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Leadership, management and professional skills development Open framework

Office for Students

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23 Oct 2026 at 15:57

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Office for Students is seeking suppliers for an open framework covering leadership and management development; professional and regulatory practice skills; employee wellbeing, inclusion and workplace culture; and facilitation, coaching and team or group development. The work includes designing and delivering learning and development, building managers’ and leaders’ ability to support people and teams, and providing tailored interventions to improve collaboration, communication and performance. The professional skills lot includes regulatory practice, potentially drawing on the Core Regulatory Skills Framework. The framework is divided into four topic-based lots, and suppliers may apply for one or more. Services are for delivery in the United Kingdom.

The buyer invited offers through a competitive flexible, selective procedure, beginning with requests to participate. The participation deadline was 17 November 2026 at 11:00. The contract period for all four lots runs from 1 March 2027 to 28 February 2034. The overall estimated value is £1,273,332 excluding VAT (£1,528,000 including VAT). Lot values excluding VAT are £638,333 for leadership and management, £205,000 for professional and regulatory skills, £109,166 for wellbeing and culture, and £320,833 for facilitation and coaching. Each lot is evaluated on quality (70%) and price (30%). Suppliers can bid for multiple lots. The framework is intended to run in two successive periods, with a competition to establish the later period; existing suppliers and new entrants may compete in that refresh.

The opportunity suits training and development providers, leadership consultants, regulatory practice specialists, wellbeing and inclusion experts, and facilitators and coaches. Small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises are identified as suitable for every lot. Suppliers should select lots that match their expertise: leadership and management capability across the employee lifecycle; professional skills and regulatory judgement; inclusive, psychologically safe workplace cultures; or bespoke facilitation and coaching for individuals, teams, groups and networks. The fourth lot calls for tailored interventions responsive to each group’s needs and dynamics, rather than simply delivering courses to individual learners. The framework offers scope for suppliers with specialist capabilities to apply to relevant topic areas, while its later competition also permits new market entrants to seek admission.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Leadership, management and professional skills development Open framework

Notice Description

This request to participate sets out requirements for suppliers to join an Open framework for delivering the Office for Students (OfS) leadership, management, professional and regulation practice skills, wellbeing and culture and facilitation and coaching requirements. The Open framework will be divided into 4 Lots. Details of the Lots are as follows: *Lot 1 - Leadership and Management Development *Lot 2 - Professional and regulation practice skills *Lot 3 - Wellbeing and Culture *Lot 4 - Facilitation, coaching and team / group development Suppliers can apply for all Lots if they have the relevant skills and experience. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-Training-services./62Y22HX83N To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/62Y22HX83N

Lot Information

Leadership and management development

Lot 1 - leadership and management development. The scope is developing manager and leader capability required to develop people and teams effectively across the employee lifecycle.

Professional and regulation practice skills

This Lot covers the design and delivery of learning and development solutions that build the professional skills and capabilities of individuals, enabling them to work effectively with others, manage their own performance, undertake professional responsibilities effectively and contribute positively to organisational outcomes. This Lot also covers the design and delivery of learning and development solutions that build regulatory skills and capabilities, enabling individuals to exercise professional judgement, apply effective regulatory practice and deliver regulatory activities confidently and consistently. Learning may draw on recognised sector frameworks, including the Core Regulatory Skills Framework, where appropriate.

Wellbeing and Culture

This Lot covers the design and delivery of learning and development solutions that support employee wellbeing, inclusion, belonging and positive workplace culture. The focus is on helping individuals, managers and teams create healthy, inclusive and psychologically safe working environments, whilst developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to support personal wellbeing and the wellbeing of others.

Facilitation, coaching and team development

This Lot covers the provision of independent facilitation, coaching, team and group development services designed to improve individual, team and group effectiveness, collaboration, communication and performance. The focus of this Lot is on facilitated interventions and coaching support for existing individuals, teams, groups or networks, rather than the delivery of training courses or programmes to individual learners. Suppliers should be able to design and facilitate bespoke sessions that respond to the specific needs, objectives and dynamics of the team or group concerned and provide coaching services where required to support development objectives

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-078f79
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100689-2026
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK4 - Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80500000 - Training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,273,332 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,273,332 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Oct 20263 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Mar 2027 - 28 Feb 2034 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Office for Students
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS34 8SR
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Stoke Gifford
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

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