The Skills Funding Agency has launched a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) for the provision of Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) services in England.

The PQQ notice was published on the 18th August and any provider who is interested in tendering to deliver NEET provision must respond to this PQQ. Organisations already on the Qualified Provider Framework (QPF) list will NOT be automatically included and therefore need to respond to this PQQ.   

In order to do so, interested organisations will need to register on the Skills Funding Agency e-tendering portal.

Once registered, you will be given a username and password and you can then go to the Skills Funding Agency website and access the Provider tab at the top of the page, selecting New Providers (left hand side navigation menu).  This will take you to a new page - at the bottom of the page there is a link to the Skills Funding Agency e-Tendering portal.   You then need to select PQQs 'open to all' and select the option listed as 'ESF NEET for YPLA'.  This then gives access to the option to 'express an interest' which moves into 'My PQQs'.  You will then be able to access all the documentation and respond to the questionnaire located in the Technical Envelope. 

The PQQ contains basic questions about the organisation, financial standing, capacity and resources, capability and quality management.  This PQQ will be open until 5PM on the 17th September with respondents being notified of results from the 4th October 2010.