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Our AEB bid team has an unmatched record of success in supporting new market entrants; enabling subcontractors to step-up to direct contract holders; and propelling the growth of providers across national and devolved areas.
Professional support for AEB funding
Our team has led the production of over 150 successful AEB bids, securing over £175m of funding for our clients.
We understand what the ESFA and combined authorities want to see in a successful AEB bid and know how to present that information effectively. From national AEB to devolved rounds in GMCA, GLA, NTCA/NEMCA, WMCA, WYCA, SCR, SYMCA, CPCA, and LCRCA, our expertise has delivered.
Our APMP qualified bid experts will work with you to produce comprehensive and compelling answers to all the AEB questions, including meeting local needs, delivery, and learner journey. Using BidSuite, your answers will be fully aligned with the award criteria, maximising your scoring potential.
Using BidSuite, you can reduce your bidding costs by 70% (vs. an in-house bid writer) and increase your bid success by up to 590%.
BidSuite’s range of trained, industry-leading bid engines will support every aspect of your AEB bid, providing an invaluable double-check of organisational information and positive challenge to your funding allocation request.
We combine AEB knowledge with bid expertise to create outstanding submissions that secure valuable contracts for our clients.
Expertise you can rely on
We study best practice and draw information from standards, reports, white papers, and publications by sector bodies, including the ESFA, DfE, Ofqual, and Ofsted. We also leverage our membership of AELP, allowing us to integrate established and innovative approaches into our clients’ AEB bids, who use BidSuite to produce these.
Our understanding of AEB funding and the education, training, and employment sector is unrivalled. From the AEB funding rules to the DfE’s Skills for Jobs white paper, we ensure BidSuite remains informed, up-to-date, and fully aligned to commissioners requirements.
You will benefit from strategic conversations with our AEB experts about curriculum design and intent, quality assurance, delivery models, learner journeys, and meeting local and individuals’ needs, to make certain your AEB bid delivers in every scored aspect.
Funding opportunities
Devon County Council (DCC) - ASF & FCfJ (£1.34m). ITT docs issued: ~01/07/2025 - EXPECTED SOON
Devon County Council (DCC) seek to implement a framework to provide Adult Skills Fund provision from high quality providers in Devon and Torbay, that is responsive to local needs, supports individuals furthest from the labour market, and contributes to the county's strategic objectives for economic development, social inclusion, and community wellbeing for the coming academic year (2025/26).
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham - Adult Learning Services (£1m). ITT docs issued: ~19/08/2025 (engagement: 16/07/2025)
- EXPECTED SOONThe scope of this project is to subcontract the delivery to learners in the ASF funding stream, in the areas of: Business and Digital Skills, Employability, Green Skills, Creative Skills, and Health and Wellbeing. Hammersmith and Fulham Adult Learning and Skills (HFALS) also wishes to commission programmes in Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, Medicine, Digital, and Creative Media (STEM3) linking to their Upstream London Strategy with Imperial in the White City Innovation District (WCID) as part of the Upstream London | London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Other programmes will include Entry Level, L1, L2, and L3 qualifications linked to employability, such as Construction, Health & Social Care and Care, and Hospitality and retail will also be in scope.
Middlesbrough College - CA16059 - ASF Subcontracted Learning Provision - Tees Valley. Closing date: 04/07/2025 - LIVE NOW
Middlesbrough College is seeking training providers to subcontract ASF delivery to support adult learning provision.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) - Adult Skills and Learning DPS (£1bn), inc. AEB/ASF Funding - LIVE NOW
Worcestershire County Council - Study Programme & Traineeships DPS. Closing date: 31/07/2025 - LIVE NOW
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) - Education Training Providers for Adult Education. Closing date: 01/04/2026 - LIVE NOW
Gateshead Council - Pseudo-DPS for the subcontracting of ESFA funded training provision. Closing date: 16/08/2026 - LIVE NOW
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) - Cambridgeshire Skills Approved Provider List (AEB) (£1.276m).
Closing date: 31/08/2026 - LIVE NOWSheffield City Council - Adult Learning and Skills Activities in Community Settings DPS (£2.46m). Closing date: 31/07/2027 - LIVE NOW
South Tyneside Council - Post 16 Education and Training DPS August 2024. Closing date: 31/07/2027 - LIVE NOW
Warwickshire County Council - Employability and Skills DPS (£60m). Closing Date: 25/06/2028 - LIVE NOW
North Yorkshire Council - Approved Provider List for the Provision of Training and Learning, Apprenticeships and Exam Centres.
Closing date: 31/03/2029 - LIVE NOWThe City of Liverpool College - AEB DPS (Liverpool City Region). Closing date: 30/03/2033 - LIVE NOW
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Funding awards (tendered)
Sandwell MBC - SAFL Tailored Learning 2025/2026 - Awaiting Result.
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) - ASF and FCfJ - Awaiting result.
