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Official UK procurement notice

Leader Development · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Thirteen Housing Group Limited (Housing)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£180,000≈ £90k / year · £216,000 inc. VAT19.5% above final estimate
Submissions closed 24 Nov 2025awarded 13 Jan 2025
Awarded to ClarusBlue Consulting Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 11 Jan 2028 · up to 11 Jan 2029 with extensions · starts 12 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

At 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

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£180,000

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
How bids were scored
  • 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)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness and management consultancy servicesManagement training servicesPersonnel-training servicesStaff training servicesTraining services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d3b5 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

30 days net

Review and risk notes
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
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
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
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Oct 2025 → 23 Feb 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Tender notice published361 days ago
    24 Oct 2025, 16:52 BST
  2. Clarification questions by340 days ago
    14 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline330 days ago
    24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
  4. Award decision expected by312 days ago
    12 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts282 days ago
    12 Jan 2026
  6. Assessment summaries sent275 days ago
    19 Jan 2026
  7. Standstill ends263 days ago
    30 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  8. Latest notice published239 days ago
    23 Feb 2026, 13:46 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Oct 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    24 Oct 2025, 16:52 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    21 Jan 2026, 19:52 GMT
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    21 Jan 2026, 19:52 GMT
  4. Contract signature expected
    5 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  5. Contract details notice published
    23 Feb 2026, 13:46 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £215,0721 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 5855 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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. VAT13 Jan 2025Awarded

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

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
58final-stage tenders551—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Thirteen Housing Group Limited

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-MPR: 7522 2 Hudson Quay, Windward Way, MIDDLESBROUGH, North East, TS2 1QGContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ClarusBlue Consulting LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 09515298 King Street, Baston, East Midlands, PE6 9NYContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender