National Commissioning Academy applications are open: September 2026 to February 2027View dates and fees

Applied development programme

Contract Management Development Programme

Refresh contract management skills, strengthen judgement and help people work with outcomes, value, relationships and evidence across the contract lifecycle.

Next cohort to be announced

Contract management is a public outcome discipline

The programme refreshes core skills and guidance while challenging participants to work differently with risk, performance, evidence, providers and stakeholders.

Facilitators and contributors have experience on both sides of contracts. That matters because the formal contract never contains the whole relationship or the full set of practical constraints.

Typical territory

  • Risk and stakeholder co-design.
  • Bid evaluation and mobilisation.
  • Negotiation and relationship management.
  • Performance measures and difficult conversations.
  • Value for money, social value and outcomes.
  • Evidence for future decisions.
  • Building a continuing community of practice.

Sessions are practical and applied. A longer final session gives participants space to demonstrate and use what they have learned rather than simply recall it.

Start with the work

Tell us what is happening, who needs to act, and what cannot wait.

We will help you decide whether a short diagnostic, an in-house cohort, a place-based academy, or an existing programme is the sensible next move.