East Midlands County Combined Authority (EMCCA) - ASF and FCfJ Provision (£7.71m) - Awaiting result.
Cornwall Council - Adult Skills and Skills Bootcamps DPS (£16m) - Awaiting result.
Kent County Council (KCC) - Skills Programme DPS inc. ASF Funding - Awaiting result.
Lincolnshire County Council - Adult Skills and Family Learning Framework, inc. ASF Funding (£3.5m) - Awaiting result.
Solihull College - ASF Subcontract Delivery in/around Stratford -upon-Avon (£150k-£200k) - Awaiting result.
London Borough of Merton - Adult Learning Services in Merton - Awaiting result.
Cambridgeshire City Council GCP Skills & Apprenticeship Service 2025 - Awaiting result.
Cornwall Council - Young Persons Transitions (£3.64m) - Awaiting result.
Bolton Council - ROUND 2 - TC020 - Alternative Provision (Education) Flexible Purchasing System (FPS) - Awaiting result.
North Ayrshire Council - Employability Service Delivery Framework Reissue (£2.94m) - Awaiting result.
South Hampshire College Group - ASF Subcontract (£825k) - Awaiting result.
Bury Council - FPS for Educational & Vocational Training Programs to 16-18-year-olds - Awaiting result.
East Ayrshire Council - Re-Opening of EALEP Trusted Partner Framework (£10.5m) - Awaiting result.
Wiltshire Council - A DfE Registered Alternative Provision at The Northwood Centre (£15m) - Awaiting result.
East Durham College - Adult Skills Course Delivery (£450k) - Awaiting result.
Workers Educational Association - GMCA AEB 2024/2025 (£624k) - Awaiting result.
Loughborough College - ASF (£200k) - Awaiting result.
Westminster Adult Education Service (WAES) - P148 Distance Learning Subcontracted provision (£1.2m) - Awaiting result.
Cheshire West and Chester Council - Adult Education DPS - Awaiting result.
Kent County Council (KCC) - Supply of Education Services (£500m) - Awaiting result.
South Ayrshire Local Employability Partnership (SALEP) - Trusted Partner Flexible Framework Agreement - Awaiting result.
Nottingham College - ESFA 16-19 Study Programmes (£217k for Lot 1, £258k for Lot 2) - Awaiting result.
The City of Liverpool College - Non-Devolved ASF (Subcontracting) EFSA (£150k) - Awaiting result.
Capital City College Group - 2024/25 Subcontract Delivery of Free Courses for Jobs (£700k) - Awaiting result.
Bridgwater and Taunton College - ASF Funding - Awaiting result.
Heart of Yorkshire Education Group - ASF Provision - Awaiting result.
Gloucestershire County Council - Framework agreement for Adult Education: Community and Adult Skills Programme 2024-2026
- Awaiting result.Chelmsford College - ASF Subcontracting Tender (£225k) - Awaiting result.
Sunderland City Council - ASF Subcontract Delivery - Awaiting result.
Hereford Council - Adult and Community Learning Framework - Awaiting result.
Solihull College - ASF Subcontract Delivery for Construction Skills (c.£6m) - Awaiting result.
The Princes Trust - CA14011 - Framework Agreement for the Employability Programmes in Health and Social Care Sector - Awaiting result.
Cambridge Regional College - Delivery of Subcontractor ASF (£1.39m) - Awaiting result.
New College Swindon - ASF Subcontract (£1.12m) - Awaiting result.
Cheshire East Borough Council - Adult and Community Learning 2024-25 (£900k) - Awaiting result.
Buckinghamshire Council - Adult Learning (£50k) - Awaiting result.
Nottinghamshire County Council - Community Learning Framework (£500k) - Awaiting result.
Cornwall College - AEB Subcontract (£502k) - Awaiting result.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) - ESFA Provision for Adults (£2.4m) - Awaiting result.
Inspire Education Group - AEB Subcontracting (£3.25m) - Awaiting result.
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) - ASF Pseudo Framework & Year 1 Call-Off (£40m) - Awaiting result.
North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA, now part of NECA) - Devolved AEB (Lots 1 and 2) (£18m) - Awaiting result.
National College Group (NCG) - Education Services DPS (£96m) - Awaiting result.
Westmorland and Furness Council - Provision of Adult Learning Services (£350k) - Awaiting result.
Suffolk County Council - Adult and Community Learning Services - Awaiting result.
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) - Wave 3 Skills Bootcamps: Construction and Green Skills. £1.5m - 5 awards. Contract length & start date: 6.5 months (17/09/2022).
Sunderland City Council - Family, Adult, and Community Learning (£150k) - Awaiting result.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) - AEB 2022-2027 (£70m) - 16 awards. Contract length & start date: 5 years (01/08/2022).
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) - AEB Services Contract 1 (£8.96m) - 16 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/08/2022).
North Hertfordshire College - AEB Subcontracting (non-devolved) (£1m) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/08/2022).
