ESF
All preferred bidders have now secured their contracts. All of the announced winners matched the preferred bidders in the story published here in April.
Update 2/6 - The DWP website has put up the official announcement of ESF winners. All of the confirmed winners are the same as were published here some weeks ago. The following preferred bidders are still in negotiation:
- EM03 Carter & Carter (now known as In Training)
- LO4 Tomorrow's People
- LO5 Tomorrow's People
- NW05 ERP Ltd
- SW WOE 1 Tomorrow's People
Further to the news on preferred bidders for the recent DWP ESF round, we've heard that the DWP sent an e-mail to prime contractors last week informing them that contract awards have been delayed as a number of providers have raised issues with the contracts the DWP was asking them to sign.
If you're a subcontractor and wondering why your primes still aren't talking with you, this is why. They're embargoed from talking with subcontractors until the official contract award has taken place.
We've been keeping tabs on the preferred bidders for the DWP ESF round for a while, and have put together a complete list of preferred bidders:
