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PS127 - Personal Assistance Scheme

Birmingham City University · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 27 Sept 2026, 06:21.

Opportunity overview

BCU runs the Personal Assistance Scheme to assist disabled students and students with Specific Learning Difficulties, such as dyslexia, to study as independently as possible. The supplier shall support and provide the Services including the provision of Specialist and non-Specialist Support Workers to BCU. The Personal Assistance Scheme provides support to DSA-funded students, non-DSA-funded students and disabled students funded from other sources, including apprentice learners and research council-funded postgraduate students. The Personal Assistance Scheme ensures that students can receive the support they need with their studies, without having to recruit, train or pay their support workers - the Student Inclusion Team, provide the Services in collaboration with the supplier. Any specialist support provided is determined by a student's DSA needs assessment or an assessment carried out by BCU's Student Inclusion Team, and is available term-time only, when BCU is open for teaching unless otherwise stated. Support workers may be recommended to assist students with some of the following activities: •Dyslexia support / study skills tuition •Sighted guiding •English Language Support •Mentoring

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.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Matched by number
Published award value
£4.7m
Awarded
6 Jul 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH RC000678
Location
Coventry, UKG33, CV4 8UW, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value 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
PS127
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Birmingham City University
Id
GB-UKPRN-10007140

Identifier

Scheme
GB-UKPRN
Id
10007140

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMDM-3781-JGCD

Address

Street Address
Joseph Priestley Building
Locality
Birmingham
Postal Code
B47BD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG31

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Id
GB-COH-RC000678

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
RC000678

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGDC-7539-YXVM

Address

Street Address
University House, Kirby Corner Road
Locality
Coventry
Postal Code
CV4 8UW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKG33

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Date
7 Jul 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
7 Jul 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
80340000
Description
Special education services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
98000000
Description
Other community, social and personal services

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

Value

Including VAT
4,697,367.44
Amount
4,697,367.44
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-RC000678
Name
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Standstill Period

Ends
17 Jul 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
1 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Jul 2030, 23:59

Options

Description
2 years with the options to extend yearly for 2 years

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
063474-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
7 Jul 2026, 10:13
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
24 Jul 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Birmingham · UKG31 · B47BD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 019907-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 063474-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·