Official UK procurement notice
Member peer mentoring training for councillors
Authority: Local Government Association
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£50,000≈ £25k / year · £60,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 Aug 2025awarded 9 Sept 2025
Awarded to SOUTH EAST TRAINING NETWORK LIMITED2 awards
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Aug 2027 · up to 31 Aug 2028 with extensions · starts 25 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe LGA is looking for a supplier to design and deliver a one-day workshop session of member peer mentoring training for councillors to be repeated at regular intervals over a 2-year period. The aim of the workshop would be to equip those member peers with the skills and capabilities to provide mentoring to other elected members in councils across England.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£50,000
What it takes to wini
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).
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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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 2: 80%
- Criterion 1: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Awarded
- 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
- 23 Jul 2025, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2025, 14:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042391- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0564a3Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
- Submission deadline
- 13 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
23 Jul 2025 → 9 Sept 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published23 Jul 2025, 14:05 BST
- Clarification questions by6 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline13 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts25 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published9 Sept 2025, 14:05 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jul 2025- Tender notice published23 Jul 2025, 14:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published9 Sept 2025, 14:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete9 Sept 2025, 14:05 BST
- Contract signature expected14 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £50,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 1414 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH EAST TRAINING NETWORK LIMITEDSME15 Sept 2025 – 14 Sept 2027 · up to 14 Sept 2028Extensions: This contract is for two years with the option to extend for a further one year at the IDEA’s discretion and continued funding from MHCLG. | £50,000same award published again · counted once | 9 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
| SOUTH EAST TRAINING NETWORK LIMITEDSME15 Sept 2025 – 14 Sept 2027 | £50,000 | 9 Sept 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14final-stage tenders | 14 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SOUTH EAST TRAINING NETWORK LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender