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Published 10 Sept 2025, 19:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

LGA Graduate Programmes Assessment Centre Platform

Official notice

Authority: Local Government Association

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£35,000≈ £18k / year · £42,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Sept 2025
Contract term 2 yrsends 27 Oct 2027 · up to 27 Oct 2028 with extensions · starts 27 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As part of the LGA’s three graduate programmes, the Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme, Impact: Finance, and Pathways to Planning, the LGA wishes to receive bids from individuals, organisations or sole traders for a virtual assessment centre platform for our three graduate programmes.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

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CPV: Assessment centre services for recruitment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 2 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£35,000
Contract period: 27 Oct 2025 – 27 Oct 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 27 Oct 2028 with extensionsValue: £35,000 exc. VAT · £42,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Subject to confirmation of annual funding this contract will be for the duration of two years with the option to extend for one year.
79635000 Assessment centre services for recruitment

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 2: 70%
  • Criterion 1: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1
  • Criterion 2
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
10 Sept 2025, 19:05 BST
Last source update
10 Sept 2025, 19:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055619
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Assessment centre services for recruitment
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059822 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
26 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
19 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

Timeline

10 Sept 2025 → 27 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 19:05 BST
  2. Clarification questions by397 days ago
    19 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline390 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts360 days ago
    27 Oct 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 19:05 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Local Government Association

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PPLL-6427-QNDD Local Government House, 18 Smith Square, London, London, SW1P 3HZContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender