# Provision of Accelerated Management Training

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON](/buyers/university-of-southampton/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Cranfield Management Development Limited
- Award value: £36,000
- Tender value: £36,000
- Award date: 19 July 2016
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Contract start: 21 November 2016
- Contract end: 20 November 2017
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5ea92d9e-7530-4a49-a0f2-b2461a929edf-111526
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-470c286a-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

Award of the contract for the provision of Accelerated Management Training\. \*\*Please note\*\* This requirement has already been fulfilled therefore this notice is published for transparency purposes only\. iSolutions is the University’s centralised information technology department tasked with providing all IT needs from a Windows desktop to High Performance Computing\. The department has 300 members of staff ranging from service desk staff and specialist networking experts, to project managers and software engineers\. iSolutions plays a key role in providing the University with a flexible platform in support of its research and teaching goals\. Recent changes in staffing within iSolutions have highlighted the need to pay more attention to the area of management development\. To this end the Director of iSolutions has allocated a training budget which aims to accelerate the development of three current managers as part of a wider management training programme\. The long term goal is to enhance the strength and depth of the management team, provide development opportunities for high-potential individuals, and to reduce the reliance on external recruitment for senior management positions\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5ea92d9e-7530-4a49-a0f2-b2461a929edf-111526)