 PM on 7th January 2022. The contract is scheduled to commence on 17th January 2022 and will last until 1st April 2023, with a maximum contract value of £100,000. This opportunity presents significant potential for business growth, particularly for training organisations specialising in adult education. Businesses that can deliver high-quality functional skills training in alignment with national standards are well-suited to compete for this contract. The successful bidder will have the chance to engage with a diverse range of learners, including apprentices, and help address educational disparities in London. Training providers that meet the ESFA funding rules and are registered on the appropriate portal are encouraged to participate. ## Notice The City Corporation is seeking to appoint a training organisation to provide functional skills in English and mathematics training primarily to London residents who are disadvantaged and/or suffering deprivation arising from one or a combination of factors including, but not restricted to, poverty, health, housing or education. There may also a requirement to deliver functional skills in English and mathematics to a small number of apprentices employed by the City Corporation. This Request for Quotation (RFQ) invites Training Organisations able to deliver demonstrably high-quality, highly successful, functional skills training in English and mathematics to the national Functional Skills Standards in English and mathematics at all levels from Entry 1 to Level 2 to quote for the provision of this service. Please note that learners registered after 1 September 2019 will work towards the reformed qualifications in these subjects. Further information on the legacy and reformed qualifications can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/functional-skills-qualifications-requirements This requirement will be on a subcontracting basis. A subcontractor as defined by the by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an organisation that is engaged in a contractual and legally binding arrangement with one or more main providers, to deliver education and training provision that the ESFA funds. The City Corporation is the Main Provider (UKPRN: 10008915) The City Corporation invites quotations from training providers that satisfy the criteria in the ESFA Funding rules: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2021-to-2022 19 Training organisations must be on the published Register of Training Organisations. The selected Training Organisation must not agree to use any further delivery subcontracting for training and/or on-programme assessment to a second level. The Training Organisation must keep to the ESFA funding rules, provide the City Corporation with the necessary and sufficient information to complete the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) to ensure that the lead provider's data returns accurately reflect delivery information and must give the City Corporation, and any other person nominated by them, access to their premises and to all documents related to their delivery of funded training. The City Corporation has a current requirement for up to 100 enrolments of English and mathematics functional skills across entry level to level 2 up to a maximum contract value of PS100k. Learners can be enrolled from 12th January 2022 or the contract start date whichever is the later and must have completed their functional skills qualification(s) in full by 1st April 2023. Additional information: To submit a bid for this opportunity, suppliers must be registered on the Capital E Sourcing online tendering portal https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8e96698-00cc-4345-8b75-89dd8118dffd | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Dec 2021 | | Submission deadline | 7 Jan 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 17 Jan 2022 - 1 Apr 2023 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC2P 2EJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington | | Local authority | Islington | | Electoral ward | Clerkenwell | | Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services - 80400000 - Adult and other education services ## Release History - 22 Dec 2021 at 16:51 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8e96698-00cc-4345-8b75-89dd8118dffd ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8e96698-00cc-4345-8b75-89dd8118dffd 22nd December 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/functional-skills-qualifications-requirements - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2021-to-2022 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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