Official UK procurement notice
Planning and Scoping Partners in Care & Health Continuous Improvement Programme
Authority: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) (Public body)
To undertake a scoping, mapping, and review of approaches of key elements of the PCH Continuous Improvement programme to inform the programme in 2027-28 and 2028-29. This project is funded in whole or in part by grant funding provided by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA). The Supplier must familiarise themselves with the special conditions attached to the Purchase Order Terms and Conditions for the delivery of the work. As referenced above the LGA / IDeA were awarded a 3-year grant, for the period April 2026 to March 2029, from DHSC to provide continuous improvement support to councils in England with Adult Social Care responsibilities. Published lot titles: Leadership, governance, and assurance; Understanding need and shaping demand; Resources, commissioning, and investment; System capacity; Workforce.
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionTo undertake a scoping, mapping, and review of approaches of key elements of the PCH Continuous Improvement programme to inform the programme in 2027-28 and 2028-29.
This project is funded in whole or in part by grant funding provided by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA).
The award of this contract and any payments under it are conditional upon IDeA maintaining in force a Grant Funding Agreement with DHSC covering the relevant Funding Period.
In the event that:
- the Grant Funding Agreement is not executed,
- funding is reduced, withheld, suspended, or terminated, or
- IDeA is required by DHSC to vary or terminate delivery of the relevant Funded Activities.
IDeA reserves the right to vary, suspend or terminate this contract on written notice without liability beyond payment for services properly delivered up to the date of termination.
By submitting the bid, the Supplier acknowledges that this project forms part of the Funded Activities delivered under a Grant Funding Agreement between IDeA and DHSC. The Supplier must familiarise themselves with the special conditions attached to the Purchase Order Terms and Conditions for the delivery of the work
The IDeA as Partners in Care and Health (PCH) helps councils to improve the way they deliver adult social care and public health services and helps Government understand the challenges faced by the sector. The programme is a trusted network for developing and sharing best practice, developing tools and techniques, providing support, and building connections. It is offered to councils without charge.
As referenced above the LGA / IDeA were awarded a 3-year grant, for the period April 2026 to March 2029, from DHSC to provide continuous improvement support to councils in England with Adult Social Care responsibilities. The programme comprises the following elements
- Care and Health and Improvement Advisers (CHIAs) – 0.5 FTE for each of nine Regions
- Research, data and intelligence
- Support to Councils rated ‘Requires Improvement’ and Inadequate’ post CQC assessment
- Continuous Improvement programme, comprising the following elements:
- Leadership
o CQC assurance
o Local Government Reorganisation
o Finance & resources
o Digital
o Elected member support
- Working with People
o Working age adults
o Co-production & care equity
o Mental Health
o Professional practice
o Safeguarding
o Unpaid carers
- Providing Support
o Market oversight and intelligence
o Commissioning
o Housing
o Workforce
The prospectus for the 2026-27 can be found here Improvement and support offer 2026/27 - prospectus | Local Government Association
The review to be commissioned covers the scoping and planning for the continuous improvement elements of this programme.
CPV: Health services · Social work and related services
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Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value (£125,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Leadership, governance, and assuranceRenewalPublished value£25,000
Lot 1: Leadership, governance, and assurance: leadership for portfolio leads, scrutiny chairs, response to CQC assurance, data, and intelligence Leadership development for senior adult social care professionals
Lot #2Understanding need and shaping demandRenewalPublished value£25,000
Lot 2: A person-centred approach to understanding need and shaping demand: assessing needs, preparing for adulthood, unpaid carers, safeguarding and Deprivation of Liberty (DoLs).
Lot #3Resources, commissioning, and investmentRenewalPublished value£25,000
Lot 3: Resources, commissioning, and investment: use of resources, commissioning predominantly to focus on strategic commissioning across all adult age groups, and a focus on prevention
Lot #4System capacityRenewalPublished value£25,000
Lot 4: System capacity: integrated working across health and social care, to include system leadership and governance arrangements between councils and the NHS , neighbourhood working and joint funding across the health and care interface.
Lot #5WorkforceRenewalPublished value£25,000
Lot 5: Workforce: (both commissioned and council workforce)
What it takes to wini
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Published award criteria (2)
- Price: The Maximum budget for each Lot is £25,000.00 + VAT and expenses.
