Education Skills Funding Agency

Sheffield City Council is looking for a provider that is accredited to carry out an ESFA audit in early June.

Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) requires 'Providers' to obtain an annual report from an external auditor if their Adult Education Budget (AEB) and Apprenticeship funding contracts with subcontractors exceed £100,000 in any one funding year.

We a looking for a company that can provide us with a report that includes the following:

(ESFA Adult Education Budget: funding and performance management rules 2018/19 and Apprenticeship funding: rules for employers-providers - 2018/19).

The auditor will be required to compare the Provider's end-to-end subcontracting processes with the funding rules and provide a report. The report will address the specific elements of the Provider's end-to-end subcontracting process as specified in the sections that cover contracting and subcontracting in the ESFA funding guidance for AEB and Apprenticeship Funding (see links below). The audit will need to cover the following areas:

• General subcontracting requirements;
• Selection and procurement;
• Entering into a subcontract;
• Monitoring;
• Second level subcontracting;
• Reporting on subcontracting; and
• Fees and charges.

ESFA funding guidance that relates to this audit.

AEB Budget:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2018-to-2019

Apprenticeship Funding:

https://www.gov.uk/guidanc/apprenticeships-funding-rules-for-employers-providers