ESFA non-devolved Adult Skills Fund Subcontracting Opportunity EOI

Futures is inviting organisations with current experience of Adult Skills Funding (ASF) delivery to Express an Interest (EOI) to be taken on as subcontractors as part of our ASF ESFA contract for the 24/25 academic year.

We are seeking up to 3 partners for £300,000 of ASF, with no provider taking on less than £100,000 to deliver in the following areas:

• Leicester and Leicestershire
• Lincolnshire (excluding North and North East Lincolnshire)
• Norfolk and Suffolk
• Hertfordshire
• Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, and Milton Keynes (SEMLEP)
• Essex (including Thurrock and Southend)

Futures is an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ provider of expert Adults Skills and Training as well as Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding' for our Careers Information, Advice and Guidance. We operate across the East Midlands and the East of England with a focus on the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, and north Leicestershire area. With over 20 years’ experience delivering careers, employment, and training programmes, Futures has helped thousands of people into sustainable employment, improved educational attainment, and successful careers.

Our intention through this procurement is to continue to support our learners through working with organisations, which can supplement and enhance our existing offer of accredited training courses.

Through this EOI, we are seeking partners who can provide training delivery in the following ESFA approved Sector Subject Areas (SSAs):

• Preparation for Life and Work
• Health, Public Service, and Care
• Business, Administration and Law
• Retail and Commercial Enterprise
• Education and Training

The response details provided in the Learning Aims section of the questionnaire is a mandatory pass/fail for the inclusion of the above SSAs.

Partners should also ensure their deliver aligns with the Local Skills Improvement Plan objectives within their proposed LEP area of delivery. Through this delivery Futures would set forth the initial terms and conditions of the subcontract arrangement:

• A sum of no less than £100,000 of eligible funding claims to be made no later than 31st July 2025.
• A minimum of £50,000 (50% of contractual allowance) to be allocated to DWP
• Sector Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) related activity ensuring all evidence requirements are met as set by the ESFA funding regulations for Learner Evidence files.

Our intention through this procurement is to continue to support our learners through working with organisations, which can supplement and enhance our existing offer of accredited training courses.

Through this EOI, we are seeking partners who can provide training delivery in the following ESFA approved Sector Subject Areas (SSAs):

• Preparation for Life and Work
• Health, Public Service, and Care
• Business, Administration and Law
• Retail and Commercial Enterprise
• Education and Training
• The response details provided in the Learning Aims section of the
• questionnaire is a mandatory pass/fail for the inclusion of the above SSAs.

Partners should also ensure their deliver aligns with the Local Skills Improvement Plan objectives within their proposed LEP area of delivery. Through this delivery Futures would set forth the initial terms and conditions of the subcontract arrangement:

• A sum of no less than £100,000 of eligible funding claims to be made no later than 31st July 2025.
• A minimum of £50,000 (50% of contractual allowance) to be allocated to DWP Sector Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs) related activity ensuring all evidence requirements are met as set by the ESFA funding regulations for Learner Evidence files.

Subcontracting providers will be responsible for the sourcing and enrolling of all participants as well as conducting eligibility checks in accordance with ESFA funding regulations (including the completion of compliance documentation to support funding claims)

Subcontracting providers will be responsible for:
a. Internal quality assurance of all qualifications

b. Registration and certification of all qualifications with relevant awarding bodies

Futures to be responsible for all:
a. Management and submission of all learner data as required by the ESFA.

Details submitted in this EOI are required to help us evaluate the appropriateness of your organisation to be offered a sub contractual agreement. We will contact organisations we wish to work with to negotiate an SLA and request more information to complete our due diligence process in accordance with both our own and ESFA requirements for subcontracting.

Please return your form in word document format.

Once completed the form should be sent electronically to Alerts@the-futures-group.com along with copies of your safeguarding and prevent policies and organisational chart including delivery and quality assurance to arrive by 23:59 on Sunday 1st September 2024.

Delivery for all subcontracting work will commence from 1st October 2024

• Futures ASF 24-25 EOI Submission Form (112 KB)