The national adult education budget tender has been thrown into disarray after the government handed a last-minute contract to a provider and seemingly revoked another.
In July, the Department for Education named 55 training providers who won a contract in its AEB procurement worth £75m in total.
But when releasing contract values last week, it only listed 54, whose combined allocations totalled £74.7m. TLG Business Services, an original winner, was left off.
The DfE then announced on Thursday it has awarded an “additional” AEB contract for an undisclosed amount to The Portland Training Company, taking the total number of winners back up to 55.
