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ocds-h6vhtk-078f79 · tender

Leadership, management and professional skills development Open framework

Office for Students

Estimated Value

Up to £1,273,332

Deadline

17 November 2026

24 days remaining

Published

23 October 2026

Type

Not specified

South WestGBselective

Overview

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.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-Tr... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/62Y22HX83N 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. 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.

Lots (1)

  • Lot 4Facilitation, coaching and team / group development Suppliers can apply for all Lots if they have the relevant skills and experience

Additional details

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.

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.

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

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Likely incumbents

Suppliers who won similar work from this buyer in the last 5 years.

5 found
  1. 1

    PA Consulting Services Ltd

    2 contracts wonlatest 11 Sept 2026ends 20 Nov 2026

    £260,500

    total awarded

  2. 2

    Advance HE

    2 contracts wonlatest 6 Aug 2026

    £1m

    total awarded

  3. 3

    KPMG LLP

    2 contracts wonlatest 20 Jul 2026ends 14 Sept 2028

    £3m

    total awarded

  4. 4

    Ecorys UK Ltd

    2 contracts wonlatest 24 Feb 2026ends 9 Sept 2031CH 01650169

    £834,588

    total awarded

  5. 5

    PUBLIC FIRST LIMITED

    2 contracts wonlatest 6 Jun 2025CH 10149826

    £1m

    total awarded

PA Consulting Services Ltd is the most likely incumbent based on recency and category match. To win, bidders typically need a clearly differentiated proposition or a price advantage.

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Office for Students
Typepublic body
RegionSouth West
Total tenders31
Total spend£10,304,519
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23 October 2026

Submission deadline

17 November 2026

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