Delivery of Education & Vocational training services activity funded through the European Social Fund to support employees and employers in Gloucestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area.

Delivery of Education & Vocational training services activity funded through the European Social Fund (ESF) to support employees and employers in the Worcestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area . The activity to be procured is: • Skills Support and re-training for employment

This provision will support the development of entrepreneurs of any age by providing the fundamental skills needed to develop and grow a successful business.

Additional information: It should be noted that the SFA uses its own e-tendering portal provided as a managed service and that is the only means through which responses to this ITT will be allowed

Only organisations on the SFA Register of Training Organisations as at September 2015 or the subsequent Register publications as at February or April 2016 will be invited to this tender .

They also must have passed the Capability and Capacity stage of their Register application for delivery of education and training and indicated in their submission that they were interested in delivering in this LEP area and were interested in delivering the following options: • 16-18 Apprenticeships • 19-23 Apprenticeships . 24 Plus Apprenticeships • Traineeships • Skills for Life . Skills Support for the employed • Skills support for the unemployed

Or they are Candidates which passed delivery of Information, advice and guidance