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LGA children's improvement - Health Engagement Advisors (HEA) with notice

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BuyerImprovement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
StatusOpen
Deadline10 Sept 2026
Value£42,000
Published27 Aug 2026

What is being bought

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. This programme is supported through grant funding from the Department for Education (DfE), with a focus on: • Building leadership capacity and capability within local authorities, equipping corporate and political leaders with the skills, confidence and knowledge to lead SEND improvement and deliver SEND reforms. • Strengthening leadership readiness for SEND reform, including improving strategic oversight, system leadership and the effective use of learning and best practice. To support delivery of this programme 2 x Health Engagement Advisers will be contracted to provide associate support to ICBs and councils, specifically in SEND. Bidders must have had recent experience as at a senior strategic ICB level, with a focus on SEND (for example significant experience as a DCO or Chief Nurse for SEND). The roles will require both virtual and face-to-face engagement. The contract period will begin soon as possible following award of contracts and will cover delivery of work in the period up to 31 March 2027. Price Payable: The daily rate is £700 excluding VAT. Reasonable travel and accommodation expenses will also be paid on the production of valid receipts and invoices in accordance with LGA policies. Up to 60 days will be allocated for each of the Health Engagement Advisors up to the completion date of 31 March 2027. This represents a maximum contract value per role of £42,000 (exclusive of VAT). The successful associates will work as part of a national SEND improvement programme, partnering with councils, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), NHS England and other stakeholders to strengthen SEND services and readiness for reform. Full service requirements are listed in Appendix 1 'Specification' in the ITT document. To apply using link below to our procurement platform, you will need to 'register a new account' first if you haven't already (bottom link on the page). Once registered, to submit: updated CV, references, confirmation of company type and a personal statement that includes the five 'Quality Questions' listed in Appendix 6 of the ITT. With any questions on how to upload or access information provided on this platform, please contact Panacea support team directly. Email: support@panacea-software.com. Telephone: 0207 976 0116.

Delivery location

UKK, GB · UKJ, GB · UKI, GB · UKH, GB · UKG, GB · UKF, GB · UKE, GB · UKD, GB · UKC, GB

Categories

Research and development consultancy services 73200000General management consultancy services 79411000Public relations consultancy services 79416200Evaluation consultancy services 79419000Miscellaneous health services 85140000Community health services 85323000Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations 98110000Services furnished by political organisations 98132000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£42,000
Contract periodFrom 21 Sept 2026 to 31 Mar 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Services furnished by political organisations, Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations, Community health services, Miscellaneous health services, Evaluation consultancy services, Public relations consultancy services, General management consultancy services, Research and development consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 73. The category anchor is Research and development consultancy services (73200000); 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 739262 median · 41.5 average (171 of 926 with a bid count)3 average (184 of 926 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer11Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK362 median · 3.4 average (7 of 36 with a bid count)1 average (8 of 36 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)220Not 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 regimelightTouch
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.

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Latest release ID081896-2026
Latest release timestampThu Aug 27 2026 14:42:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081896-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-10T09:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-07T16:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
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Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£42,000
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
27 Aug 2026tenderUpdate081896-2026
27 Aug 2026tender081837-2026

All source data

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

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