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title: "Elite Coach Programme"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077bb3"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL"
published: "2026-09-28"
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# Elite Coach Programme

Buyer: THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077bb3

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## Summary

UK Sport is buying specialist coaching support for its Elite Coach 25–27 programme, which supports 12 coaches across the high-performance sporting community. The work includes planning and delivering residential events, quarterly online group supervision, facilitated visits to one another’s performance environments, individual support, and creating, collecting and sharing 360-degree insight with coaches and sport sponsors. Leeds Beckett University is providing staff time, with the programme description identifying a named coach as able to deliver across its strands. The work is intended to run through to the Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics. Delivery is in the United Kingdom. This is a professional coaching-services requirement centred on elite sport and coach development, rather than the supply of equipment or general training provision.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to Leeds Beckett University. The award is recorded as pending. UK Sport used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. The stated basis for selection is that the named Leeds Beckett coach can deliver across all areas of the programme; no separate scoring criteria are recorded. The contract period runs from 28 September 2026 to 31 March 2027, with the work described as continuing through the Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics. The award value is £48,600 excluding VAT (£58,320 including VAT). The procurement is arranged as one lot. The award date is not separately recorded; the award information was published on 28 September 2026.

For suppliers hoping to compete for similar work for UK Sport, this award indicates demand for hands-on development support for a small cohort of high-performance coaches. Credibility would depend on a delivery team able to combine residential programme design and facilitation with online group supervision, peer visits to performance settings and tailored one-to-one support. The work also calls for the ability to create, gather and share 360-degree feedback or insight with both coaches and sport sponsors. The selected provider was a university supplying specialist staff time, and the buyer’s stated reason for selection was the coach’s capability across every programme strand. Suppliers should therefore be able to demonstrate broad elite-sport coaching expertise and continuity across varied delivery formats, not just expertise in a single workshop or coaching discipline.

## Notice

We are procuring the time from Leeds Beckett University for a staff member Dr Bob Muir to support, and at times lead a cohort based activity called Elite Coach 25-27. This programme supports 12 Coaches across the High Performance Community. It is essential to have a delivery team with the required skills, knowledge and experiences. Dr Bob Muir can deliver against all areas of the programme. The key strands of work which Bob will be leading and supporting on depending on the roles within the delivery team at that point are as follows. 1) Planning for and delivery at residential events (4 per year) 2) Group Supervisions (online every quarter) 3) Group Field work (Facilitated visits to each others performance environments) 4) Individual Support 5) 360 insight creation, collection and sharing with coaches and sport sponsors This work will be completed by the end of the LA Olympics and Paralympics.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091512-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 28 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £48,600 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | East London |
| Postcode | E14 4PU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Electoral ward | Canary Wharf |
| Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Leeds Beckett University |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79998000 - Coaching services

## Release History

- 28 Sep 2026 at 15:06 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091512-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/091512-2026
  28th September 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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