The provision of the design and delivery of a leadership development training programme
Estimated value
£230k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
04 Dec 2025
Description
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced provider to design, develop, and deliver a high-quality leadership development programme that aligns with our strategic objectives, values, and leadership behaviours. The successful provider will work in close partnership with our Learning and Development function to ensure the programme is tailored to the unique context and needs of FOS. The scope of services includes: • Collaborating with FOS’s Learning and Development team to design a scalable leadership development programme, fully aligned with our leadership skills framework and organisational context. • Delivering a blended learning experience incorporating in-person, virtual, hybrid, and on-demand modules for defined cohorts, with the aim of reaching up to 108 leaders over the contract duration. • Supplying all necessary learning materials, tools, and digital content to support sustained learning and development. • Working with FOS’ Learning and Development team to implement robust evaluation methods to assess participant experience, capability development, and the overall impact of the programme. • Sharing responsibility with the FOS team for managing and administering all aspects of programme delivery, quality assurance, and evaluation, ensuring adherence to agreed contract costs and timelines. The programme is expected to run over two years with an option to extend for one year, commencing with a pilot phase followed by a full rollout
Scope
- Reference
- ten_1160
- Total value
- £230,000 excluding VAT£276,000 including VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 20 Feb 2026 to 18 Feb 2028Possible extension to 19 Feb 2029
The programme may need to be extended to incorporate additional particpants or additional bespoke training is required
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 80000000799980008030000080500000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 07 Jan 2026, 12:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 12 Jan 2026, 12:00 pm
- Submission address
- Access to the procurement documents is restricted to: https://procurement.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/web/login.html Locating the tender: 1. Go to ‘Sourcing’ or ‘View Opportunities’ 2. Use the search bar to find the opportunity by its reference number or name. • Project reference: ten_1160 • Name: The provision of the design and delivery of a leadership development training programme 3. Click on the opportunity title to open the tender. 4. Then select ‘Express Interest’ to access documents 5. The system will add the tender to your ‘My Responses’ area. 6. You will now be able to download all tender documents and ask clarification questions. For escalations contact (including project name and reference) : procurement.enquiries@financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition