Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bf8-5e42-71fe-93f6-bfec707cd42e/esf-tees-valley-esol closed GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs # ESF Tees Valley ESOL [Skills Funding Agency](https://tendernation.io/buyers/skills-funding-agency) Estimated value £750,000 Published 21 Dec 2016 Deadline Closed 3 Jan 2017 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender 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. Read full description ## CPV classification Education and training services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/6826da43-0bd5-48a3-ae36-4b1c98879de0) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Skills Funding Agency: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/skills-funding-agency) [Sector More Education & training tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/education-training) ## More tenders like this [Flexible Framework for the Provision of Education Services · North Lanarkshire Council · 30 days left · 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14571-3bc7-7387-9e89-279cfe9e6528/flexible-framework-for-the-provision-of-education-services) [Gloucestershire County Council Supported Accommodation at Trevone House · Gloucestershire County Council · 29 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14495-7ac4-7196-ae39-99f1797dce23/gloucestershire-county-council-supported-accommodation-at-trevone-house) [Request for Quote: Musical Groups & Workshop Providers - East and South Cambridgeshire (June-July 2027) · Cambridgeshire County Council · 44 days left · 30 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14427-99ab-71dc-b376-bd88d7636f0a/request-for-quote-musical-groups-workshop-providers-east-and-south-cambridg) [Training services – Svetsutbildning · Kungliga Tekniska högskolan · 28 days left · 15 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-11cf-7063-8e4b-8e00c7f36244/sweden-training-services-svetsutbildning) [Various school services – Contrato privado de servicios para el desarrollo de proyectos de conciliación, ocio educativo, participación ciudadana y educación en valores, dividido en tres lotes. · Consejo de Administración de Animajoven SAU · 4 days left · 22 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-10d4-712f-a9b4-3ee1e9d7315a/spain-various-school-services-contrato-privado-de-servicios-para-el-desarrol) [Education and training services – Közúti közlekedési ágazat képzései 27314\_5. · Büntetés-végrehajtás Országos Parancsnoksága · 11 days left · 29 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-415e-7096-9386-746cef6b3e10/hungary-education-and-training-services-kozuti-kozlekedesi-agazat-kepzesei-2)