The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) have announced that the notifications of contract award for Adult Education Budget (AEB) services will be made at the end July 2017.
As a result of this change the ESFA will extend current 2016/2017 AEB contracts until the end of October 2017.
Contracts awarded through the AEB procurement exercise will be for an initial nine-month period from November 2017 to the end of July 2018, with possible extensions for up to two 12 month periods, at the ESFA’s discretion.