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Leadership, management and professional skills development Open framework

Leadership, management and professional skills development Open framework is a UK public sector tender from Office for Students (South West England), with an estimated value of £1.3m (excluding VAT). The closing date is .

In our daily copy of Find a Tender and Contracts Finder data (), 13 open tenders share CPV 80500000; the median stated value for that CPV code is £150,000.

Leadership, management and professional skills development Open framework. Source: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder
BuyerOffice for Students (Bristol)
Published
Closing date, 11:00 UK time (request to participate)
Estimated value£1.3m (excluding VAT)
CPV code80500000 — Training services
CPV categoryEducation and training services
Contract typeServices
ProcedureCompetitive flexible procedure
RegionSouth West England
Location—
Marked suitable forSMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), VCSEs (voluntary, community and social enterprises)
SourceFind a Tender, notice 100689-2026

Read the full notice and documents on Find a Tender

Summary from the notice

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…

Official summary as published on Find a Tender (shortened).

How this procurement works

This uses the competitive flexible procedure (Procurement Act 2023). The buyer designs its own stages, often a request to participate first, then invited tenders. Read the notice for each stage and deadline.

Who can bid

The buyer marked this tender as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. That is a signal the buyer expects smaller organisations to be able to bid, but you still need to meet the requirements in the notice.

Closing date

23 days left: the deadline for requests to participate is , 11:00 UK time (as of ). Late submissions are normally rejected; check the notice for the exact time and how to submit.

Next steps

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  2. Open the official notice, follow the link to the buyer's tender portal and download the documents.
  3. Check that you meet the selection criteria (experience, insurance, finances) and send clarification questions early.
  4. Prepare your response, including any social value questions, and submit before the closing date.

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