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Published 15 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Exeter Leader Framework · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£500,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 20 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 29 Jan 2030 · starts 30 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Exeter is looking to procure suppliers for delivery of Aspiring Managers, People Management, Leadership Difference and Leadership Academy services. We have the opportunity to consider this as a single cohesive career-wide development pathway with multiple components, rather than in isolation of each other. This will allow us to keep our Skills Development Programmes largely the same, using a Modular based approach to enable leaders to select components relevant to their needs. Navigation through these modular opportunities will be made easier via ‘Suggested Development Pathways’ for Key Roles such as Senior Academic Leaders (SALs) and Heads of Department (HoDs). As a cohesive and easily navigable programme it can be integrated with Performance and Development Reviews and Promotions processes for personal and professional action planning. The procurement will take the form of a single tender with with multiple lots to allow suppliers to bid for one or multiple lots.

CPV: Management training services · Training programme services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs from 30 Jan 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 30 Jan 2026 – 29 Jan 2030 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Exeter Leader Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST
Last source update
15 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST
Authority reference
UOE/2025/044/JU
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-040169
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Management training servicesTraining programme services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

15 Jul 2025 → 30 Jan 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    15 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST
  2. Market engagement
    31 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  3. Tender notice expected
    20 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts270 days ago
    30 Jan 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    15 Jul 2025, 16:30 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Exeter

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PZYG-2396-XCRZ Northcote House, Exeter, South West, EX4 4QHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure