# ESF 2014-2020 Programme Skills Support for the Unemployed

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED](/contract-winners/growth/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £9,930,907
- Tender value: £74,760,548
- Award date: 31 March 2019
- Published: 28 August 2020
- Contract start: 1 April 2019
- Contract end: 31 July 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 80ff1b56-cbe8-4912-a259-2105fb65ee7b-378225
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b3e48d46-9b81-4439-af01-42f31e601c11

## Description

The activities will support unemployed individuals aged 16 plus with individualised programmes of learning and support, to overcome identified barriers to participation in education and support their transition toward sustained employment\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/80ff1b56-cbe8-4912-a259-2105fb65ee7b-378225)