Published date: 24 November 2021

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 5 December 2026, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Specialist training services - 80510000

  • Personal development training services - 80570000

    • Health and social work services - 85000000

    • Social work and related services - 85300000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

B4 7DJ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-3544-P0834-1

Published date

24 November 2021

Closing date

5 December 2026

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

6 December 2026

Contract end date

7 December 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Trust wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing system (DPS) for the Provision of Mentoring Services in accordance with Regulation 34 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016 and in accordance with the Light Touch Regime as set out in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Annex A) (PCR 2015) in relation to Social, Health and Education services. The publication of this document in no way commits Birmingham City Council or THE TRUST to award any contract pursuant to any procurement process.

The DPS will be for the delivery of mentoring and positive activity services for Young Offenders and those at risk of offending, and will be established using the following category basis:

o SEN Specialist support / provision eg. for young people with SEMH, ASC needs
o Gang Specialist Mentoring
o Preventing Serious Youth Violence
o Anti-knife crime programmes
o Anger Management
o Therapeutic Interventions (PTSD, trauma informed interventions, CBT, Green space initiatives, Art Based therapies)
o Motivational, Resilience and Stamina building interventions / workshops
o Positive Diversionary activities
o Raising Aspirations initiatives
o Routeway into employment initiatives
o Supported Work experience / Experience of the workplace Tasters
o Career Sector training and Accreditation offer
o Entrepreneurial initiatives
o Supporting engagement into Education, Training and Employment
o Journey support offer to support access to Education, Training and Employment
o Life skills and developmental skills activity
o Addressing disproportionality issues
o Preventing Violent Extremism initiatives
o Victim support initiatives
o Restorative Justice Interventions
o Mentoring support for Eastern European Romany cohort

The DPS will last for an initial period of 5 years, commencing on 6th December 2021, with the option to extend for up to 3 additional years subject to satisfactory performance and funding.

The DPS is a two-stage process:
Stage 1 - Providers wishing to join the DPS shall complete a set of Specific Questions (SQ) that are standard for all Providers. Provider's SQ submissions are evaluated on a pass / fail basis to establish the Providers general capability to undertake the work tendered for.
Stage 2 - The Youth Offending Service shall utilise this DPS for any call off procedures, this includes the option for the Service to specify their individual requirements and to vary the award criteria.

There are two ways of making a call off from this arrangement as detailed immediately below:-
o Direct Award
o Mini Competition

Birmingham Children's Trust will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address i...

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Carol Woodfield

Address

1 Lancaster Circus
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7DJ
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 2913

Email

Carol.Woodfield@birmingham.gov.uk