- Quality: Capability 25% • Appendix 9: Quality Questions - Question 1 Delivery Methodology 75% • Appendix 9: Quality Questions - Question 2 (50%) • Appendix 9: Quality Questions - Question 3 (25%)
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected: about £50,000 per lot (twice each lot's annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) buys Health services (CPV 8510), and who usually turns up
Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Health services (CPV 8510) →
How the contest usually goes
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Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 6 days of the bid deadline.
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Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid0% / 25%
2–320% / 32%
4–620% / 26%
7+60% / 17%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate67% / 35%
Within ±2%33% / 58%
Above estimate0% / 7%
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Leadership, governance, and assuranceCPV 85Published estimate£25k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid16%
2–333%
4–634%
7+17%
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Based on 115 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£23k–£25k
Estimate£25k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Putsham AssociatesWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Cummings Financial SolutionsWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Highbroom Consultancy Limited trading as Alder AdviceWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| JG Consulting and SupportWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Consortium24Worked for this buyer | Brighton and Hove Council; Improving flow, process and waiting timesnotice published Jul 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Skills for Care LtdGroup company | £33m5 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 2 live · £29m i | 45% below n=3 |
Consortium24SME | £186k3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £23k i | at estimate n=1 |
| £1.6m2 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £3.5m3 awards in 36m · last 16 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs |
Lot #2Understanding need and shaping demandCPV 85Published estimate£25k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid14%
2–330%
4–632%
7+25%
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Based on 115 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£23k–£25k
Estimate£25k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| JG Consulting and SupportWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Putsham AssociatesWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Highbroom Consultancy Limited trading as Alder AdviceWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Cummings Financial SolutionsWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £2.3m5 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £1.1m i | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs |
Lot #3Resources, commissioning, and investmentCPV 85Published estimate£25k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid18%
2–335%
4–633%
7+15%
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Based on 115 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£23k–£25k
Estimate£25k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| JG Consulting and SupportWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Highbroom Consultancy Limited trading as Alder AdviceWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Cummings Financial SolutionsWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Putsham AssociatesWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Consortium24Worked for this buyer | Brighton and Hove Council; Improving flow, process and waiting timesnotice published Jul 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £15m10 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 4 live · £14m i | 5% below n=10 | |
Consortium24SME | £186k3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £23k i | at estimate n=1 |
| £32m6 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs |
Lot #4System capacityCPV 85Published estimate£25k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid20%
2–335%
4–630%
7+15%
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Based on 115 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£23k–£25k
Estimate£25k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Putsham AssociatesWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Highbroom Consultancy Limited trading as Alder AdviceWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| JG Consulting and SupportWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Cummings Financial SolutionsWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Consortium24Worked for this buyer | Brighton and Hove Council; Improving flow, process and waiting timesnotice published Jul 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £15m10 awards in 36m · last 6 months ago | 4 live · £14m i | 5% below n=10 | |
Consortium24SME | £186k3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £23k i | at estimate n=1 |
Pulse Healthcare Limited t/a XylaGroup company | £451k14 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 5 live · £15m i | no comparable pairs |
| £3.5m3 awards in 36m · last 16 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs |
Lot #5WorkforceCPV 85Published estimate£25k
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
1 bid17%
2–335%
4–633%
7+15%
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Based on 115 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
Middle 50%£23k–£25k
Estimate£25k
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Cummings Financial SolutionsWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| JG Consulting and SupportWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Highbroom Consultancy Limited trading as Alder AdviceWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Putsham AssociatesWorked for this buyer | Adult Social Care Financial Analysis Bespoke Reviewsnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Consortium24Worked for this buyer | Brighton and Hove Council; Improving flow, process and waiting timesnotice published Jul 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
Who could compete for this lot? i
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Consortium24SME | £186k3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £23k i | at estimate n=1 |
| £32m6 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
Pulse Healthcare Limited t/a XylaGroup company | £451k14 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 5 live · £15m i | no comparable pairs |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 award in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £17k i | no comparable pairs |
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- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
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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
- Open for tender
- 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
- 13 Nov 2026, 14:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Nov 2026, 14:18 GMT
- Authority reference
LG-05311- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-108058- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bbccFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Panacea- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Tender submission deadline
- 4 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
13 Nov 2026 → 14 Dec 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published1h ago13 Nov 2026, 14:18 GMT
- Today13 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 14 days27 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 21 days4 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 30 days14 Dec 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Nov 2026, 14:18 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender