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title: "Local Authority & Political Leadership Support"
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# Local Authority & Political Leadership Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/local-authority-political-leadership-support-ocds-h6vhtk-029c61). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Local Authority & Political Leadership Support". Published status: complete. Published Value: £5,300,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: education.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** £5,300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 April 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,061,604 (exc. VAT, 3 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029c61`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/local-authority-political-leadership-support-ocds-h6vhtk-029c61#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/local-authority-political-leadership-support-ocds-h6vhtk-029c61#participate

## Description
The primary objective of this proposal is to improve the political and corporate leadership and oversight of Local Authorities (LAs), with responsibility for delivering children’s services.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: A Universal Offer
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 1. Provide leadership development programmes for new and existing political leaders, with responsibility for children’s services, to ensure they understand their statutory role and can provide effective scrutiny and challenge to senior officials to i...
- **Contract Period:** 30/05/2021 to 31/03/2024
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: A Targeted Support Offer
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Project Objectives:
1. To provide targeted improvement support to select LAs, to be agreed with the Department, with a focus on the effectiveness of LA senior leaders, the effectiveness of partnerships (with the Police and clinical commissioning grou...
- **Contract Period:** 30/05/2021 to 31/03/2024
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: An Intensive Support Offer
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Project Objectives:
1. To provide one to one support to individual political and corporate leaders to improve their understanding of what ‘Good’ children’s social care and SEND services look like, from legal compliance to excellence, and how to get t...
- **Contract Period:** 30/05/2021 to 31/03/2024
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** UNIVERSAL SUPPORT (active)
  - Award id: `015987-2021-con_9885-1`
  - Supplier(s): **IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-151561`
  - Value: £1,202,460 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** TARGETED SUPPORT (active)
  - Award id: `015987-2021-con_9885-2`
  - Supplier(s): **IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-151561`
  - Value: £2,236,299 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** INTENSIVE SUPPORT (active)
  - Award id: `015987-2021-con_9887-3`
  - Supplier(s): **IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-151561`
  - Value: £622,845 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** UNIVERSAL SUPPORT (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,202,460
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2021

- **Contract:** TARGETED SUPPORT (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,236,299
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2021

- **Contract:** INTENSIVE SUPPORT (active)
  - Signed Value: £622,845
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015987-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-07-08T21:45:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T16:51:36.271Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029c61