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Birmingham Virtual School Educational Wellbeing Service

Birmingham City Council · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 02:32.

Opportunity overview

Birmingham Virtual School (BVS) seeks to commission an early intervention and prevention Educational Well-Being Service. This service will enrich the educational experiences of children who are looked-after, previously looked-after, or known to social care in Birmingham. The aim is to maximise educational achievement, inclusion and progression by addressing individual needs with specific focus on: (1) preparing for and taking public examinations and tests; and (2) supporting vulnerable children through normal admissions round school-to-school transitions. The service will deliver programmes and direct support that: • Prepare and support children and young people to revise for and sit national examinations/tests (e.g., SATs, GCSEs, A-Levels, and equivalent). • Support confident school transitions at key stages (Pre-1 to Reception, Reception to Year 1, Infant to Junior, Year 6 to Year 7, Year 8 to Year 9, Year 11 to Post-16, Year 13 to Year 14 or Higher Education/employment/training). The contract will commence on 03 September 2026 and will be in place for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.

Classification

  • CPV85311300 — Welfare services for children and young people
  • CPV85312320 — Counselling services

Lots

  • Lot 1AED 800k · Source currency differs from tender

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
P3443
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
This procurement is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system 'In-tend' and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the 'in-tend' system. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email the etendering@birmingham.gov.uk. Tender deadline submission is noon on 2nd March 2026.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Tender Period

Ends
2 Mar 2026, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
19 Feb 2026, 12:00

Expected award period

Ends
14 Apr 2026, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Including VAT
960,000
Amount
800,000
Currency
AED

Award criteria

Weighting Description
The award criteria carries a total weighting of 100%, split into Quality, Social Value and Price. The overall weighting for the Quality criteria is 60%. The overall weighting for the Social Value criteria is 20%. The overall weighting for the Price criteria is 20%. For full details please refer to the procurement documents.

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price
Name
Simple description
Description
The award criteria carries a total weighting of 100%, split into Quality, Social Value and Price. The overall weighting for the Quality criteria is 60%. The overall weighting for the Social Value criteria is 20%. The overall weighting for the Price criteria is 20%. For full details please refer to the procurement documents.

Contract period

Starts
3 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
2 Sept 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
3 Sept 2030, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85311300
Description
Welfare services for children and young people
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
85312320
Description
Counselling services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKG31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Entry 2
Id
007682-2026
Document Type
tenderNotice
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Published
28 Jan 2026, 15:17
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PCJJ-4826-QMLZ

Address

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

Contact

Name
Commercial and Procurement Services

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

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

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. 007682-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·