--- title: "SE1151 - Creating a Leadership Community" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042cd6" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-042cd6" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042cd6.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042cd6.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "SPORT ENGLAND" published: "2025-06-17" --- # SE1151 - Creating a Leadership Community Buyer: SPORT ENGLAND Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042cd6 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-042cd6) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042cd6.json) ## Summary Sport England, a public body governed by public law, has completed a comprehensive procurement process for the project titled "SE1151 - Creating a Leadership Community". This initiative, classified under the CPV code for coaching services, falls within the services category and is located throughout the UK. The project was conducted using an open procurement method, finalising in June 2025, with contracts awarded to several suppliers for specific lots within the programme. Key elements include Coaching and Mentoring Services, Knowledge Hub Support, Place-Based Leadership, and Impact, Evaluation & Learning Services, each designed to advance leadership development focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The procurement stage culminated in the award of contracts, including noteworthy participants such as The Activation Project C.I.C. and CFE (Research and Consulting) Limited. This tender presents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for SMEs specialising in coaching services, business consultancy, or evaluation consultancy. The project requires partnership with various programme elements, which offers rich opportunities for suppliers to showcase expertise in enhancing leadership and organisational effectiveness within the sport and physical activity sectors. These opportunities are ideal for organisations experienced in cultivating inclusive leadership practices and data evaluation who wish to engage with government bodies and strategic partners across diverse localities in the UK. By securing this contract, businesses can enhance their portfolio, gain insights into public sector operations, and contribute to public service improvement, positioning themselves for larger future contracts. ## Notice Creating a leadership community' with 'a strong connection to tackling inequalities'. This programme aims to focus on how leadership development can support this ambition, by concentrating on diversity, equity and inclusion practices and evolving systems thinking. The consolidated offer will have four, interconnected, delivery elements: * Knowledge Hub & connecting networks * Coaching & Mentoring offer for individuals and/or teams * Place-based leadership programme aligned to place expansion * Impact, Evaluation & Learning partner ### Lot Information Knowledge Hub Support Act as a central point of contact, communication and coordination for the programme. Connecting to other non-Sport England support and existing leadership networks. Foster 'leadership community' identity. Develop and share tools and resources to support the 'universal' element of the programme. Previous work and user consultation highlighted visibility of offers, criteria transparency, access to resources and connections to on-going support, determine if people access and embed leadership development. Place Based Leadership Programme To align the place-based expansion programme, it will be required to deliver place-based leadership courses for new Sport England Place Partners. These courses will unite partners in a local place around a shared purpose with clear shared outcomes in relation to Sport and Physical Activity (SPA). This requirement has evolved from our National Leadership Essential course and through a test & learn pilot in Blackpool and the Wirral. And shall be further developed in 2024, via a 1-year intensive place-based leadership programme, to be delivered in collaboration with the Local Government Association (LGA) for those first phase of new places. Learning from this work will inform the place-based leadership offer, that is consolidated into "Leading the Movement" from 2025. Coaching and Mentoring To deliver a bespoke offer to support individuals, teams or groups. Following successful Leading for Renewal offer (2021-2023), with 5 coaching sessions for some System Partner CEOs, senior leaders, or emerging leaders from diverse backgrounds. We will iterate during the programme and be designed with Sport England colleagues, the co-design groups and users. Balance of supporting current senior leaders and Board members as they work to tackle inequalities across the Sport and Physical Activity (SPA) system, and also emerging leaders from diverse backgrounds. The development and evidence about best practice for timely coaching interventions, for example for new CEOs or Chairs. Impact, Evaluation and Learning Working across all elements, the partner will develop a theory of change, design standard data-capture methods, collate evidence and evaluate the impact of the programme. This will build from Sport England's own Theory of Change and KPIs, existing Place evaluations and the System Partner Measurement, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) which includes measures on 'better organisations' including decision making, diverse leadership and good governance. Learnings from the programme will be shared regularly with Sport England, providers, co-design group and partners. Coaching and Mentoring Services This element of the Leading the Movement programme will deliver a bespoke offer to support individuals, teams and groups in Sport England's System and Strategic Partners. Leading the Movement Knowledge Hub The Knowledge Hub Support is a new element to the service, specifically intended to act as a central point of contact, a single point of access for participants, and a lead for the communication and coordination for the Leading the Movement programme. The provider will ensure that participants will be presented with a coherent offer and joined-up experience. The provider of the Knowledge Hub Support service will be responsible for delivering this proactive and transparent approach. Place- Based Leadership The provider of the Place-based Leadership element of the programme is specifically responsible for collaborating proactively with the provider of the Knowledge Hub Support. The provider of the Place-based Leadership element of the programme is specifically responsible for working with the provider of the Impact, Evaluation and Learning element of the programme to gather feedback and evidence, including case studies. The Place-based Leadership element of the Leading the Movement programme will be closely aligned to Sport England's approach to Place Partnerships and is intended to deliver place-based leadership programmes for Sport England Place Partners. These will be for defined geographic localities (varying in size) that will be involved in the expansion of our Place Partnerships programme. Impact, Evaluation & Learning Services The Impact, Evaluation and Learning element of the Leading the Movement programme will be a new service and will play a vital role in developing a clear picture of the impact of the programme whilst informing the future development of the programme. The provider of the service will work across all elements of the programme, collaborating with all of the programme providers and recognising the interdependencies between the different elements of the programme. The provider of the service will coordinate the gathering of relevant evaluation information from the other service providers in a timely manner and will carry out additional research to explore the impact and inform the development of the programme. The Impact, Evaluation and Learning service will need to incorporate a combination of quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, with robust data being supplemented by appropriate case studies and other illustrative examples. Further, the approach will need to be sensitive to the evolving and flexible nature of the Leading the Movement programme, and importantly, be accessible and inclusive in its approaches to data capture and reporting. The provider of this service will be responsible for developing a Theory of Change for the programme, designing standardised data-capture methods, collating evidence and evaluating the impact of the programme. This will build from Sport England's own Theory of Change and KPIs, existing Place evaluations and the System Partner Measurement, Evaluation and Learning programme which includes measures on 'better organisations' including decision making, diverse leadership and good governance. Learnings from the programme will be shared regularly with Sport England, providers, Co-Design Group and partners. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032839-2025 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Planning, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Jun 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Mar 2024 | | Award date | 25 Nov 2024 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £6,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £4,576,085 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled, Planned | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SPORT ENGLAND | | Locality | LOUGHBOROUGH | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE11 3QF | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF22 Leicestershire CC and Rutland | | Local authority | Charnwood | | Electoral ward | Loughborough Ashby | | Westminster constituency | Loughborough | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 4 | | Supplier names | CFE (RESEARCH AND CONSULTING; CONTINUUM SPORT AND LEISURE; IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT; THE ACTIVATION PROJECT | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services - 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services - 79998000 - Coaching services ## Release History - 17 Jun 2025 at 09:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032839-2025 - 12 Jan 2024 at 16:05 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001148-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/66c5314f-cc28-4d50-9f47-5e3757ef3185@c8aa047b-166f-4855-90ea-b8ab9d872d1d - https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/787173f2-6424-47fb-83e2-74c220f74137@c8aa047b-166f-4855-90ea-b8ab9d872d1d - https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e700cbf0-ef97-4bff-9b48-4f33771e7bc3@c8aa047b-166f-4855-90ea-b8ab9d872d1d - https://www.sportengland.org/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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