Cambridgeshire County Council - AEB - Subcontracting (£400k) - 11 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/08/2022)
London Borough of Merton - Adult Learning Services in Merton (£1m) - 11 awards. Contract length & start date: 4 years (01/08/2022).
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) - Provision of Digital Skills Bootcamps - Employers (£1.5m) - 2 awards. Contract length & start date: 2 years 8.5 months (12/07/2022).
London Borough of Merton - Merton Adult Learning Main Delivery (£4.3m) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 4 years (01/07/2022).
London Borough of Hackney - Adult and Community Learning Framework (£2m) - Contract length & start date: 4 years (20/06/2022).
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) - AEB Service Contract 2 (£1.16m) - 5 awards. Contract length & start date: 15 months (20/06/2022)
Newcastle College - NCG220203MC - AEB (£200k) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 3 months (04/05/2022).
South Tyneside Council - Call off from Post 16 DPS - ESFA Funded AEB (£137.5k) - 3 awards. Contract length & start date: 5 months (01/04/2022).
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) - Level 2 Provision (£200k) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 1 year (24/03/2022).
Capital City College Group - CA9323 - Access to Non-Devolved AEB (£400k) - 2 awards. Contract length & start date: 8 months (08/12/2021).
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) - AEB Digital Bootcamps (£21m) - 10 awards. Contract length & start date: 3 years (23/10/2021).
Sheffield City Council - Adult Learning in Community Settings (£540k) - 12 awards. Contract start date: 13/10/2021
West Yorkshire Combined Authority - Lot 1: Bradford - WYCA AEB Mini Competition (£342k) - 11 awards. Contract length & start date: 11 months (31/08/2021).
DfE - AEB Procurement Contracts for Services 2021/22 (£157m) - 88 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/08/2021).
Nescot AEB (Age 19+) - Education & Training (Non Devolved Areas) (£378k) - 1 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/08/2021).
Solihull College & University Centre - AEB Subcontract for Construction Skills Training (£3.36m) - 1 award. Length & start date: 1 year (01/08/2021).
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) - Level 2 and Level 3 Provision (£275k) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/07/2021).
Buckinghamshire Council - Adult Learning - Approved Provider List (£747k) - 11 awards. Contract length & start date: 3 years (01/08/2021).
North Tyneside Council - AEB Lot 3 Mini Comp - January 2021 (£346k) - 4 awards. Contract length & start date: 5 months (10/03/2021).
Peterborough College - Subcontracting Arrangements (£5.17m). Contract start date: 22/02/2021.
DfE - Traineeships Reforms and Expansion Programme (£65.36m) - 83 awards. Contract length & start date: 2.5 years (01/02/2021).
Nottingham College - AEB 2021 (£3.1m) - 4 awards. Contract length & start date: 6.5 months (17/01/2022).
West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) - SWAP Consortium (£9m) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 3 years (03/10/2021).
West Lancashire College - NCG201007MC - AEB (£2m) - 2 awards. Contract length & start date: 8 months (01/12/2020).
Croydon College - Subcontract for AEB in Non-Devolved Areas (£250k) - 1 award . Contract length & start date: 8.5 months (12/11/2020).
Carlisle College - NCG201001MC - AEB Training Programmes (£250k) - 3 awards. Contract length & start date: 9 months (09/11/2020).
North Tyneside Council - Framework Agreement for AEB Procured Provision (£6m) - 41 awards. Contract length & start date: 3 years (01/08/2020).
Chesterfield College - Adult Education Training Programmes (£400k) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 1 year 11 months (02/09/2019).
Greater London Authority (GLA) - AEB (£130m) - 29 awards. Contract length & start date: 4 years (01/08/2019).
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - Essential Digital Skills Workforce Development Programme (£200k) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 8 months (24/07/2019).
Newcastle College - NCG190402MC - AEB Wind Industry (£200k) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 3 months (22/04/2019).
National College Group (NCG) - NCG190314MC - AEB Care Sector Training Programmes (£240k) - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 4 months (02/04/2019).
Cambridgeshire District Councils - CPCA AEB 2019-22 (£1.95m) - 5 awards. Contract length & start date: 3 years 4 months (24/03/2019).
DfE - AEB 2023/24 Procurement Contracts for Services (£740.7m) - 54 awards. Contract length & start date: 12 months (with option to extend by up to 3x 12 month periods) (01/08/2023).
Cambridge Regional College - Delivery of Subcontractor AEB - ESFA Non-Devolved Areas 2023-2024 (£1.1m) - 2 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/08/2023).
New College Swindon - Sub-contract delivery of Adult Education Budget (AEB) Programmes (£1.04m) - 3 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/08/2023).
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) - Devolved AEB - Academic Year 23/24 (£21.42m) - 20 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (2023/24 academic year).
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) - Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer (£4.92m) - 10 awards. Contract length & start date: 10 months (September 2023).