Official UK procurement notice
Community Counselling - Opportunity for Third Sector - PROC.90.0029
Authority: Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (Central government)·On behalf of: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis 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.
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.
This procurement is split into 6 lots - Central, North, East, South, West, Solihull. More information on partnership can be found within the specification.
Financials will be evaluated on a "Cost per £ Benefit" formula, which can be found within the invitation to tender.
PLEASE NOTE - Providers are able to bid for all six lots, there is no limit of 5 lots as this notice prescribes, this was simply put forward due to system restrictions.
For any issues and assistance accessing the opportunity please contact the authority via Atamis.
CPV: Counselling services
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · all with a published value (£718,317 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 5 and win at most 5 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1CentralRenewalPublished value£113,422
Locality - Central Birmingham
Lot #2EastRenewalPublished value£139,245
Locality - East Birmingham
Lot #3WestRenewalPublished value£143,661
Locality - West Birmingham
Lot #4SolihullRenewalPublished value£107,352
Locality - Solihull
Lot #5SouthRenewalPublished value£107,873
Locality - South Birmingham
Lot #6NorthRenewalPublished value£106,764
Locality - North Birmingham
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Technical: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Technical: Technical Scoring
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Sept 2025, 12:56 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2025, 16:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Jan 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-060481- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a3fdFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submissions to be made via Atamis (Third sector only).
Opportunity reference - C387018 (Search via Atamis)
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Timeline
29 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published393 days ago29 Sept 2025, 12:56 BST
- Clarification questions by358 days ago3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline358 days ago3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by274 days ago26 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2025- Tender notice published29 Sept 2025, 12:56 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published29 Sept 2025, 16:28 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
The original dates included within the notice were incorrect, the contract is for 2 YEARS initial period, not 1, with an option to extend for a further 2 years.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation TrustProcuring entityConduction of the procurement on behalf of contracting authority.
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender