# ESF Tees Valley ESOL

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [SKILLS FUNDING AGENCY](/buyers/skills-funding-agency/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £750,000
- Published: 21 December 2016
- Planned start: 6 February 2017
- Planned end: 31 March 2018
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f2a70634-b578-4bfb-919e-1d8eeffd6361-122210
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6826da43-0bd5-48a3-ae36-4b1c98879de0

## Description

This Invitation to Tender \(ITT\) is for Priority Axis 1 and its Investment Priorities \(IP\), where the need has been identified both in the LEP area and European Structural and Investment Fund Strategies\. The Priority Axis 1 supports activity to increase participation in the labour market and thereby improve social inclusion and mobility\. The objectives of Priority Axis 1 covered in this specification are: • To improve the employability of long-term unemployed people, so that they can compete effectively in the labour market\. • To provide individuals from groups which face particular labour market disadvantage with additional support so that they can compete effectively in the labour market\. • To encourage inactive people to participate in the labour market and to improve their employability\. • To address the basic skills needs of unemployed and inactive people so that they can compete effectively in the labour market\. • To provide support for women at a disadvantage in the labour market, and particularly those who are currently inactive, to contribute to our efforts to reduce the gender employment gap\. • To support people with multiple and complex barriers to participation to address these underlying issues and to move closer to or into the labour market\. • To support prisoners in custody and on release, and those without work who are serving sentences in the community, to improve their employability\. • To engage marginalised individuals and support them to re-engage with education, training, or in employment\. • To support young lone parents to overcome the barriers they face in participating in the labour market \(including childcare\)\. • To support people with multiple and complex barriers to participation to address these underlying issues and to move closer to or into the labour market\.

## Related contract awards

- [SCHOOL LEADER TRAINING IN IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE FLEXIBLE WORKING PRACTICES](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9be01ef7-bdeb-49c3-98da-5165185558d2): SKILLS FUNDING AGENCY
- [Flexible Working Ambassador Schools](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bf351ac3-7c64-4088-bdcb-7998a754f8b6): SKILLS FUNDING AGENCY
- [COMMUNICATION SERVICES: RM3796](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-11750b39-47f6-4f3d-83f7-bfe5f7289b9a): SKILLS FUNDING AGENCY

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f2a70634-b578-4bfb-919e-1d8eeffd6361-122210)