--- title: "Adult Learning - Delivery of Learning (2024) (reopened Stage 1)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-ae9ecbd2-6040-4ad8-a754-63e9a488e49a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ae9ecbd2-6040-4ad8-a754-63e9a488e49a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ae9ecbd2-6040-4ad8-a754-63e9a488e49a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ae9ecbd2-6040-4ad8-a754-63e9a488e49a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL" published: "2025-03-21" --- # Adult Learning - Delivery of Learning (2024) (reopened Stage 1) Buyer: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ae9ecbd2-6040-4ad8-a754-63e9a488e49a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ae9ecbd2-6040-4ad8-a754-63e9a488e49a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ae9ecbd2-6040-4ad8-a754-63e9a488e49a.json) ## Summary Buckinghamshire Council is seeking subcontractors for its Adult Learning - Delivery of Learning (2024) programme, targeting the education and training services industry. The programme, funded by the Education Skills Funding Agency, aims to fill skills gaps within Buckinghamshire by expanding adult learning opportunities. The procurement process is in the tender stage, with the deadline for submissions set for 17 April 2025. The contract period will begin on 1 August 2025 and end on 31 July 2026. The estimated value for individual contracts ranges from £25,000 to £150,000. This reopening of the approved providers list is intended to invite new delivery partners and enhance the overall capacity to offer diverse and reachable training solutions throughout the region. This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses to grow by becoming a part of Buckinghamshire Council's network to deliver adult education. It is particularly well-suited for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) specialising in education and training services. Selected subcontractors will have the opportunity to participate in mini competitions for further funding, allowing them to provide immediate services, explore new sectors, diversify their scope, and engage with a broader range of customers. Additionally, this tender supports smaller providers in scaling their specialist provisions, improving their service quality, and gaining access to new business contacts and geographical areas that they may not have been able to cover independently. ## Notice Buckinghamshire Adult Learning (BAL) is a service area within Buckinghamshire Council (the Council), which has contracts with the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to deliver training opportunities funded by them. Much of these are directly delivered by BAL but, in order to fully use its Adult Skills Fund (ASF) allocation and ensure it addresses the key priorities of both the Council and the ESFA, it subcontracts part of its delivery. This enables BAL to deliver to target markets and in geographical areas that it would otherwise be unable to reach. In the context of this procurement potential providers and bidders are hereafter referred to as subcontractors. In 2024 BAL established a list of approved providers (subcontractors) for a period of three years maximum, with the option to open annually, or more frequently if required, to invite more to join the list. The opportunity titled Adult Learning - Delivery of Learning (2024) was published on Contracts Finder on 8 April 2024, and last edited on 10 April 2024. Original opportunity published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0dc0da39-18b9-4672-9466-c1721241b91f In line with the opportunity above BAL is now re-opening this procurement process for the 2025/2026 academic year, for a period of two years maximum, to reach out to additional delivery partners in specific areas of delivery needed to meet the skills gaps within Buckinghamshire. All potential providers admitted to the Approved Providers List (i.e. approved providers) will be invited to participate to submit bids in a mini competition to win funding to deliver Adult Education Budget (AEB) and future Adult Skills Funding (ASF) on behalf of The Council. These subcontractors will allow the Council to: * To provide immediate provision whilst expanding direct capacity. This might include working with sub-contractors to explore and learn about new sectors prior to investment in resources; * Diversify our provision in terms of scope or scale including the development of new SSA areas or geographies linked to new or existing business contacts that BAL alone could not sufficiently provide coverage; * To provide access to, or engagement with, a new range of customers; * Support smaller providers to develop and grow their specialist provision and improve their quality. The contract values published are the estimate value for individual contracts. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f078066-53fc-4a9d-b578-85e9e3fb109a | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Mar 2025 | | Submission deadline | 17 Apr 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £150,000 | | 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 | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL | | Locality | AYLESBURY | | Post town | Hemel Hempstead | | Postcode | HP20 1UA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | | ITL 3 | TLJ13 Buckinghamshire | | Local authority | Buckinghamshire | | Electoral ward | Aylesbury North | | Westminster constituency | Aylesbury | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 21 Mar 2025 at 10:15 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f078066-53fc-4a9d-b578-85e9e3fb109a - 10 Apr 2024 at 07:17 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0dc0da39-18b9-4672-9466-c1721241b91f - 8 Apr 2024 at 14:54 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04946eff-6661-4244-aaae-110a7d65d85f - 8 Apr 2024 at 14:40 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/75697c47-b084-41e8-94d0-04f9865571f9 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f078066-53fc-4a9d-b578-85e9e3fb109a 21st March 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0dc0da39-18b9-4672-9466-c1721241b91f 10th April 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/04946eff-6661-4244-aaae-110a7d65d85f 8th April 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/75697c47-b084-41e8-94d0-04f9865571f9 8th April 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=c4e3545d-31fb-ee11-812a-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=22407fea-3906-f011-8136-005056b64545 Procurement documents can be accessed through the advert published on the Council's e-procurement (ProContract) ## Notice URLs - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=8d525ad6-4fc7-ee11-8127-005056b64545&fromProjectDashboard=True - https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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