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<p>189 colleges of further education (FE) held contracts with the Education and Skills
Funding Agency (ESFA) to deliver apprenticeships prior to this procurement. The ESFA
received bids from 182 of these FE colleges in the procurement, of which 10 have not
been offered awards. Six of these were because the bids did not meet the minimum scoring
threshold, and the remaining four were due to the awards falling below the £200,000
minimum contract value, set to ensure viable contracts for providers, employers and
the ESFA. The 10 colleges are dispersed around England as shown in the table below.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
of England</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
East</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire & Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>All FE colleges with apprentices already in training will continue to receive
funding until they have completed their learning. In addition, subject to limits on
the number of starts, we have offered all existing providers that were unsuccessful
in the procurement a three-month extension of their current contracts to the end of
March 2018, allowing them to take on new starts. All providers who are on the Register
of Apprenticeship Training Providers are still able to deliver to levy paying employers.</p><p>
</p><p>Potential providers were required to indicate the sectors and regions in which
they would be delivering apprenticeships in their tenders. We are confident that non-levy
paying employers can access high quality apprenticeship training to support their
growth and success, regardless of where in the country they operate in.</p><p> </p><p>We
will continue to keep this under review and take action where necessary.</p><p> </p><p>
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