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BuyerUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
StatusClosed
Deadline3 Nov 2025
Value£718,317
Published29 Sept 2025

What is being bought

This is an opportunity for third sector/charity organisations for Community Counselling services across Birmingham and Solihull localities. Full information regarding the service and allocated budget can be found within the tender documents.<br/><br/>This is a competitive procedure under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The competition is being run by Birmingham Solihull Procurement Collaborative on behalf of Birmingham Mental Health Provider Collaborative. <br/><br/>This procurement is split into <br/><br/>For any issues and assistance accessing the opportunity please contact the authority via Atamis.

Delivery location

UKG31

Categories

Counselling services 85312320Counselling services 85312320

Lot details

Lot 1

Localities across Birmingham and Solihull - Central, East, South, West, North, Solihull.<br/><br/>The lead provider will be expected to work in partnership across the lots with each locality lead within their bid. <br/><br/>More information on partnership working can be found within the specification. Additional information: This opportunity is open to third sector and charity organisations only.<br/><br/>This is a competitive process under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR).<br/><br/>Further information can be found within the tender documents on Atamis.

Statusactive
Value£718,317
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2027

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Counselling servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Counselling services (85312320); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8517,1841 median · 31.7 average (8,116 of 17,184 with a bid count)2 average (9,051 of 17,184 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer241 median · 4 average (9 of 24 with a bid count)1 average (9 of 24 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Delivery region: UKG311671 median · 7.8 average (115 of 167 with a bid count)3.2 average (119 of 167 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)6473 median · 3.7 average (21 of 647 with a bid count)1.1 average (22 of 647 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£467,337 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £718,317.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

  • economicSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05a3f5
Latest release ID060472-2025
Latest release timestampMon Sep 29 2025 11:31:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2025-11-03
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2025-09-29T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£718,317
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
29 Sept 2025tender060472-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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