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Management Training

Met Office

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07 Aug 2026 at 08:47

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Met Office procured essential management training services for its organisation. The requirement falls within personnel-training services (CPV 79632000) and was awarded as a single service requirement. The buying organisation is the Met Office, a central government public authority based in Exeter. Delivery is stated for the United Kingdom. The work is relevant to providers of management development, leadership training and related workplace learning services able to support a public sector organisation. The requirement concerns training provision rather than the supply of equipment, construction or general consultancy. It may suit training companies with established management-learning programmes and the ability to deliver to participants across the UK, including organisations that can work with a national public body’s operational requirements.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Foxstones Training & Learning Ltd, an SME. The Met Office used a direct award below threshold without competition. The award was made on 7 August 2026 and the contract was signed the same day. The contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 19 October 2027. Its value is £19,280 excluding VAT, or £23,136 including VAT. There was one completed lot and one active award. The published outcome identifies essential management training as the requirement and personnel-training services as its classification. The award was made without a competitive tender, so there was no stated multi-supplier competition or comparative evaluation process for this purchase.

This procurement is useful market evidence for providers of essential management training seeking public sector work with the Met Office. It shows a defined requirement for management learning delivered to a central government organisation, with a contract awarded to an SME rather than a large training group. A credible future competitor would need relevant management-training content, trainers able to work with organisational learners, and sufficient delivery capacity for a UK-wide requirement. Providers should also be prepared to explain how their training supports essential management capability in a public authority setting. The route used here demonstrates that smaller, specialist training businesses can meet this buyer’s needs through a below-threshold direct-award process.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Management Training

Notice Description

Essential Management training

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06de8f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075050-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79632000 - Personnel-training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£19,280 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 19 Oct 2027 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Met Office
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EXETER
Postcode
EX1 3PB
Postcode Area
Exeter
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK43 Devon CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Exeter
Electoral Ward
Pinhoe
Westminster Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

FOXSTONES TRAINING & LEARNING LTD

Further Information

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