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Published 18 Sept 2026, 13:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

AI Delivery Partner for Local Government Support

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-07756c
Creator: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
Published: 2026-09-18T12:10:41.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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Authority: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) (Public body)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Published estimate £100,000£120,000 inc. VAT

Submission deadline 8 Oct 202617:00 BST · 20d 0h left

Clarification cut-off 2 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority

Contract term 5 moup to 8 mo with extensions · starts 21 Oct 2026

Bids per lot · this authority 6all categories · n=6 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of the commission is to secure a multi-disciplinary delivery partner with the local government knowledge, AI expertise, research capability and practical content delivery skills required to help the LGA meet pre-agreed programme objectives by 31 March 2027.

The LGA will provide direction, convene councils and key stakeholders, lead engagement activity, and ensuring alignment with existing priorities. Drawing on its extensive networks and sector expertise, the LGA will support the supplier to deliver outputs that are credible, practical and responsive to the needs of councils. The LGA will retain ownership of all content, outputs and intellectual property developed through the commission.

CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Research and development consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 5 moPublished value£100,000

Contract period: 21 Oct 2026 — 31 Mar 2027 (5 mo) · up to 8 mo with extensionsTurnover guideline: ~£200,000/yr≈ 2× annual value

Value: £100,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT
Extensions: Extensions are only permitted with approval and agreement from the buyer if work has not been completed within original contracted timeframe.

73200000 Research and development consultancy services73300000 Design and execution of research and development

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more

How bids are scored

Quality: 140Price: 60

Published sub-criteria (4)

Quality — 70
Quality — 70
Price — 30
Price — 30

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) buys Research and development consultancy services (CPV 7320) — and who usually turns up

Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)’s own published record, next to the Greater London market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)

contract notices in 36 months: 5 in CPV 7320 · 14 in division 73 · 57 in all categories

Bids per lot6all categories · 36m · n=6 lots

Single-bid lots0%all categories · 36m · n=6 lots

Award vs estimateat estimateall categories · 36m · n=9 pairs

Deadline → award6dall categories · 36m · n=5 notices

Notice updates—no amendment history

Awarded without competition0%CPV 7320 · 36m · n=5 notices

Bids per lot robust · n=6

1 bid 0%
2–3 33%
4–6 17%
7+ 50%

Median 6 · 6 lots on 6 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=9

Below estimate 44%
Within ±2% 33%
Above estimate 22%

9 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · authority’s region

Greater London · Research and development consultancy services (CPV 7320)

contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 32 in CPV 7320 (25 contested) · 144 in division 73 (114 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot6CPV 7320 · 36m · n=9 lots

Single-bid lots22%CPV 7320 · 36m · n=9 lots

Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 7320 · 36m · n=7 pairs

Deadline → award33dCPV 7320 · 36m · n=9 notices

SME bidders68%division 73 · 36m · n=5 lots

Winners based in the region53%CPV 7320 · 36m · n=19 awards

Bids per lot robust · n=9

1 bid 22%
2–3 11%
4–6 22%
7+ 44%

Median 6 · 9 lots on 9 contested notices · CPV 7320.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=7

Below estimate 14%
Within ±2% 86%
Above estimate 0%

7 lot pairs · CPV 7320.

robust · n=9 Awards in Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) (all categories, n=9 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £100,000 that is about £100,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care

Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
“Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Open for tender
Procurement threshold: Below threshold
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 18 Sept 2026, 13:10 BST
Last source update: 18 Sept 2026, 13:10 BST
Authority reference: LG-0523
Latest notice: Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV): Design and execution of research and developmentResearch and development consultancy services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07756c Find a Tender