Official UK procurement notice
Dementia Support Service - NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB
Authority: NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB are seeking providers who have the relevant experience and skills to provide a Dementia Support Service.
This is a re-issue of this opportunity following a previously abandoned process. The contract term has been extended to 3 years with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years and an additional value of £80,000 of non-recurrent funding is being offered within year one of the contract on top of the annual value of £834,000 excluding VAT.
Service aims:
*To provide a single point of access for information and advice about dementia, information about what support is available pre- and post-diagnosis, and how to access this support:
i. Signposting to other support services available and community groups relevant to the needs and interest of the individual.
ii. Practical emotional support to promote greater emotional resilience in individuals by creating a sense of safety and an atmosphere of calm.
iii. Practical coaching and support to people with dementia and their carers tailored to their situation, around best strategies and good practice to live well with the condition.
iv. Advise on and facilitate access to peer-led group support.
*To improve quality of life for individuals living with dementia and their carers through timely, person-centred support.
*To develop a robust and clear working referral pathway in and out of service.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years, commencing 1st April 2027, with the option to extend for up to a further 3 years.
The annual value is £834,000 with an additional £80,000 of non-recurrent funding in year one, excluding VAT.
Please refer to the procurement documentation for further details.
To register your interest and access the procurement documentation and submit a bid, please follow this link: https://atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome, and search for:
Project Reference: C472969
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT.
- No preliminary market engagement: A previous Market Engagement Notice and Tender Opportunity Notice have been published for this opportunity. The previous process was abandoned and this is a re-issue of the opportunity. Please see tender documentation for further information.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£5,084,000
- Value
- £5,084,000 exc. VAT · £6,100,800 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- Option to extend for a further 3 x 12 months
- Economic & financial standingAs described in the procurement documentation.
- Technical & professional abilityAs described in the procurement documentation.
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 (3)
- Technical — 80%
- Commercial — 10%
- Social Value — 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical
- Commercial
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standingAs described in the procurement documentation.
- Technical & professional abilityAs described in the procurement documentation.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points — a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £3,386,241 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring — the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board buys Social services (CPV 8532) — and who usually turns up
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Social services (CPV 8532) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in West Midlands (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in West Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 38 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid12%
2–353%
4–612%
7+24%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate19%
Within ±2%69%
Above estimate13%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors — from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8532Published estimate£5.1m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid22%
2–336%
4–624%
7+18%
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Where the winning price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 18 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A guide, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£4.8m–£5.1m
Estimate£5.1m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham and Solihull Women's AidEarlier contract | Primary Care Domestic Violence and Abuse Service - Birmingham and Solihull ICBstarted Nov 2025 | — | £1.8m | 50% match |
| Restful Homes (Solihull) LtdWorked for this buyer | BSOL_Restful Homes (Solihull) Ltd_2026-27_Connaught House_P2/EAB UAnotice published Aug 2026 | — | — | 82% match |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
Alzheimer's SocietyLarge | £105m42 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 6 live · £8.3m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=15 |
| £1.4m6 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 2 live · £182k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £229m5 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £809k2 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 2 live · £809k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
| £5.9m6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each figure explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two sides are never blended. A lot’s own market is read at its delivery region where the lot names one; where it names several, or none that can be resolved, the chart falls back to the UK-wide record for the same category and says so under the bar. An empty cell means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- When we call out a difference. A buyer figure is only flagged against the market when the sample is large enough that the gap is unlikely to be chance; at most two callouts appear, always phrased as a comparison with both numbers and the sample size.
- Coverage (re-measured 5 Oct on the live record, 94,497 awarded procedures of the last three years). 51 % publish a bid count and 72 % a delivery region, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice names none, labelled. Of the 17,687 award-vs-estimate pairs, 34 % sit exactly on the estimate — the buyer published the award at the figure it advertised. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden, and a distribution is not drawn as percentages below ten observations.
- “Match”, text similarity, the expected-bid figure and the distribution drawn beneath it are model outputs, not published facts or win probabilities. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
40% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
40% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (40% title match) — the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Primary Care Domestic Violence and Abuse Service - Birmingham and Solihull ICB — held by Birmingham and Solihull Women's Aid; no contract end date published.
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
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 11 Dec 2026
- First published
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:04 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:04 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 11 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
C472969- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096021- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07857fFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Atamis (Health Family)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 6 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published1 day ago12 Oct 2026, 12:04 BST
- Clarification questions byin 15 days27 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 25 days6 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 60 days11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 170 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026- Tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 12:04 BSTUK4
- First tender notice published12 Oct 2026, 12:04 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender