Published date: 9 November 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 14 December 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Specialist training services - 80510000

  • Personal development training services - 80570000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

METOFC001-DN373037-66046614

Published date

9 November 2018

Closing date

14 December 2018

Contract start date

18 February 2019

Contract end date

17 February 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

For the Met Office (MO) to trade effectively and to support our customers in achieving their goals, it is essential that staff are supported in developing the skills across the following areas:

a) To optimise the performance of our people to negotiate successfully with a range of clients to achieve successful outcomes for both customers and the Met Office.
b) To establish more strategic relationships with industry leaders and regulators and develop 'trusted advisor' relationships with clients, consulting on needs rather than selling products.
c) To enable effective internal and external negotiations with colleagues, stakeholders and customers to drive performance for the whole organisation.

The Met Office requires external training of its staff to enable a consistent approach to the delivery of the overarching outcomes as described above. We are aiming to implement a training framework split in to three Lots across the follow areas; Innovative Negotiation Training, Innovative Consultative Selling Training, General introductions to Innovative Sales & Marketing Training.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Mel Staton

Address

Fitzroy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
England

Telephone

+44 1392885279

Email

mel.staton@metoffice.gov.uk

Website

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk