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Chief Executive Children’s Improvement Advisers (CIA) with notice

Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 02:53.

Opportunity overview

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. To support delivery of this programme up to 2 x Chief Executive Children’s Improvement Advisers will be contracted to provide associate support to council Chief Executives, corporate leadership teams, and political leaders to support effective leadership of children’s services. Contracts will start as soon as possible and end on 31 March 2027, with up to 60 days allocated to the end of the contract With a daily rate of £700. his represents a maximum contract value of £42,000 (exclusive of VAT). Bidders must have had recent experience as a Chief Executive of a council with statutory responsibility for delivering children’s services. Service requirements: • Work closely with the LGA regional children’s improvement advisors and SEND improvement advisers to ensure a coherent offer of support. • Build a wider understanding of the LGAs improvement support to ensure a coherent and co-ordinated offer to councils. • Develop strong relationships with councils and corporate and political leaders to build a clear understanding of need in children’s services, to support leadership, identify innovative solutions, broker improvement strategies, and ensure they are delivered. • Provide constructive challenge to local and regional approaches and priorities. • To support and develop leadership and best practice in councils and support councils at risk • Facilitate discussions across corporate and political leadership groups to develop a shared understanding of children’s services challenges, and a collaborative approach to address these. • Provide or broker mentoring support to individual chief executives and council leaders. Further details of background and scope in Appendix of ITT To apply via electronic submission at link below: a Curriculum Vitae (CV) a short supporting statement of no more than 2 sides answering the quality questions in Appendix 6.

Classification

  • CPV75130000 — Supporting services for the government
  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Lot 1£42k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CEX CIA 2026
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Tender Period

Ends
22 Jun 2026, 17:00

Enquiry period

Ends
18 Jun 2026, 17:00

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation Location

Gazetteer

Scheme
GB-ONS

Identifiers

K02000001

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
50,400
Amount
42,000
Currency
GBP

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Contract period

Starts
20 Jul 2026, 01:00
Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2028, 23:59

Renewal

Description
There is an option to extend this contract, at the buyer’s discretion for a further year.

Award criteria

Description
Quality, availability

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
75130000
Description
Supporting services for the government

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
053378-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
5 Jun 2026, 14:15
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)
Id
GB-COH-03675577

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
03675577

Address

Street Address
18 smith square
Locality
london
Postal Code
sw1p 3hz
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Name
Richard Cooke

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · london · UKI32 · sw1p 3hz · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 053378-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·