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Market Engagement for Counselling and Support Services

BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The contract (Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is to provide therapeutic services for children and young people impacted by sexual abuse, violence, or exploitation and to their parent(s) or carer(s) to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health and emotional wellbeing. The service will: • Provide therapeutic services to children and young people, up to 18 years of age (this may be extended up to 21 years of age for care leavers), who are the victims of sexual abuse, violence or exploitation and to their parent(s) or carer(s) in order to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health and emotional wellbeing; • Promote resilience for the child or young person to enhance their prospects of positive outcomes and to enable them to promote their own safety and wellbeing; • Direct service users to specialist services if continuing or other needs are identified and to facilitate access through established processes. In addition to the main contract, there will be a Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Support Service for Children and young people assessed as Experiencing or Emerging CSE, and their parents/carers/families. The service will be delivered through Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) support, Counselling/therapeutic support and Supporter counselling/therapeutic support: • To provide a child-centred, strengths-based, trauma informed and responsive approach that is both flexible & tailored to meet the needs of children and young people subjected to CSE. • To provide a compassionate and relational approach to each child and young person, which works to acknowledge the systems, contexts and safe, protective relationships around them. • To build the resilience of the protective factors and relationships around children and young people, while working actively to build psychological safety, trust and rapport. • To build 'wrap around,' holistic support for the families, parents/carers & professionals supporting children and young people. Referrals will be predominately from BCT, the market engagement event will facilitate question's and answer's and provide an overview of the service.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Classification

  • CPV85312300 — Guidance and counselling services
  • CPV85312320 — Counselling services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0001Value not stated

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
ocds-h6vhtk-050f2a
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
A market engagement was published 8th May 2025 outlining project scope and potential suppliers requested to submit an expression interest. The market did not respond to the market engagement notice and express of interest was limited to one provider only. The Trust decided to switch to a direct award as a competitive process requires more than one supplier or provider.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
24 Jun 2025, 00:59

Special regime

lightTouch

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 2
Id
urgency

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0001
Status
complete
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
1 Sept 2028, 00:59
Starts
1 Sept 2025, 13:00
Max Extent Date
2 Sept 2030, 00:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0001
Related Lot
LOT-0001

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85312300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Guidance and counselling services
Entry 2
Id
85312320
Scheme
CPV
Description
Counselling services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
019851-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
8 May 2025, 16:34
Entry 2
Id
019877-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
8 May 2025, 17:09

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
17 Jun 2025, 23:59
Description
We are seeking input from potential suppliers to understand market capacity and capability along with appetite to bid. To participate in this market engagement exercise please complete the questionnaire in Appendix A. The completed questionnaire should be returned via Intend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ by noon 17th June 2025. Your feedback will help us shape the final procurement strategy and ensure that we select the most suitable provider for this important service.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PCJW-7359-HTYM
Name
BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B6 4AU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Avenue Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PCJW-7359-HTYM
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Telephone
07892786884
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-10762047
Name
BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B6 4DU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
1 Avenue Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
10762047
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PCJW-7359-HTYM
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 3
Id
GB-COH-6862873
Name
Rape & Sexual Violence Project Birmingham

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B4 7QE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
PO Box 9558

Details

Vcse
Yes
Scale
large

Identifier

Id
6862873
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
1134387
Scheme
GB-CHC

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Counselling and Support Services
Status
pending
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0001
Related Lot
LOT-0001

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKH
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 7
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 8
Region
UKJ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 9
Region
UKK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85312300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Guidance and counselling services
Entry 2
Id
85312320
Scheme
CPV
Description
Counselling services

Value

Amount
1,277,844
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
1,533,412

Renewal

Description
Contract will have the option to extend by 12 months plus 12 months. The contract is only likely to be extended if no other providers are able to deliver a similar service. The Trust may undertake soft market testing prior to the end of the initial contract end date to ascertain if any other providers have entered the marketplace and if a competitive tendering can is an option.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
070277-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
31 Oct 2025, 21:34

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-6862873
Name
Rape & Sexual Violence Project Birmingham

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
1 Nov 2025, 23:59

Related lots

LOT-0001

Contract period

Ends
31 Oct 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Nov 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Oct 2030, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B6 4DU · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG31 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-050f2a-2025-10-31T21:34:01ZPreliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·