# Stimulating the SME Apprenticeship and T Level Market Procurement Opportunity

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £7,500,000
- Published: 13 July 2021
- Planned start: 12 October 2021
- Planned end: 11 March 2024
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: 4b9550e0-1a32-4357-a2d7-9c7c7e25cc2f-451203
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6f2d2235-dd31-491e-8690-cc4c59e762d6

## Description

This notice has been updated to provide details of the upcoming market engagement event\. The Department for Education, acting through the Education and Skills Funding Agency \(ESFA\), are seeking to procure outcome driven plans from intermediaries/partners and partnerships to build on the existing levels of awareness and business benefits amongst Employers and to stimulate and encourage new or renewed participation in Apprenticeships and T Level Industry placements within the Small and Medium Sized Employer \(SME\) landscape\. This focus on SMEs and the new starts created will increase the economic value of skills being supplied by the post 16 system and these improved skills will lead to increased productivity, social mobility and will support economic recovery\. A market engagement event will be conducted via Microsoft Teams on the 15th July 2021 to access the event please follow the eventbrite link provided within this notice where a limited number of tickets are currently available: https://www\.eventbrite\.co\.uk/e/stimulating-the-sme-apprenticeship-and-t-level-market-procurement-tickets-162430482947 The intention is to publish the tender opportunity in July 2021 and the procurement will be run via the DfE eTendering Portal URL: https://education\.app\.jaggaer\.com therefore please ensure that your organisation has an account registered on the Jaggaer portal to access the opportunity\. Please note that all information in this notice is indicative and subject to change\. Additional information: The procurement will be run via the DfE eTendering Portal URL: https://education\.app\.jaggaer\.com therefore please ensure that your organisation has an account registered on the Jaggaer portal to access the opportunity\.

## Related contract awards

- [Call-off Contract for the November 2026 cohort of the National Professional Qualifications \(NPQs\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ce0d651b-c3d5-481d-ad4d-3f5dc8bbd35e): Department for Education
- [Contract Award Notice Independent review into 2DP fire and structural safety](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5297e4b5-9ab5-4948-95c5-119730f371ef): Department for Education
- [Inclusion Bases: exploring evidence of impact and models\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-76dee6b0-7bcc-49cd-b784-34d2192c05a4): Department for Education

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4b9550e0-1a32-4357-a2d7-9c7c7e25cc2f-451203)