Chesterfield College is actively seeking partners to support the delivery of a major work-based learning contract, which is to be co-financed by the European.

Social Fund (ESF) and Skills Funding Agency (SFA).

Tenders are scheduled to be issued in November to provide skills support in the workplace through Apprenticeships and related work place learning from April 2013. This proposed provision will be available to support delivery up until July 2015.

Chesterfield College is a large general further education college based in North Derbyshire supporting learners from across the East Midlands and South Yorkshire.

Learning Unlimited, which is part of the Chesterfield College Group, is one of the fastest growing providers of Apprenticeships with contracts totalling over 6 000 000 GBP.

Partners selected from the information they provide at this Pre-Qualification Stage (PQQ) will form part of our provider network for submission in the College's tender for delivery of individual ESF/SFA contracts. If the College is successful in its submission, a final tender stage and due diligence must be completed and passed for all partners within our proposed delivery network before contracts are awarded.

The duration of the framework agreement shall be for two years and three months approximately.