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ClosedFind a Tender · UK4
BuyerImprovement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
StatusClosed
Deadline15 Jun 2026
Value£30,000
Published1 Jun 2026

What is being bought

As part of its ongoing support to the sector, the Local Government Association (LGA) wishes to receive bids from individuals, organisations, or sole traders to design, facilitate, and deliver a programme of support for the local authorities and combined authority of Cumbria. This programme will include a number (approximately 8-12) sessions of workshops and discussions across the political and managerial leadership of the local authorities of Cumberland Council, Westmorland and Furness Council, and the emerging Mayoral Strategic Authority. We are seeking bids from suppliers who have the expertise to design and run sessions both in person.

Categories

Research and development services and related consultancy services 73000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£30,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Mar 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality (80%)
Price (20%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Research and development services and related consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research and development services and related consultancy services (73000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 731,2083 median · 31.5 average (276 of 1,208 with a bid count)2.7 average (303 of 1,208 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer11Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)186Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a352
Latest release ID051225-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jun 01 2026 09:15:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051225-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-06-15T17:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-06-10T16:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://app.panacea-software.com/LGA-Sourcing/eRFX-Suppliers/Open.aspx?requirementId=d632ae37-d51e-46fb-8ffd-05da393d09b4
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£30,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Jun 2026tenderUpdate051225-2026
29 May 2026tenderUpdate050952-2026
26 May 2026tender048669-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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