Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cb5-7d7a-7206-b3a3-ad85a6a0db2c/community-learning-framework-2020 [Skip to main content](#main-content) awardedGBopen procedureSuitable for SMEs # Community Learning Framework 2020 [Nottinghamshire County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nottinghamshire-county-council) Estimated value £2,000,000 Published 20 Mar 2020 Deadline Closed 24 Apr 2020 ## 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. - Sets up a framework Winning a place does not guarantee work: contracts are awarded later as call-offs, and the list usually stays closed for years. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](/opportunities/for-small-businesses)## About this tender Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) receives an annual grant from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to fund Community and Family Learning for adults aged 19+ in Nottinghamshire. The Council uses this Grant to ensure that local people have access to a range of flexible learning opportunities that contribute to their personal, social, educational and economic development. The vast majority of provision is delivered directly to the public via the Council's Contract with Inspire Learning. In addition to the contract to deliver direct services, Inspire Learning are also contracted to coordinate and manage supplementary contractors that deliver specialist provision that they do not deliver themselves. Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking organisations who: • are able to provide high quality Community Learning to adults over the age of 19 in Nottinghamshire. This provision should primarily be courses that Inspire Learning is unable to deliver themselves; • if subject to Ofsted inspections, their most recent inspection was graded good (grade 2) or better; and • are not currently subject to an ESFA notice to improve linked to their financial performance. • Directly deliver services. Subcontracting is not allowed. Providers are invited to tender for contracts for the following Community Learning provision: • Employability • Health and Wellbeing • Family Learning • Discrete provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LLDD) Read full description ## CPV classification Adult and other education services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice ](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/45eb2650-f9d5-4790-a37b-c1222be13987) 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 ](/register) [Buyer profileNottinghamshire County Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/nottinghamshire-county-council)[SectorMore Education & training tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/education-training) ## More tenders like this [Flexible Framework for the Provision of Education Services North Lanarkshire Council 32 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 31 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 45 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 – Courses in management and alteration frameworks, flexible, product and value creation for Sykehuspartner HF Sykehusinnkjøp HF 31 days left 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-5339-7126-93e0-b6d76652af1d/norway-training-services-courses-in-management-and-alteration-frameworks-fl)[E-learning services – TR5866 A Single Supplier Framework Agreement Digital Learning Design, Development and Maintenance Services pursuant to a framework agreement Electricity Supply Board ( ESB ) 39 days left 24 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-423d-7220-b645-6309d45886c8/ireland-e-learning-services-tr5866-a-single-supplier-framework-agreement-dig)[Staff training services – Formations sécurité à destination des agents du Département de la Haute-Savoie Département de la Haute-Savoie 32 days left 17 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a14210-6fa6-714f-b530-68302d942d17/france-staff-training-services-formations-securite-a-destination-des-agents)