Official UK procurement notice
Leadership Development Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (Police & fire)
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionLeadership Development Services
- Recurrence: October 2025
CPV: Management training services · Staff development services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 7 suppliers · 8 bids on the busiest of 6 lots (1.1 per place) · 13 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 7 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Management and Leadership Accredited DevelopmentAwarded
Chartered Management Institute accredited management and leadership qualifications reflecting different leadership levels within The Service – Supervisory; Middle, Strategic and Executive. Additional information: Middle Manager Level
Achievement of Chartered Management Institute Level 5 Diploma
Strategic Manager Level
Achievement of Chartered Management Institute Level 7 Advanced Diploma
Achievement of the National Fire Chief Council Executive Leadership Programme
Executive Manager Level
Achievement of Chartered Management Institute Level 8 Diploma
Lot #2Management and Leadership Competence External Quality AssuranceCancelled
External assurance of competence reflecting different leadership levels within the organisation. Additional information: Implementation of a quality assurance and external verification system to support the application of good practice in implementing the verification process for SFRS Leadership Levels [Crew, Watch, Station, Group and Area] assessment of competence as detailed within the Code of Practice for Assessment of Competence [see Fire and Rescue Service Role Maps and NOS separate document]
Lot #3Management and Leadership Development Materials/ResourcesAwarded
Provision of leadership development programmes and resources (including self-directed learning) Additional information: Access to a range of current management and leadership digital/virtual/online resources that are maintained in line with national and global leading-edge trends and practice to develop the Service’s leadership skills, behaviours and mindsets.
Lot #4Health and Safety Accredited Leadership DevelopmentAwarded
Appropriate understanding of Health and Safety issues and role-specific responsibilities for managers. Additional information: Supervisory Manager Level, achievement of IOSH Managing Safely Qualification. Middle Manager Level, achievement of NEBOSH General Certificate Qualification. Strategic Manager Level, Achievement of IOSH Leading Safely Qualification. Executive Manager Level, Achievement of IOSH Leading Safely Qualification
Lot #5Thought Leadership Programmes, Seminars and NetworksAwarded
Provision thought leadership and leadership insight at the leading edge of leadership theory and practice. Additional information: Access to a leading-edge management and leadership thought leaders to develop the Service’s leadership mindset, climate and practice in leading beyond authority and delivering positive impact in large complex systems with increasingly diverse stakeholders
Lot #6Leadership CoachingAwarded
Provision of ad-hoc and bespoke executive coaching to meet specific needs of The Service senior leaders as individuals and collectively as a leadership team. Additional information: To establish a bank of executive coaches that Senior Leadership can engage with and select from, on an as and when needed basis, for individual and/or team based executive coaching.
Lot #7Leadership Development PsychometricsAwarded
Provision of baseline psychometric information to guide individualised development planning in pursuit of effective leadership succession planning. Additional information: Utilising psychometric assessments to enable increased self-awareness and understanding that underpin the development of leadership mindset, behaviours and practice required by the service now and in the future for all Service leadership levels
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Economic & financial standing
Current Ratio, Net Assets (Total Assets minus Total Liabilities), Three Years' Continuous Profitable Trading
Minimum: Current Ratio: Current ratio must be greater than 1.0 for each year for the last three years. This will be assessed by the Contracting Authority by reference to an independent financial reporting service Net Assets (Total Assets minus Total Liabilities). This must be positive (… - Technical & professional ability
The successful Service Provider will be required to demonstrate successful delivery of the required services over a widespread and geographically and economically diverse area, specifically including the successful delivery of community benefits as required by this contract
Certification in terms of Quality Management (ISO9000); Environmental (ISO 14000); Health and Safety (ISO18000); and Business Continuity (ISO22301)
Minimum: Demonstration of successful delivery of similar requirements to at least one similarly large and complex organisation over the last three years
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 3 points.
- “Leadership Development Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 7 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- Yes · October 2025
- First published
- 20 Dec 2021, 17:14 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 May 2022, 08:48 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
T3C-072-2122- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011420- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0303d0Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all
tenderers and candidates of its decision to award the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish a dynamic purchasing
system. The SFRS will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill at the point information on the contract award is communicated to
tenderers. The SFRS is obliged to comply with the regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sheriff Court
or the Court of Session where as a consequence of a breach by the SFRS, they suffer or risk suffering loss or damage. The bringing of court
proceedings during the standstill period means that the SFRS must not enter into the contract, conclude the framework agreement or
establish the dynamic purchasing system unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of: or the court, by interim order,
brings to an end the prohibition. The bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and the remedies that are available
to the courts are detailed in the regulations.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:692132)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
4 Feb 2022 → 4 May 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published4 May 2022, 08:48 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete4 May 2022, 08:48 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast6 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Management and Leadership Accredited Development
- Signed
- 3 May 2022
- Value
- £330,220
- Status
- active
Management and Leadership Development Materials/Resources
- Signed
- 3 May 2022
- Value
- £2,663,700
- Status
- active
Health and Safety Accredited Leadership Development
- Signed
- 3 May 2022
- Value
- £738,400
- Status
- active
Thought Leadership Programmes, Seminars and Networks
- Signed
- 3 May 2022
- Value
- £1,705,280
- Status
- active
Leadership Coaching
- Signed
- 3 May 2022
- Value
- £68,640
- Status
- active
Leadership Development Psychometrics
- Signed
- 3 May 2022
- Value
- £264,600
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Management and Leadership Accredited Development | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
| 3 · Management and Leadership Development Materials/Resources | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 4 · Health and Safety Accredited Leadership Development | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 5 · Thought Leadership Programmes, Seminars and Networks | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 6 · Leadership Coaching | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 7 · Leadership Development Psychometrics | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
13 commercial parties on the notice- Assessment Services Ltd (trading as Excellence Squared Academy)Framework contractor
- Bazon LimitedFramework contractor
- City of Glasgow CollegeFramework contractor
- Coaching Direct LtdFramework contractor
- Common Purpose UKFramework contractor
- Edinburgh CollegeFramework contractor
- FranklinCoveyFramework contractor
- Future Proof LearningFramework contractor
- Know You More LtdFramework contractor
- Morden Solutions (UK) LtdFramework contractor
Show 3 more suppliers
- Supportive Solutions LtdFramework contractor
- The Keil CentreFramework contractor
- Woodward Safety Health and Environment LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.