Official UK procurement notice
Early Careers and Apprenticeship Support Programme
Authority: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe LGA seeks to appoint a strategic delivery partner for our Early Careers and Apprenticeships Support Programme 2026. This programme provides expertise and delivery of services to councils as employers at a national, regional and local level for councils in England.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Career guidance services · Higher education services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£30,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality of Quote: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality of Quote
- Cost
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Feb 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Feb 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Authority reference
EARLY CAREERS- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-018081- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065eb3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
27 Feb 2026 → 18 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published236 days ago27 Feb 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Clarification questions by230 days ago5 Mar 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline219 days ago16 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts217 days ago18 Mar 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Feb 2026, 15:47 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender