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Kent County Council

Kent County Council (KCC) Skills Programme DPS - Reopening for Round 3 Applications (SC240120)

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£3.0m
Deadline6 Nov 2026
Published20 Jan 2026
RegionNationwide
Contract value in context
£3.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£3.2m

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The brief

Community Learning and Skills (CLS) is Kent County Council's (KCC) internally commissioned department responsible for delivering education and training to adults and young people over 16.

CLS manages the Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Adult Skills Fund (ASF), Greater London Authority (GLA) budget, and ESFA 'Study Programme' courses for young people aged 16-19, including those not in education, employment, or training (NEET).

These initiatives support the goals and objectives of Framing Kent's Future.

In response to the Skills for Jobs White Paper and its consultation outcomes, from 1st August 2024, the Department for Education (DfE)/ESFA Adult Education Budget has been restructured to become the Adult Skills Fund.

This change introduces new 'Learning Aims' for CLS's £6.7m of 'Tailored Learning Funding', covering a wide range of vocational and essential skills courses designed t…

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Community Learning and Skills (CLS) is Kent

Community Learning and Skills (CLS) is Kent County Council's (KCC) internally commissioned department responsible for delivering education and training to adults and young people over 16.

02

These initiatives support the goals and objectives

These initiatives support the goals and objectives of Framing Kent's Future.

03

This change introduces new 'Learning Aims'

This change introduces new 'Learning Aims' for CLS's £6.7m of 'Tailored Learning Funding', covering a wide range of vocational and essential skills courses designed to support learners in various stages of their educational and career journeys.

04

KCC CLS are seeking to offer

KCC CLS are seeking to offer a flexible opportunity of externally Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) provision for adults, to support both previously offered 'partnership' courses for niche provision such as for Deaf/deaf learners, and growth in vocational areas, that meet local labour market needs.

05

There is a recognised national shortage

There is a recognised national shortage of staff with appropriate skills, experience and qualifications, especially to support for delivery in some vocational areas, which is now a focus of ESFA funding.

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