Official UK procurement notice
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Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking to commission high-quality Supported Internship (SI) provision for young people aged 16 – 24 with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), in line with the SEND Code of Practice (2015) and Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) outcomes. The supported internship programmes will be aligned to the DFN Project Search model working in partnership with the local authority and host employers at two sites in the borough including Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust and Asda Superstore in Oldbury.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking to commission high-quality Supported Internship (SI) provision for young people aged 16 – 24 with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), in line with the SEND Code of Practice (2015) and Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) outcomes.
The supported internship programmes will be aligned to the DFN Project Search model working in partnership with the local authority and host employers at two sites in the borough including Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust and Asda Superstore in Oldbury.
Supported Internships form a core component of the local authorities’ strategy to improve post 16 pathways, increase sustainable employment, and reduce long term NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training) and adult social care dependency.
The commissioned provider(s) will be registered with the appropriate regulatory body and be subject to their inspection framework, they will work collaboratively with the local authority, the host business, other local employers, education providers, and families to deliver a robust, inclusive, and outcome driven SI programme(s).
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council buys Education and training services (CPV 80), and who usually turns up
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Education and training services (CPV 80) →
How the contest usually goes
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Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 46 days of the bid deadline.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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1 bid7% / 10%
2–330% / 39%
4–628% / 29%
7+35% / 22%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Below estimate31% / 39%
Within ±2%51% / 42%
Above estimate18% / 19%
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Lot #1CPV 80Published estimate£2.3m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 80. The comparison uses that group.
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1 bid10%
2–339%
4–629%
7+22%
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Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Estimates, labelled. The price range, possible competitors and earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards, not published facts, win chances or price advice. The buyer’s own record and the wider market are shown apart, never mixed.
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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
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 6 Nov 2026, 11:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2026, 11:34 GMT
- Authority reference
SMBC 26065- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105622- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b643Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Nov 2026 → 5 Jul 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published8 days ago6 Nov 2026, 11:34 GMT
- Today15 Nov 2026
- Tender notice expectedin 78 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 231 days5 Jul 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Pipeline notice published6 Nov 2026, 11:34 GMTUK1
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender