Adult Learning and Skills Framework

Buyer
West Sussex County Council
Value
£40,000,000 – £80,000,000
Closes
26 November 2032
Where
Chichester, the South East
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

West Sussex County Council is creating a new framework (a pre-approved supplier list) to buy adult learning and skills training services. This is a very large contract worth £40–80 million over the framework period. Suppliers will be added to the framework and then called off to deliver training as needed.

What the buyer wants

• Deliver adult learning and skills training programmes (courses, qualifications, apprenticeships, or similar) • Meet quality and compliance standards for education provision • Respond to calls for services under the framework when the council needs training delivered

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

Most small businesses without formal teaching qualifications, Ofsted registration, or proven experience delivering accredited education programmes will struggle to meet quality thresholds. Solo traders and micro-businesses are unlikely to be selected unless they are specialist trainers with strong credentials.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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