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# Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/improvement-and-development-agency-for-local-government-idea-coh-03675577). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) is a Other public body based in Greater London. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 68 published procedures, with 3 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
- **Classification:** Other public body
- **Delivery Region:** Greater London
- **Authority ID:** `GB-COH-03675577` (Companies House)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 3
- **Total Published Procedures:** 68
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £370k (median award: £28k) across 7 of 12 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/improvement-and-development-agency-for-local-government-idea-coh-03675577

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 7 bids (median of 5 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 2% below the published estimate (median of 3 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 66 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 62 (94%), Route not published: 3 (5%), Direct award: 1 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 21 notices, last 24 months (32% of this period)
2. **[Research and development services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/research-development-r-d-73000000) (CPV 73):** 20 notices, last 24 months (30% of this period)
3. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 15 notices, last 24 months (23% of this period)
4. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 8 notices, last 24 months (12% of this period)
5. **[Administration, defence and social security](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/administration-defence-and-social-security-services-75000000) (CPV 75):** 5 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[DESIGN MIDLANDS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/design-midlands-limited-coh-04456338):** 1 procedures
2. **[Highbroom Consultancy Limited trading as Alder Advice](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/highbroom-consultancy-limited-trading-as-alder-advice-coh-06559652):** 1 procedures
3. **[Social Care Enterprises Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/social-care-enterprises-limited-coh-07217330):** 1 procedures
4. **[c&i associates Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/c-i-associates-ltd-coh-09100939):** 1 procedures
5. **[COLLABORATE OUT LOUD C.I.C.](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/collaborate-out-loud-c-i-c-coh-10858241):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Town Legal LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/town-legal-llp-coh-oc413003):** £175k · [Streamlining Section 106: developing standard clauses, obligations, guidance and best practice tools](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/streamlining-section-106-developing-standard-clauses-obligations-guidance-and-best-practic-ocds-h6vhtk-05e944) · Awarded: 23 Dec 2025
2. **[Work Psychology Group](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/work-psychology-group-coh-06390598):** £69k · [LGA’s Graduate Programmes Situational Judgement Test (SJT) Questions ](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lga-s-graduate-programmes-situational-judgement-test-sjt-questions-ocds-h6vhtk-06b715) · Awarded: 10 Jun 2026
3. **[Permanent Futures Ltd 'Futures'](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/permanent-futures-ltd-futures-coh-04430310):** £36k · [Redesigning Liquidlogic Workflows and Power BI Reporting for Swindon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/redesigning-liquidlogic-workflows-and-power-bi-reporting-for-swindon-borough-council-ocds-h6vhtk-0605e7)
4. **[Avie Consultancy Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/avie-consultancy-limited-coh-11464136):** £28k · [Support for local authority performance management – panels, action learning sets and case studies](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/support-for-local-authority-performance-management-panels-action-learning-sets-and-case-st-ocds-h6vhtk-069c0a) · Awarded: 8 Jun 2026
5. **[Consortium24](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/consortium24-coh-oc454239):** £23k · [Brighton and Hove Council; Improving flow, process and waiting times](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/brighton-and-hove-council-improving-flow-process-and-waiting-times-ocds-h6vhtk-0697d2)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 8
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 8
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/improvement-and-development-agency-for-local-government-idea-coh-03675577#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/improvement-and-development-agency-for-local-government-idea-coh-03675577
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt