Official UK procurement notice
Leader Development · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Thirteen Housing Group Limited (Housing)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAt Thirteen, we’ve been working to help improve the lives of people in our neighbourhoods for years. We provide our customers with homes, support and opportunities to grow.
We own and manage 35,000 properties across the North East and Yorkshire and offer a home for life, providing housing and support services. We’re here for anyone who needs a home and a helping hand too.
We’re the largest housing provider in the North East of England, and amongst the biggest 25 nationally, but we remain locally responsive. We work hard to support communities in the places we have homes to help address the social, economic and environmental issues that matter to our customers and partners.
Further information is available on the Group’s website www.thirteengroup.co.uk ↗
This tender is for services required (hereinafter “the Service”) to Thirteen Housing Group Limited a registered community and benefit society under number 7522 whose registered office is at Hudson Quay, Windward Way, Middlesbrough, TS2 1QG
The purpose of this tender is to provide all interested parties with the opportunity to propose an accurately priced solution for the provision of services required– contract title in accordance with the Specification of requirements, terms and conditions of contract.
Following a recent cultural audit, updates to our target operating model, and the insights gathered through our latest Investors in People assessment, it’s clear that investing in leadership development is vital for driving the cultural shift necessary to achieve our strategic goals.
We are therefore preparing to launch a comprehensive leadership development programme in 2025 to focused on our Chief Executive, Executive Directors, and Service Directors (collectively our Senior Leadership Team) and then to all leaders and people managers across the organisation.
We are looking for bids from experienced consultancies, or joint bids from aligned partners, to collaborate on the co-design and delivery of two programmes.
Programme 1: A high-impact, transformational leadership programme. (approx. 234 colleagues)
Programme 2: A practical foundation programme for operational managers and team leaders (approx. 234 colleagues)
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Management training services · Personnel-training services · Staff training services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 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).
- Simple description: 25% price and 75% quality
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Oct 2025, 16:52 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Feb 2026, 13:46 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
THIR 25 258- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068340- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d3b5Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days net
- Risks
We reserve the right to make changes during the contract term if risks arise—whether we know about them now or they appear later. This helps us protect Thirteen and deliver the best outcomes.
The nature of programme development does mean that as we do not currently know the full scope of the requirements as this will be explored. The delivery of the requirements may also result in variations of the original programme design. Therefore, variations to cost or extensions of time.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Oct 2025 → 23 Feb 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published361 days ago24 Oct 2025, 16:52 BST
- Clarification questions by340 days ago14 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline330 days ago24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by312 days ago12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts282 days ago12 Jan 2026
- Assessment summaries sent275 days ago19 Jan 2026
- Standstill ends263 days ago30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published239 days ago23 Feb 2026, 13:46 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Oct 2025- Tender notice published24 Oct 2025, 16:52 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published21 Jan 2026, 19:52 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Jan 2026, 19:52 GMT
- Contract signature expected5 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Feb 2026, 13:46 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClarusBlue Consulting LtdSME9 Feb 2026 – 8 Feb 2028 · up to 8 Feb 2029Extensions: 2 x 6 month optional extensions following a 24 month initial term | £215,072 inc. VAT | 13 Jan 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Leader Development · ClarusBlue Consulting LtdSME
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2026
- Value
- £215,072 inc. VAT
- Period
- 20 Feb 2026 – 19 Feb 2028 · up to 8 Feb 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 x 6 month optional extensions following a 24 month initial term
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58final-stage tenders | 55 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ClarusBlue Consulting LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender