Skills Bootcamps
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Professional Support for Skills Bootcamps Funding
From national skills bootcamps procured by the DfE, to local procurements by the likes of LCRCA, WMCA, GMCA, SYMCA, NTCA/NEMCA, WYCA, and local councils, our expertise has delivered.
We understand what the ESFA and combined authorities want to see in a successful Skills Bootcamps bid and know how to present that information concisely and effectively.
Our team of APMP qualified bid experts will work with you to produce comprehensive and compelling answers to all the Bootcamps questions, including meeting local needs, delivery, value for money/added value, social value, learner/employer engagement, and learner journey. Using BidSuite, your answers will be fully aligned with the award criteria, maximising your scoring potential.
Using BidSuite, you can reduce your bidding costs by 70% (vs. an in-house bid writer) and increase your bid success by up to 590%.
BidSuite’s range of trained, industry-leading bid engines will support every aspect of your Skills Bootcamps bid, providing an invaluable double-check of organisational information and positive challenge to your funding allocation request.
We combine Skills Bootcamps knowledge with bid expertise to create outstanding submissions that secure valuable contracts for our clients.
Expertise you can rely on
We study best practice and draw information from standards, reports, white papers, and publications by sector bodies, including ESFA, DfE, Ofqual, and Ofsted. We also leverage our membership of AELP, allowing us to integrate established and innovative approaches into our clients’ Skills Bootcamps bids, who use BidSuite to produce these.
Our understanding of Skills Bootcamps and the education, training, and employment sector is unrivalled. From the ESFA’s Skills Bootcamps technical funding guidance to the DfE’s Skills for Jobs white paper, we ensure BidSuite remains informed, up-to-date, and fully aligned to commissioners requirements.
You will benefit from strategic conversations with our Skills Bootcamps experts about curriculum design and intent, quality assurance, delivery models, learner journeys, and meeting local and individuals’ needs, to make certain your Skills Bootcamps bid delivers in every scored aspect.
Funding opportunities
WECA Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps (£5.38m) - LIVE NOW
WECA is awarding £5.38m of Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps provision across the following sectors: Construction (inc. CAD, BIM, BNG); Creative (inc. Creative Production and Creative TV & Film); Digital (inc. AI, Digital Marketing, Digital Technical, Digital Workplace Skills); Early Years (inc. SENCo and Mental Health); Education (inc. AET, ESOL, CELTA); Health (inc. Mental Health/Wellbeing, Supported Employment); Logistics (inc. HGV and Bus Driver Training, Electric/Hybrid Bus Maintenance, EV Technician Training); and Professional Services (inc. Green Tech Business Growth and Leadership & Management).
Leicester and Leicestershire Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps (£2.6m) - LIVE NOW
Leicester City Council (LCC), in partnership with Leicestershire County Council and the Business & Skills Partnership, is awarding £2.6m of grant funding to successful course providers that complete their stage 1 application for the Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps for the 2025/26 financial year. Key skills areas of interest to LCC include Construction Management and Construction Trades; Green Skills (Construction & Buildings, Transport, Protection of Natural Resources, and Business & Industry); HGV Driving; Advanced Manufacturing and Electronics & Electrotechnical; Cyber, Data, and Software Development; Health & Social Care; Apprenticeship Paths; Early Year Provision; and Textile & Fashion.
NEMCA - Lot 3 Skills Bootcamps (via FPA for Adult Skills Framework) - LIVE NOW
The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (NEMCA) is procuring £9m of Skills Bootcamps under the Flexible Procurement Agreement for the Adult Skills Framework across the following subject categories: Construction; Green Construction & Buildings; Engineering & Manufacturing (including Rail); Green Power; Digital; Green Transport; and Other. Minimum and maximum contract awards are £150,000 - £1,500,000.
CCS Adult Skills and Learning DPS (£1bn), inc. Skills Bootcamps Funding - Crown Commercial Service - LIVE NOW
CCS is putting in place a pan-government DPS to support the provision of Adult Learning and Skills requirements that can be used by all public sector organisations e.g., Combined Authorities, Devolved Administrations, Local Authorities, Education Establishments and Central Government Departments. The new agreement will provide a route to market for all available 16 to 18 and 19+ funding streams, including Skills Bootcamps funding.
WMCA Technical Education, Skills and Employment FPS (£1bn) inc. Skills Bootcamps - WMCA. Closing date: 31/03/2025 - LIVE NOW
WYCA Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) - ITT expected in March 2025. Need to be on WYCA’s Adult Skills DPS (Tender Answers has a 100% success rate in appointing training providers onto this DPS).
CPCA Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) - ITT expected in March 2025.
WECA Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - West of England Combined Authority (WECA) - ITT expected in March 2025.
Hull City Council Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - Hull City Council - ITT expected in March 2025.
YNYCA Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) - ITT expected in March 2025.
WMCA Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) - ITT expected in March 2025.
Kent & Medway Skills Bootcamps - Kent County Council (KCC) - ITT expected in March 2025.
Oxfordshire Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - Oxfordshire LEP - ITT expected in March 2025.
SYMCA Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) - ITT expected on 03/03/2025.
Wave 6 Train4Tomorrow ‘Skills For Life’ - Skills Bootcamps - Devon County Council - ITT expected on 20/03/2025.
D2N2 Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps - Derbyshire County Council (D2N2) - ITT expected in June 2025.
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Funding awards (tendered)
Liverpool Skills Bootcamps DPS (£37.5m) - Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Awaiting result.
Adult Skills and Skills Bootcamps DPS (£16m) - Cornwall Council - Awaiting result.
East Sussex County Council Skills Bootcamps (£7m) - East Sussex County Council - Awaiting result.
