Find a TenderClosedTender notice
Published 16 May 2025, 10:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Bank of questions for stage 1, SJT for Pathways to Planning

Official notice

Authority: Local Government Association

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£90,000≈ £90k / year · £108,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 May 2025
Contract term 1 yrends 12 Jun 2026 · up to 12 Jun 2028 with extensions · starts 11 Jun 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As part of the LGA’s graduate programme, Pathways to Planning, the LGA wishes to receive bids from individuals, organisations or sole traders to create, design, and testing of situational judgement tests to be used in stage one of our application processes. Pathways to Planning will require a minimum of twenty-four questions to be designed and tested which are dedicated to the topic of planning, chartered surveying, and construction project management in a local government context. The programme expects the test to measure each of its competencies three times. Please note our competencies are currently being reviewed to ensure they meet the requirements of the three professions: planning, chartered surveying, and construction project management in a local government context. This piece of work is due to be finished by 27th June 2025.

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/45J989KD58 ↗

CPV: Assessment centre services for recruitment

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yrSMEVCSEPublished value£108,000
Contract period: 11 Jun 2025 – 12 Jun 2026 (1 yr) · up to 12 Jun 2028 with extensionsValue: £108,000 exc. VAT · £108,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: The contract is for one year, but with the option to extend further for two period of 12months for either/both programmes at the LGA’s discretion and depending on the LGA’s review of services and budgetary approval

What it takes to win
i

How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Criterion 2: 70%
  • Criterion 1: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: Long criteria description
  • Criterion 2: Long criteria description
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Closed
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
16 May 2025, 10:54 BST
Last source update
16 May 2025, 10:54 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022107
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Assessment centre services for recruitment
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051586 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
29 May 2025, 13:00 BST
Clarification deadline
23 May 2025, 00:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 May 2025 → 11 Jun 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    16 May 2025, 10:54 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    23 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    29 May 2025, 13:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    11 Jun 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    16 May 2025, 10:54 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Local Government Association

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PPLL-6427-QNDD Local Government House, 18 Smith Square, London, London, SW1P 3HZContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender