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DDAT Capability Framework Refresh

Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)

Buyer Address: 18 smith square, london, UKI32, sw1p 3hz, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Ellie Stewart

Contact Email: ellie.stewart@local.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +447511712289

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
25000.0 GBP
Gross: 25000.0 GBP
Published
01 Dec 2025, 11:48
Deadline
09 Jan 2026, 17:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
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Description

To refresh and further evolve the LGA DDAT capabilities framework to keep it up to date and relevant, and to support operationalisation of the framework through the LGA DDAT workforce planning offer to councils. The LGA requires support to evolve its current DDaT skills framework to a deeper level, building on the solid foundations to date, to ensure that it is more useful and usable to a wider audience of local government practitioners, focused on DDAT professionals or people looking to move into a DDAT role. This work needs to be completed by April 2026 to support an offer from the LGA workforce team to councils for DDAT workforce planning. The LGA’s future vision for the DDaT skills framework is to create a similar framework to the one created by GDS for DDaT roles in central government and for this to be used as a standard skills reference tool for all councils in England, enabling greater professionalisation of DDaT capabilities within councils to support improved outcomes to local communities. This would be supported by a tool (ideally online), enabling users to self-assess against the framework and be recommended areas for further development and recommend relevant course content linking to the DSIT Digital and Data Hub. The development of this tool is out of scope for this contract and will be explored as a future phase.

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External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078430-2025

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Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 25,000.00

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2026-01-26T00:00:00Z

Lot 1 Contract End: 2026-03-30T23:59:59Z

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