Skills Funding Agency: HIGHER & DEGREE APPRENTICESHIP PROCUREMENT 2016 to 2017

The SFA will soon be launching a procurement round for organisations wishing to deliver higher and degree apprenticeships in the funding year 2016 to 2017.

Please note:

· The Skills Funding Agency will only evaluate applications from organisations who are currently on Register of Training Organisations ROTO and do not have a contract, or have applied to the ROTO opening which closed on 31^st of May.

· For those organisations who have applied to the ROTO opening which closed on 31st of May, contract award will be subject to their application being successful.

Procurement Briefing Workshops

In order to prepare, the SFA would like to alert you to the two briefing workshops arranged to provide relevant background and technical information. UVAC would strongly encourage you to register and attend one of the workshops if you intend to make an application. Registration for attendance at either workshop is now open and details are below:

Workshop Date	Venue	Time	Deadline for Registering
Wednesday 22 June	Jury’s Inn Birmingham 245 Broad St, Birmingham B1 2HQ	10.30 – 1.00	3pm Monday 20 June
Tuesday 28 June	Novotel Birmingham City Centre, 70 Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2HT.	10.30 – 1.00	3pm Thursday 23 June

To reserve a place on a Briefing Workshop:

· You must register with the Skills Funding Agency by the deadline date and time indicated above.

· Places are strictly limited to a maximum of two per organisation in total, not two per date / session. In the event of high demand the SFA will allocate a space to your priority attendee only.

· Until you have received confirmation from the SFA your place is not confirmed.

· Please email [email protected] with your preferred date in the email title. You must include the registration form below in your email, completed for each attendee.

Registration Form