1. Minimum Contract Level Support Programme Minimum Contract Level Policy Milestones and Guidance July 2011

2. Minimum Contract Level Support Programme Milestones and Guidance - an On-line Seminar Barry Langfield Learning and Skills Improvement Service Richard Mole Skills Funding Agency LSIS Facilitators July 2011

3. Our objectives Support providers to understand key milestones within Minimum Contract Level Helping provider understand the key actions needed to align their provision with the new arrangements

4. Skills Funding Agency Milestones History as Amended

5. Allocation to lead providers have been adjusted to take account of new delivery arrangements and have now been issued; Contracts and funding agreements are in the process of being issued to lead providers. Lead providers and their new sub-contractors will be carefully planning the data migration process: The next data freeze is at 6.00pm on the 6 th July 2011; This means that the data migration process can start from the 7 th July 2011; The next freeze is scheduled for the 6.00pm on the 4 th August. Skills Funding Agency Milestones Current

6. In year adjustment Fee ACTOR Data Management Record Keeping Business and Quality Cycle Due Diligence Information Management Invoicing Shared Services Contract Risk Legal AdviceImplementation QA ArrangementsL&M Agreement Identity Compliance Payment terms Monitoring Insurance TAX Actions to align new arrangements

7. Support for Collaborative Contracting Sub-contracting toolkit Case Studies Toolkits: o Managing Risk o Partnership Planning and Working o Shared Leadership and Governance o Shared Services o Sub-contracting o Quality Management http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=MCLsupport Resources

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9. Minimum Contract Level Support Programme Skills Funding Agency Richard Mole

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11. Wrapping Up We’ll send you now These slides Evaluation link You maybe be interested in further support from the LSIS MCL Support Programme. A range of resources are available on the Excellence Gateway site www.excellencegateway.org.uk/MCLsupport www.excellencegateway.org.uk/MCLsupport Further web seminar events are planned, you can find details and registration on events.lsis.org.uk/Pages/Event/Stage1/Events.aspx events.lsis.org.uk/Pages/Event/Stage1/Events.aspx If you would like to talk to an MCL Partnership Adviser please send an e-mail to mclsp@lsis.org.ukmclsp@lsis.org.uk

12. Minimum Contract Level Support Programme Minimum Contract Level Policy Milestones and Guidance May 2011