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SEND Improvement Advisers (SIA)

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

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 21:51.

Opportunity overview

The LGA delivers a programme of children’s services leadership support to councils and corporate and political leaders. To support delivery of the LGA’s programme of children’s leadership support to councils, corporate and political leaders through provision of associate support specifically (but not exclusively) in SEND. SEND Improvement Adviser associate roles bring essential expertise and experience into the delivery of the programme. With ever growing demand for support with reform readiness and SEND improvement at political, corporate and partnership levels, up to 3 x SIA roles will be procured for another year to provide up to 60 days support each on a day rate of £700. The SEND Improvement Adviser will be required to: • Collaborate closely across the SIA team to ensure effective national coverage, clear prioritisation and distribution of work, identification of themes and gaps, development of guidance and tools, and a strong evidence base on impact. • Maintain regular engagement with the LGA Children’s Improvement Team to share updates, insight and emerging themes. • Work closely with the LGA children’s improvement advisors and corporate leadership to ensure a coherent, high-quality and strategically aligned offer. • Support and enable peer-led improvement as the primary approach. • Contribute to the design and delivery of national and regional and local leadership development activity. • Develop strong relationships with councils and corporate and political leaders to build a clear understanding of need in SEND, support leadership, strengthen system-wide partnership working. • Build a direct relationship with the regional improvement and innovation alliances (RIIAs). • Provide constructive challenge to local and regional approaches and priorities, including supporting leadership reflection and continuous improvement. • Identify and support councils where there are gaps in readiness for SEND reform or capacity for improvement. • Work with the LGA’s children’s improvement team to commission additional capacity and expertise. • Identify emerging themes, good practice and innovation, and develop and disseminate guidance, tools and case studies. • Ensure best practice and learning is shared widely across the sector and embedded into ongoing improvement activity. • Contribute to the monitoring, evaluation and continuous improvement of the programme. • Build a wider understanding of the LGA’s improvement support to ensure a coherent and co-ordinated offer to councils. Please submit via the link below, you will need to register an account first with our procurement platform to review the Invitation to Tender and submit.

Classification

  • CPV73220000 — Development consultancy 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
SIA 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
6 Aug 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
25 Jul 2026, 17:00

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation Location

Gazetteer

Scheme
GB-ONS

Identifiers

K02000001

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
Tender closing date now 6/08/2026 at MIDDAY
Id
068341-2026

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
17 Aug 2026, 01:00
Ends
31 Mar 2027, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2028, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The procurement covers the delivery of work in the period up to 31st March 2027. There is an option to extend this contract, at the buyer’s discretion for a further year.

Award criteria

Description
Quality questions will be scored in application of the following scoring scale: 4 Excellent The Bidder provides a high level of confidence that: the Bidder’s approach/solution will comply with the Purchaser’s requirements which are relevant to the question and any objective(s) stated within the question; and the Bidder has proposed a robust approach; and the Bidder exceeds the Purchaser’s expectations in delivery of the required outputs. 3 Good The Bidder provides a good level of confidence that: the Bidder’s approach/solution will comply with the Purchaser’s requirements which are relevant to the question and any objective(s) stated within the question; and the Bidder has proposed a robust approach. 2 Satisfactory The Bidder provides an satisfactory level of confidence (with only minor reservations) that: the Bidder’s approach/solution will comply with the Purchaser’s requirements which are relevant to the question and any objective(s) stated within the question; and the Bidder has proposed a robust approach. 1 Poor The Bidder has not responded to the question in full; and/or the response gives rise to some major reservations in respect of whether: the Bidder’s approach/solution will comply with the Purchaser’s requirements which are relevant to the question and any objective(s) stated within the question; and/or the Bidder has proposed a robust approach. 0 Unacceptable The Bidder’s response does not answer the question and/or is irrelevant and/or is otherwise unacceptable.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
73220000
Description
Development consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
068341-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
20 Jul 2026, 15:17
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
Helen Donelan-Bell

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

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 066923-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 068341-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·