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title: "ESF 2014 - 2020 Programme Community Grants"
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# ESF 2014 - 2020 Programme Community Grants

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-511f14a9-2831-4db9-b285-95aba0a7cb21

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## Summary

The Secretary of State for Education, through the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), is leading the procurement process titled "ESF 2014 - 2020 Programme Community Grants", which falls under the education and training services sector. This initiative is based in the United Kingdom and incorporates an open procurement method with an active status. The contract period runs from 1st April 2019 to 31st July 2021, with the total contract value amounting to £33,909,011. Key deadlines include the tender period, which concluded on 23rd November 2018.

This tender presents significant opportunities for small and third sector organisations aiming to engage with disadvantaged or excluded populations, particularly in the realm of employment and training services. Businesses that specialise in community outreach, workforce development, and educational support would be well-placed to compete for these grants. Firms that can demonstrate a capability to connect with marginalized communities and facilitate their integration into the workforce will be particularly competitive in this bidding process.

## Notice

The Contracting Authority in this procurement is the Secretary of State for Education acting through the Education and Skills Funding Agency (the "ESFA"). The ESFA is an executive agency of the Department for Education, exercising functions to fund adult education and skills. 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-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. The invitation to tender is for Priority Axis 1. Priority Axis 1 supports activity to increase participation in the labour market and thereby improve social inclusion and mobility. The ESFA wishes to make ESF Community Grants available in the form of small grants (up to PS20,000) to third sector and other small organisations for the purpose of mobilising disadvantaged or excluded unemployed and inactive people to enable their progress towards employment. Organisations that access grants need to be well placed to reach excluded individuals facing barriers, which hinder their access to mainstream provision Grants will: engage with marginalised individuals and support them to re-engage with education, training, or employment; will support a range of activities aimed at assisting the disadvantaged or excluded to move closer to the labour market by improving their access to mainstream ESF and domestic employment and skills provision; and will provide support to the hardest to reach communities and individuals, especially those from deprived communities, to access employment or further learning and training.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e52cabab-0178-4ec2-8d78-3dc8c1541b04 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Jun 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Nov 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Mar 2018 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2019 - 31 Jul 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £33,909,011 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £66,324,815 |
| 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 | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | COVENTRY |
| Post town | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV1 2WT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG33 Coventry |
| Local authority | Coventry |
| Electoral ward | St Michael's |
| Westminster constituency | Coventry South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 16 |
| Supplier names | CXK; FUTURES ADVICE, SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT; GROUNDWORK LONDON; HARTLEPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL; HUMBER LEARNING CONSORTIUM; LONDON LEARNING CONSORTIUM COMMUNITY INTEREST; NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL; PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENT TRUST; PETROC; REDACTED CONTRACT SPREADSHEET; SOUTH EAST MIDLANDS LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP; THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR STAFFORDSHIRE; THE FEDERATION OF GROUNDWORK TRUSTS; WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL; WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL; WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 10 Jun 2020 at 14:19 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e52cabab-0178-4ec2-8d78-3dc8c1541b04
- 24 Jan 2020 at 11:11 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e52cabab-0178-4ec2-8d78-3dc8c1541b04
- 4 Sep 2019 at 15:07 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e52cabab-0178-4ec2-8d78-3dc8c1541b04