Lancashire Skills Bootcamp Programme (Wave 6) (£6m) - Lancashire County Council - Awaiting result.
Skills Bootcamps for Oxfordshire (£280k) - Oxfordshire LEP Limited - Awaiting result.
Provision of Wind Energy Skills Bootcamps - Middlesborough College - Awaiting result.
CPCA Skills Bootcamps - Wave 5 (£2.6m) - Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority - Awaiting result.
LCRCA Skills Bootcamps in Engineering & Manufacturing - W5.2 - Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Awaiting result.
WYCA Skills Bootcamps (£1.1m) - West Yorkshire Combined Authority - Awaiting result.
West Yorkshire Adult Skills DPS (£1.0m) - West Yorkshire Combined Authority - Awaiting result.
WMCA’s DPS16 Skills Bootcamps (£10.655m) - West Midlands Combined Authority - Awaiting result.
Oxfordshire Skills Bootcamps (£1.474m) - Oxfordshire LEP - Awaiting result.
London Skills Bootcamps (£11.3m) - Greater London Authority - Awaiting result.
Kirklees Council - Kirklees Skills Bootcamps (£544k) - 2 awards. Huddersfield Textile Training Ltd, Qualia Aesthetics Ltd, £272,000.
Cumberland Council - Cumberland Skills Bootcamp Wave 5 (£1.53m) - 17 awards. System People Limited, £149,387.50; Furness College, Skills Fix Limited, University of Cumbria, £167,680; University of Cumbria, £34,200; Barrow Training Partnership, Clint Stamper Training Ltd, Skills Fix Limited, The Corporation of NCG, The Gas Rooms Limited, £428,867; Furness College, Scale-Ability Ltd, The Corporation of NCG, £261,028.39; Furness College, Lakes College, The Corporation of NCG, £383,124; New Generation Training and Consultancy Limited, University of Cumbria, £79,200. Date of conclusion of the contract: 04/06/2024.
Skills Bootcamp for Construction Site Supervisor (c.£119k) - Buckinghamshire Council - Awaiting result.
Skills Bootcamp for Groundworkers (c.£77k) - Buckinghamshire Council - Awaiting result.
Surrey County Council’s Skills Bootcamps (£2.325m) - Surrey County Council - Awaiting result.
Buckinghamshire Skills Bootcamps for Cyber Security (c.£70k) - Buckinghamshire Council - Awaiting result.
Buckinghamshire Skills Bootcamps for Games Design (c.£79.5k) - Buckinghamshire Council - Awaiting result.
Buckinghamshire Council - Buckinghamshire Skills Bootcamp for Film and TV (c.£932k) - 6 awards. National Film And Television School, £66,250; All Spring Media Limited, £167,400; All Spring Media Limited, £167,706; All Spring Media Limited, £111,600; All Spring Media Limited, £111,600; All Spring Media Limited, £111,600.
Suffolk County Council - Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamps (£4.4m) - 18 awards. Action Community Enterprises CIC, £45,396; Alexander Mann Solutions Limited, £67,500; Anicca Digital Ltd, £225,000; Central Young Men's Christian Association, £82,188; City College Norwich, £29,312; Core AI Limited, £169,980; East Coast College, £202,528; EqualEngineers, £71,500; Estu Global Ltd, £130,000; HGV Training Services Ltd, £116,520; House Builder XL Ltd, £27,984; Suffolk New College, £62,640; Tech Educators, £131,250; The Construction Skills People Ltd, £120,000; TheLightBulb Limited, £20,920; TRS Training Limited, £20,000; Turning Factor, £37,900; West Suffolk College, £69,000.
Hull City Council - Skills Bootcamp Wave 4 Further Retender Additional Lots Category 5 - c.£91.5k - 3 awards. Start date: 22/09/2023.
Lancashire County Council - Delivery of Skills Bootcamp - c.£1.6m - 19 awards. Contract length and start date: 1 year 5 months (26/04/2023).
DfE Skills Bootcamps DPS Call Off Competition 1 (Sales, Marketing and Procurement) - c.£8.34m - 16 awards. Start date: 01/09/2023.
DfE Skills Bootcamps DPS Call Off Competition 1 (Digital) - c.£43.25m - 30 awards. Start date: 01/09/2023.
WYCA Creative & Cultural Skills Bootcamps - £612.5k - 1 award. Contract length & start date: 1 year (30/09/2023).
DfE Project - 5910 - DfE - Wave 3 Skills Bootcamps Lot 4 - Technical Bespoke - ITT_1144 (Multiple Contracts) - c.£3.65m - 3 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (28/02/2022).
North Tyneside Council - North of Tyne Combined Authority and North East LEP Wave 3 Skills Bootcamp - £7.4m - 21 awards. Contract length & start date: 9 months (04/07/2022).
New Anglia LEP Ltd - Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamps (Wave 4) - c.£1.04m - 12 awards. Contract length & start date: 1 year (01/04/2023).
GMCA Skills Bootcamps (Wave 3) Construction and Green Skills - £1.5m - 5 awards. Contract length & start date: 6.5 months (17/09/2022).
Hull City Council - Provision of the Skills Bootcamps - Wave 3 - Category 4 Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies and Vehicle operations - £764k - 7 awards. Contract length & start date: 4 months (18/08/2022).
GMCA Provision of Digital Skills Bootcamps - Employers - £1.5m - 2 awards. Contract length & start date: 2 years 8.5 months (12/07/2022).
WMCA AEB Digital Bootcamps - £21m - 10 awards. Contract length & start date: 3 years (23/10/2021).
LCRCA Digital Skills Bootcamp - £643k - 18 awards. Contract length & start date: 4 months (14/12/2021).