--- title: "Adult Education Budget (AEB) Contract Award Notice" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-702a7cc4-4a34-49df-9b38-a382bcbe3d6c" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-702a7cc4-4a34-49df-9b38-a382bcbe3d6c" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-702a7cc4-4a34-49df-9b38-a382bcbe3d6c.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-702a7cc4-4a34-49df-9b38-a382bcbe3d6c.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY" published: "2019-05-31" --- # Adult Education Budget (AEB) Contract Award Notice Buyer: WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-702a7cc4-4a34-49df-9b38-a382bcbe3d6c [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-702a7cc4-4a34-49df-9b38-a382bcbe3d6c) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-702a7cc4-4a34-49df-9b38-a382bcbe3d6c.json) ## Summary The West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking providers for the "Adult Education Budget Service Contract 1," aimed at enhancing adult education and skills training across the West Midlands, UK. This initiative falls under the education and training services industry and is currently in the Award stage. The contract, valued at approximately £8,955,593, covers a period from 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2023. The procurement was conducted through an open procedure with a tender period that concluded on 16th May 2022. This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses involved in educational services, particularly those focused on adult training and skills development. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community sector enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to apply, as the contract is designed to promote inclusive growth by engaging with hard-to-reach communities, young people, and disadvantaged groups. Businesses specialising in areas such as advanced manufacturing, business services, construction, and digital training will find a fitting competitive environment to grow and contribute to the local economy. ## Notice From the 2019/20 academic year, the WMCA will take responsibility for the region's Adult Education Budget (AEB) and how it is delivered supporting eligible adult learners. The AEB is a key enabler of inclusive growth through the improvement of the qualification levels and skills of our adult residents. Our focus with the AEB is to address key issues including tackling unemployment amongst young people and creating more grass-roots provision to better engage hard to reach communities. We also want to ensure that AEB provision can be targeted to address the needs of key target groups such as care leavers and those over the age of 50. Finally, there are challenges for those residents in work and in low pay who struggle to re-train to access opportunities in our priority sectors including automotive/advanced manufacturing, business and professional services, construction and digital that we will use AEB to support. This contract notice relates to the of adult education training services. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c52889bd-7467-4beb-8dd8-869de07973cd | | 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 | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 31 May 2019 | | Submission deadline | 6 Mar 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 27 May 2019 | | Contract period | 31 Jul 2019 - 31 Jul 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £25,800,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £25,800,000 | | 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 | WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY | | Locality | BIRMINGHAM | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B19 3SD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Newtown | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 21 | | Supplier names | ADVANCED PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT GROUP (UK; BACK 2 WORK COMPLETE TRAINING; BCTG; DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LTD T/A DBC TRAINING; ENTERKEY TRAINING; GB TRAINING (UK; GECKO PROGRAMMES; GO TRAIN; NETCOM TRAINING; P.T.P TRAINING; PEOPLEPLUS GROUP; PET-XI TRAINING; PHOENIX TRAINING (MIDLANDS; PILOT IMS; RELEASE POTENTIAL; SERCO; SKILLS TRAINING; SYSTEM GROUP; TOTAL TRAINING COMPANY (UK; VOCATIONAL SKILLS SOLUTIONS; WITTON LODGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 31 May 2019 at 08:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c52889bd-7467-4beb-8dd8-869de07973cd - 8 Feb 2019 at 16:30 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6ef4768-50c7-4511-8b98-3a3110027363 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c52889bd-7467-4beb-8dd8-869de07973cd 31st May 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6ef4768-50c7-4511-8b98-3a3110027363 8th February 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.wmca.org.uk/media/1692/wmca_etendering_supplier_registration_guide_2016.pdf Guidance on how to Register on our e-tendering portal, Bravo Solution - https://wmca.bravosolution.co.uk Link to the WMCA e-tendering portal, Bravo Solution ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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