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LGA Graduate Programmes Assessment Centre Exercises and Design 2026

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

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 09:32.

Opportunity overview

As part of the LGA’s three graduate programmes, the Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme, Impact: Finance, and Pathways to Planning, the LGA wishes to receive bids from individuals, organisations or sole traders to create materials for our assessment centres for each of the three programmes. The successful supplier will develop exercises and mark schemes aligned to each programme’s competency framework. This will include initial design, piloting with an appropriate sample group, analysis of outcomes and refinement of the materials as required, with the explicit aim of ensuring the assessment is robust, accessible and minimises adverse impact.

Classification

  • CPV79635000 — Assessment centre services for recruitment

Lots

  • Lot 1£125k

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
LGA ASSESSORS
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

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Tender Period

Ends
24 Aug 2026, 09:00

Enquiry period

Ends
17 Aug 2026, 09:00

Other Requirements

Reserved Participation

smeVcse

Reserved Participation Location

Gazetteer

Scheme
GB-ONS

Identifiers

K02000001

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Including VAT
150,000
Amount
125,000
Currency
GBP

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
2 Sept 2026, 01:00
Ends
2 Sept 2027, 23:59

Award criteria

Description
QUALITY - 60% PRICE - 40%

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79635000
Description
Assessment centre services for recruitment

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
073194-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
3 Aug 2026, 13:40
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
Tanya Khatun

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicUndertaking
Description
Public undertaking

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 073194-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·