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title: "Partners in Care and Health Working Age Adults data and benchmarking project"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05f849"
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published: "2026-01-19"
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# Partners in Care and Health Working Age Adults data and benchmarking project

Buyer: IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IDEA)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f849

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## Summary

The Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) is overseeing the "Partners in Care and Health Working Age Adults data and benchmarking project" aimed at enhancing adult social care services across upper tier councils in the UK. Situated in London, IDeA contracted OXFORD BROOKES ENTERPRISES LIMITED for this initiative. The contract was signed on 19th January 2026, with the project spanning from 1st February to 31st March 2026. This project entails developing a data analysis tool to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of services provided to working-age adults with learning disabilities and autism. The procurement process followed an open competition method, aligned with UK legislation 2023/54.

This contract presents significant growth opportunities for enterprises adept in data analysis and the social care sector, particularly those familiar with benchmarking practices. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have a track record in developing robust analytical tools for public health or social care services would find this tender especially suitable. The project requires the ability to work swiftly and leverage existing networks in this domain, thus benefiting businesses with a versatile team and the agility to meet tight deadlines. This competition promotes innovation and efficiency within the sector, encouraging participation from businesses that can deliver high-quality, sustainable solutions aligned with the project's objectives and compliance requirements.

## Notice

Partners in Care and Health learning disability and autistic people team are seeking a provider that can demonstrate experience of working with the adult social care sector or similar sectors on robust data analysis and benchmarking in order to produce a data tool that the learning disability and autistic people team of PCH can use with council adult social care council senior staff to interrogate the value for money of their offer for working age adults using data that is publicly available. This will most likely be an excel tool and will be used internally by the PCH team. The tool must draw in data on all upper tier councils delivering adult social care services. The tool must update automatically as later years data is published by central government so that it stays current This project will need to be delivered within the final quarter of 2025-2026. We are therefore seeking a provider that can mobilise quickly by drawing on their existing knowledge/ networks and are able to build on Partners in Care and Health's existing work in this area. The proposed project timescales are provided below: * Project start and contracts signed 1st February 2026 * Draft version completed by 1st March 2026 * Final version delivered to PCH by 31st March 2026 with any learning or further recommendations in writing Any written material, tools or content produced MUST comply with the LGA accessibility requirements and style guide requirements so that it can become an online report included on the PCH website which is hosted by LGA. NB see https://www.local.gov.uk/about/creating-content-lga Quotations must be submitted via the e-sourcing procurement service portal Panacea and must include: 1) Your Quotation and any relevant documentation. Price should be exclusive of VAT. 2) References 3) Confirmation if you will be operating through your own limited company, sometimes referred to as a 'personal service company'. 4) A detailed project plan 5) Appendix 2: Signed Contractual Undertakings 6) Appendix 3: EDI Questionnaire

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: To be used at buyers discretion, as stated within our contract documents

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004209-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Jan 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Jan 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Jan 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2026 - 30 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £20,830 |
| Lots value | £20,830 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £19,580 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IDEA) |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3HZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OXFORD BROOKES ENTERPRISES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85311200 - Welfare services for the handicapped
- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
- 85312100 - Daycare services
- 85312310 - Guidance services
- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 19 Jan 2026 at 10:12 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004209-2026
- 17 Dec 2025 at 16:23 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084032-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004209-2026
  19th January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084032-2025
  17th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://app.panacea-software.com/LGA-Sourcing/eRFX-Suppliers/Open.aspx?requirementId=fbd88c01-0cfb-40d9-8f0d-e70b8180fa0a
- https://ipc.brookes.ac.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.local.gov.uk/about/creating-content-lga

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