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e52cabab-0178-4ec2-8d78-3dc8c1541b04
  10th June 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ab050159-98fc-449c-b9c6-56cac83627fe
  Redacted Contracts
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b326723f-847d-4a62-a354-576526a5343f
  Redacted Contracts
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/69211b31-6c51-4339-9cc2-85756b9e21d0
  Redacted Contracts
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/21fa91ba-e512-4d2f-8bc5-ec69d0fe916b
  Redacted Contracts
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/48985162-f8da-4ac8-b68a-87ff51b96690
  Redacted Contracts
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e2cb28f2-f835-455d-85d5-d479e423a44e
  Redacted Contracts
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d24b1cde-68c5-4839-8f72-e3cca943c496
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/45bc3fac-c2b1-4bb3-a799-c6287230bac0
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e8d7bc49-11d9-4197-bbb5-0dec1bc41323
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/acef0065-04ad-46e1-ad81-ba95615ed208
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/eea02964-0996-4ece-9f9a-4c16b731ca89
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8ca614d1-fdcb-4b1d-bfdb-ab57d2c56332
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/edd2f5a9-eb53-4071-b051-67c8914b96cc
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c602f031-383e-4b16-81ec-47c9a0a1853d
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/46657845-b9af-4270-82bc-cbca8af5e1e6
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1a218f52-c7e6-4ca0-ae20-cf041542c28b
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/066d6d96-eafe-4b28-944c-5c0a5787d227
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/60bd6c49-4000-445c-99b2-0a8697a4ed60
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0a10c425-2c15-4390-9297-83d30f1875a0
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/47be596b-da16-4c95-b671-8d826e4548f7
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/305b0a44-b7d8-491f-abdd-266cc071d408
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/bfdeca86-6870-4a7a-a988-0023ec8e3e11
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4a21051a-c5e4-46a6-a1a5-18459e169840
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6787ad0a-6607-4f7d-9809-b731fa37d7c1
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/2d3b8a27-fdea-47c8-a6a9-861e476faf8f
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/27e15244-e3ef-450d-9ccd-e4699fe5cd8c
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f72ccfc3-ff9c-49b7-abf1-df733c7b4083
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/650cfe50-48bc-450d-8969-28a7e00b9b4d
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/2cca18a6-f1ba-4ee4-aa5a-8258c8df28fa
  Redacted Contracts
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/2732f2dd-2de5-424e-9632-ea5c45f72d4d
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/bad680a8-147a-4255-8450-0e59381adf39
  Copy of Contract Redactions Tracker List 30401 1.4
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3f0d2c78-b905-455c-aa5e-3a24c73cf651
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3e33c334-914b-4649-bc5f-d2b842e78774
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5ab20a2d-bbad-49f4-890f-0f38508eff66
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b52b7495-3e73-4bda-b492-0ca04bb5ecac
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a4489773-b5dc-416b-bd7d-5a0e4e1ca807
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/238f16f3-5181-45c8-84d2-87030c31eebc
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/56679137-4d99-4929-8a11-3120349c84c5
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d9c71079-60d0-45c7-aa02-c2fd633129ed
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ae5720c7-390a-4923-bbdf-2867540fbd09
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/97093394-b66f-4833-acc1-87c2fd22c566
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/334c27b3-28d8-456f-b462-ba7ef3e7d135
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3a06d8ac-57ba-4021-85bc-e951586bbd02
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/29681fce-b388-431d-9074-9a04cd53aac8
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/70c4b847-b602-4198-82ed-ec3255afb197
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/59aecf32-1a46-47ad-8337-4f808c173835
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/14e2471b-0d59-459b-a7b3-3f93955426d4
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/43a5cd41-11e1-4e78-be64-23dece6a0567
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/95d770bd-293f-4480-bb6c-e844fa9bc30e
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9d2cba25-6aa2-47a2-aa5e-7c676c660f70
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/03cdb8bd-84bb-4a34-81a4-e6a34e2e583c
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/11ad907b-4502-443d-a8c4-47566b1a9920
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/96acfb0c-4e71-4ed1-afc2-bcd90927d611
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4eae87af-7895-449c-b1d8-88f754b4dbfd
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e04d8972-c3b7-4495-9fa6-7d874f416011
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6bf02d41-2028-4055-bd07-2848b5c1d6a8
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/019357f4-0e19-4c19-8d9f-7d661eae68a3
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1c5861ac-81de-4368-aa2c-f108f5213dde
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8cef321a-e51f-4a5d-8ac5-fbbc61307336
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/7ce7e8b2-add1-4c43-8b68-611c8259c31b

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