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Numerical test for Impact Finance graduate scheme

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

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BuyerImprovement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
StatusClosed
Deadline12 Aug 2026
Value£10,000
Published3 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The LGA is looking to purchase an off-the-shelf numerical test to assess the ability of candidates applying to join the Impact (Finance) graduate programme to perform calculations, evaluate and interpret numerical information, and solve problems, the test should have an emphasis on financial information and data.

Categories

Assessment centre services for recruitment 79635000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£10,000
Contract periodFrom 24 Aug 2026 to 24 Feb 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Quality — Quality of service provision outlined, including sample questions. 30 Quality of experience in delivering a similar service ideally within a graduate recruitment or assessment context and any other professional experience you consider relevant. 20 Quality of outlined commitment to equality and diversity and how this is demonstrated in your work. 20 (70%)
Price (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Assessment centre services for recruitmentNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 79. The category anchor is Assessment centre services for recruitment (79635000); 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 794,2093 median · 33.6 average (1,132 of 4,209 with a bid count)2.8 average (1,269 of 4,209 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer13Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)74Not 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 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.

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Latest release ID073372-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 03 2026 15:43:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073372-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-12T16:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-08-10T16:00:00Z
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://app.panacea-software.com/LGA-Sourcing/eRFX-Suppliers/OpenReq.aspx?requirementId=55610e5f-331a-4084-b736-fdd3ad852bed
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£10,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Aug 2026tender073372-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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