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Virtual School Enrichment Training FCA

Birmingham City Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 06:30.

Opportunity overview

Birmingham City Council (BCC) is undertaking a Soft Market Testing exercise to explore the potential procurement of a flexible contracting agreement for training services for Birmingham Virtual School (BVS). This exercise is purely exploratory and intended to help the Council assess the viability and scope of a future procurement. Participation in this process is entirely voluntary and will not affect your eligibility to take part in any subsequent procurement activity. The Training opportunity will be broken into 3 lots based on the target audience so that the services can be supplied under more than one contract. Lot 1: Training for staff at educational establishments and other professionals Lot 2: Training for Social Care Professionals Lot 3: Training for Parents, Carers and Family Members Providers can bid for multiple lots.

Classification

  • CPV80500000 — Training services
  • CPV80510000 — Specialist training 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
P0886 SMT
Status
planning
Main Procurement Category
services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
046110-2025
Description
Engagement deadline extended

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
8 Sept 2025, 23:59

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0001
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
16 Nov 2027, 23:59
Starts
17 Nov 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
17 Nov 2029, 23:59

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
Entry 3
Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 4
Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 5
Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 6
Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
80500000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Training services
Entry 2
Id
80510000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Specialist training services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
042083-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
22 Jul 2025, 15:23
Entry 2
Id
042088-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
22 Jul 2025, 15:26
Entry 3
Id
042089-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
22 Jul 2025, 15:27
Entry 4
Id
042093-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
22 Jul 2025, 15:30
Entry 5
Id
042097-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
22 Jul 2025, 15:31
Entry 6
Id
046110-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
5 Aug 2025, 13:23

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
18 Aug 2025, 23:59
Description
Interested providers should complete the soft market testing questionnaire via the link in the information document available on the Council's e-tendering portal www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Reference Number P0886 SMT

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PCJJ-4826-QMLZ
Name
Birmingham City Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B1 1BB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Council House, 1 Victoria Square

Details

Classifications

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

Identifier

Id
PCJJ-4826-QMLZ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Commercial and Procurement Services

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B1 1BB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKG31 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0563fa-2025-08-05T13:23:15+01:00Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·