REVISED DATE: INFORMATION EVENT for Plymouth Adult Education and 16-19 Year Old Education

<p><strong>Please note the revised date, this event will be held on:</strong><u></u></p>
<p><u>Wednesday 26^th January 2022 10am to 12am</u></p>
<p><u>Online via Microsoft Teams</u></p>
<p>Plymouth City Council has a contract with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to provide education, training and skills provision to the population of Plymouth.</p>
<p>Plymouth City Council are currently planning a competitive tender exercise to select sub-contractors to deliver Adult and Youth Education Services provision for the next few years. New contracts are expected to commence on 1^st August 2022.</p>
<p>In preparation for this we will be hosting an online information event to provide an opportunity for interested education providers to find out more.</p>
<p>The event will comprise of two parts, the first will provide an overview of the future requirements of the Adult and 16-19 year old education in Plymouth. The second part will provide a run through of the tender process and what will be required at the different stages.</p>
<p>Unfortunately due to the ongoing COVID19 situation and so that numbers are not limited by room size we have decided to run this as a virtual event. Nonetheless this will be an opportunity to meet the commissioners live online and to ask questions.</p>
<p>Please note: this advert is for the information event only, attendance at this event is optional and does not form part of the formal tender process.</p>
<p>Information on how to register and participate in future competitive tendering opportunities will be posted as a separate opportunity on the Supplying the South West Portal (<a href="http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk">www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk</a>) at a later date.</p>
<p>If you are interested in attending this event please send your expression of interest with your<strong> </strong>email contact details to which we can send the link to access the event via the messaging facility under this opportunity on the Supplying the South West Portal<strong> </strong>by midday 25^th January 2022.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Please note</strong>: All Plymouth City Council tender opportunities are released via the <a href="http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk">www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk</a> website portal. It is the responsibility of suppliers to regularly check the website for new opportunities. If you wish to participate in any of the advertised opportunities you will need to register your organisation on the website and express an interest via the website portal.</p>
<p>Adult education, training and skills provision in Plymouth will be categorised on the portal under CPV code 80000000.</p>
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