Briefing document on the ESFA Non-Levy ITT looking at the Maximum Contracting Values by Eddie Cottis and Safaraz Ali. It focuses on the ITT Submission by the 4th September 2017 for Delivery running from January 18 for 15 months with possible extensions.

1. A briefing document on the ESFA Non-Levy ITT
Maximum Contracting Values
Eddie Cottis and Safaraz Ali

2. • Only open to organisations that are Main Providers as approved
at the PQQ stage for the Provision of Non-Levy Apprenticeships
• ITT Submission by the 4th September 2017
• Awards and contracting to be in place by December 2017
• Delivery running from January 18 for 15 months with possible
extensions
• Table below based on funding cap as per ITT with examples and
simplification

3. NEW PROVIDER TO APPRENTICESHIPS
Tender Cap
• Turnover 2015-2016
financial year multiplied
by 1.25 or £750,000;
whichever is lower
Example
• Cap Based on Company Turnover
• New apprenticeship provider to
apprenticeships market with Turnover £500K
turnover x 1.25 =
• £625K Maximum Contract Allocation based
on Max financial year turnover
• New apprenticeship provider with a turnover
of £2Million =
• £750K Maximum Contract Allocation based
on Max lower limit

4. SUBCONTRACTOR
Tender Cap
• Turnover 2015-2016
financial year multiplied
by 1.25 or £750,000;
whichever is lower,
Example
• Cap Based on Company Turnover
• Existing Subcontractor with a turnover of
£180K x 1.25 = £225K Maximum Contract
Allocation based on Max financial year
turnover
• With a turnover of £2Million = £750K
Maximum Contract Allocation based on
Max lower limit

5. EXISTING APPRENTICESHIP PROVIDER WITH NON-LEVY
HISTORICAL DELIVERY AT OR BELOW £1.5M FOR 2015-2016
Tender Cap
• Turnover 2015-2016
financial year multiplied
by 1.25 or £1.5m;
whichever is lower
Example
• Cap Based on Company Turnover
• Existing provider that delivers below £1.5m
worth of apprenticeships to Non-Levy
employers (a notice was issued by the ESFA in
May outlining these figures)
• Exiting Contract with a turnover of
£1,400,000 = £1,400,000 x 1.25 =£1,750,000
however the maximum is restricted to
£1,500,000 for the Contract Allocation

6. EXISTING APPRENTICESHIP PROVIDER WITH NON-LEVY
HISTORICAL DELIVERY ABOVE £1.5M FOR 2015-2016
Tender Cap
• 110% of non-levy
historical delivery for
2015/2016 funding year
(1st August 2015 – 31st
July 2016), multiplied by
1.25
Example
• Cap Based on historical Non Levy Turnover
• Exiting Contract delivering £1,510,000 of
apprenticeships to Non-Levy employers
£ 1,510,000 x 110% = £1,661,000
£1,661,000 x 1.25 = £2,076,250 for the Contract
Allocation based on existing delivery
• Exiting Contract delivering £2,000,000 of
apprenticeships to Non-Levy employers
£2,000,000 of, x 110% = £2,200,000
£ 2,200,000 of x 1.25 = £2,750,000 for the
Contract Allocation based on existing delivery
Please ensure you read the ITT specification and fully understand the requirements and utilise the ESFA QA’s within Bravo
as this is our interpretation only and we have only created this to be helpful!

7. KEEP IN TOUCH:
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/safaraz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddiecottis/
https://www.facebook.com/pathwaygroup/
@pathwaygroup @SafarazAli @eddie_pathway
Safaraz Ali (Saf)
Safaraz@pathwaygroup.co.uk
Eddie Cottis (Eddie)
Eddie.cottis@pathwaygroup.co.uk
Alternatively phone: 0121 707 0550
https://www.linkedin.com/company/pathwaygroup