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Futures-led workshop facilitation on the drivers shaping local government

Buyer: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) →

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BuyerImprovement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
StatusClosed
Deadline13 Feb 2026
Value£50,000
Published19 Jan 2026

What is being bought

The Local Government Association seeks an experienced partner to support delivery of Phase One of ‘LG2040: The State of Things to Come’, a futures and reform initiative. This phase will apply futures methodology to design and facilitate domain-specific workshops exploring the forces shaping local government to 2040.

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Seminar organisation services 79951000Event services 79952000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£50,000
Contract periodFrom 23 Feb 2026 to 31 Jul 2026

Award criteria
Quality — A1 Overview of methodology and suitability of approach 20% A2 Relevant skills, knowledge and experience 30% A3 Ability to deliver within the timescales 10% A4 Quality assurance and other risk controls 5% A5 Equality, diversity and inclusion 5% (70%)
Price — B Price 30% (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Event services, Seminar organisation servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Seminar organisation services (79951000); 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 795,3253 median · 34 average (1,640 of 5,325 with a bid count)3.2 average (1,836 of 5,325 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer13Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK1,5054 median · 63.7 average (457 of 1,505 with a bid count)5.5 average (538 of 1,505 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4747 median · 8.3 average (3 of 474 with a bid count)1 average (3 of 474 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.

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-060946
Latest release ID004551-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jan 19 2026 18:00:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004551-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-02-13T17:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-02-06T17:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://app.panacea-software.com/LGA-Sourcing/eRFX-Suppliers/Open.aspx?requirementId=1a22abb5-655c-4ac5-b33d-03dd7cd28962
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£50,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
19 Jan 2026tenderUpdate004551-2026
19 Jan 2026tender004540-2026

All source data

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

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