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title: "Children’s services governance adviser (with notice)"
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# Children’s services governance adviser (with notice)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-services-governance-adviser-with-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-06ce17). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA): "Children’s services governance adviser (with notice)". Published status: active. Published Value: £39,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: app.panacea-software.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/improvement-and-development-agency-for-local-government-idea-coh-03675577)
- **Published Value:** £39,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 August 2026 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Development consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-services-governance-adviser-with-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-06ce17#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06ce17`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-services-governance-adviser-with-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-06ce17#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [app.panacea-software.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.panacea-software.com%2FLGA-Sourcing%2FeRFX-Suppliers%2FOpenReq.aspx%3FrequirementId%3Dd21a362a-5f86-4ba2-9494-8fffdd6d91df)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/children-s-services-governance-adviser-with-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-06ce17#participate

## Description
The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. It works on behalf of member councils to support, promote, and improve local government.
The LGA delivers a programme of children’s services leadership support to councils and corporate and political leaders.
The LGA is seeking to appoint up to two experienced Children's Services Governance Advisers to provide specialist support to councils across the nine regions.
The advisers will work with elected members, senior officers and system partners to strengthen governance arrangements that support effective children's services and SEND delivery. This will include supporting councils to respond to significant organisational or system change, including implementing Children's Social Care reforms, SEND reform, local government reorganisation, and changing partnership arrangements. To do this the advisers will undertake direct work with corporate and political leaders including scrutiny committees and corporate parenting boards.
The role requires individuals with strong professional credibility, excellent political awareness, and significant experience of supporting improvement within children's services governance and/or wider partnership governance systems.
Contracts will commence as soon as possible and run until 31 March 2027, with an option to extend for a further year at the LGA's discretion.
Each contract will comprise up to 60 days of support and the role will involve a combination of virtual and face-to-face delivery and may occasionally require evening commitments.
Service requirements:
Governance Improvement and Diagnostic Support
Political Leadership and Member Development
Partnership Governance and System Leadership
Developing networks and relationships
Contribution to the LGA Improvement Offer
(Greater detail of the Services are set out in Appendix 2 of draft contract and ITT held within the procurement platform)
To submit, please use the below link to our procurement platform, where you'll need to 'register a new account' at the bottom of the page.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73220000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £39,000

- **Contract Period:** 17/08/2026 to 31/03/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F067910-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-17T14:14:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T06:04:49.422Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06ce17