Lot 1
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Quality of Quote (60%)
Cost (40%)
Buyer: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) →
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The 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.
No lot description published.
Award criteria
Quality of Quote (60%)
Cost (40%)
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Training services, Adult and other education services, Higher education services, Career guidance services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Career guidance services (79634000); 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 set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 79 | 9,853 | 4 median · 32.5 average (3,968 of 9,853 with a bid count) | 3.2 average (4,438 of 9,853 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 13 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 372 | 4 median · 4 average (1 of 372 with a bid count) | 1 average (1 of 372 with named award suppliers) | Not 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.
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.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-065eb3 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 018081-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Fri Feb 27 2026 15:47:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018081-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | No |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-03-16T12:00:00Z |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-03-05T17:00:00Z |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | https://app.panacea-software.com/LGA-Sourcing/eRFX-Suppliers/Open.aspx?requirementId=baedced7-ec26-47a3-939f-c73e2392ce11 |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £30,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 3 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2026 | tender | 018081-2026 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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