Invitation to Tender – Skills support for the workplace
The Skills Funding Agency is one of the main Co-Financing Organisations delivering the European Social Fund (ESF) in England. It is planning to issue invitations to tender in November 2012 for the delivery of ESF funded provision to provide skills support for the workplace. This is expected to commence from 2013 and will focus on Apprenticeships and related work place learning.
This further funding is available under ESF Priority 2, which focuses on developing a skilled and adaptable workforce. The provision will run to July 2015.
The Agency and the National Apprenticeship Service are developing an enhanced approach to the procurement of this provision to ensure that successful providers are best placed to address local skills needs. It will include a broader specification and closer working arrangements with Local Enterprise Partnerships and Core Cities, and an expectation that providers may want to develop collaborative or other networks to ensure successful delivery.
The Agency will only issue invitations to those organisations which are on the Register of Training Organisations (the Register) at the time the invitation is issued.
Further information can be found on the Skills Funding Agency website.