Notice Information
Notice Title
Lancaster University Facilitation and Coaching Services Framework
Notice Description
Lancaster University is currently reviewing their leadership and personal development provision and will shortly be going out to tender to create a framework of Lot 1 Facilitators and Lot 2 Coaching Services to deliver and support a number of staff development programmes.
Planning Information
We are interested in better understanding the Facilitation and Coaching Market before finalising our specification and budgets. Please complete our Pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire using the link below: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Ec2bnHqXnE6poLxzQJAWSnCljFVSJzFEgQQ0mxALwMpUQllaUU05TUdCSjY0MVRFRzlWTksyM0kyNS4u&route=shorturl Once the results of this questionnaire have been collated, it is the intention to hold a webinar which will be made available to those suppliers who have engaged at this stage and also via In-Tend once the tender has been published to ensure that all suppliers have access to the same information at tender stage.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ea30
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008238-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
79633000 - Staff development services
80511000 - Staff training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER
- Contact Name
- Jessica Mottershaw
- Contact Email
- j.mottershaw@lancaster.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LANCASTER
- Postcode
- LA1 4YW
- Post Town
- Lancaster
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lancaster
- Electoral Ward
- University
- Westminster Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008238-2025
6th March 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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