Published date: 27 October 2025
Open early engagement - This means that a procurement idea is currently active, it is in the early stage of development and judging interest from potential suppliers.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and first-aid training services - 80560000
Location of contract
B13 8QY
Procurement reference
CF-3234900D0O000000rwimUAA
Published date
27 October 2025
Closing date
17 November 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The BSOL Procurement Collaborative, hosted by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is seeking to award a contract for Resuscitation Training on behalf of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.
The training will comprise of provision of Resuscitation training, consisting of, as a minimum:
Both on and off-site training
E-Learning
Classroom learning
Delegate support
Administrative management
The Supplier shall also support the provision of clinical simulations to evidence what additional support and training is required.
The Supplier shall also be required to provide support for medical emergency reviews.
All training must meet national NHS and Resuscitation Council requirements.
The anticipated contract will be for a minimum of 3 years.
The anticipated annual number of training places to be delivered is as follows:
Quantity: 1030 Immediate Life Support (ILS) course places
Quantity: 96 Mother and Baby Life Support places
Quantity: 48 Adult and Paediatric Emergency Life Support places
Quantity: 72 Casualty Simulation session places
The actual numbers will be confirmed in the tender documents.
Training will be required at multiple sites/locations throughout the Birmingham and Solihull area. This may include training at Authority premises or at off-site locations.
Authority Profile
The organisation provides a comprehensive mental healthcare service for the residents of Birmingham and Solihull and to communities in the West Midlands and beyond. The service operates out of more than 40 sites and serves a culturally diverse population of 1.3 million spread out over 172 square miles and has an annual income of £626m, a dedicated workforce of almost 5,000 staff and a range of local and regional partnerships, makes this service one of the most complex and specialist mental health foundation trusts in the country. The services catchment population is ethnically diverse and characterised in places by high levels of deprivation, low earnings, and unemployment. These factors create a higher requirement for access to health services and a greater need for innovative ways of engaging people from the most affected areas.
Engagement Description
Prior to the start of the formal procurement process, the BSOL Procurement Collaborative seeks expressions of interest from potential Suppliers wishing to tender for this opportunity.
We reserve the right to exchange information about goods and services to be provided, this may take the form of a market engagement event and/or issue a Supplier questionnaire.
Suppliers wishing to participate, should express an interest in the first instance via the health family single e-Commercial system portal. (Atamis) by Monday 17th November 2025.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
About the buyer
Contact name
Claire McGarrity
Address
George Road
Birmingham
B15 1NU
GB
Telephone
0121 371 8650
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