Official UK procurement notice
Enterprise to Employment · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands (Police & fire)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner wants to commission an Enterprising for Employment service for Birmingham. This initiative will provide a personalised, effective mentoring service for individuals associated with criminality, to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to be employable and/or an entrepreneur.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Justice services · Police services · Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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).
- Simple description: Price 40% Quality 50% Social Value 10%
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands buys Adult and other education services (CPV 8040), and who usually turns up
Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands’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: Adult and other education services (CPV 8040) →
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.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside 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 36 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 bid20% / 0%
2–380% / 20%
4–60% / 20%
7+0% / 60%
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 estimate50% / 35%
Within ±2%50% / 48%
Above estimate0% / 16%
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 8040No real estimate
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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. The bar shows 66 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid12%
2–338%
4–629%
7+21%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
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.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Feb 2026, 14:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Mar 2026, 09:34 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
76197- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028285- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0652e7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
12 Feb 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published252 days ago12 Feb 2026, 14:57 GMT
- Clarification questions by226 days ago10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Market engagement226 days ago · met10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
A pre-market engagement event will be held for interested bidders on a teams call on Monday 13th April at 11am to 12pm. Please sign up via our eventbrite link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/enterprise-for-emp… ↗
At this session we will go through some of the service requirements and talk through the procurement process.
A draft specification has been published on the West Midlands OPCC website, www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/funding/grants-and-c… ↗
We would welcome comments from potential suppliers on the draft specification in terms of clarity, suitability and feasibility of the specification. Please email comments to [email protected] by Friday 10th April 2026.
- Latest notice published209 days ago27 Mar 2026, 09:34 GMT
- Tender notice expected191 days ago14 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline171 days ago4 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by115 days ago29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts52 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published12 Feb 2026, 14:57 GMTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published12 Feb 2026, 15:14 GMTUK3
- Published value updated12 Feb 2026, 15:14 GMT
- Status changed to planned12 Feb 2026, 15:14 GMT
- Procurement method changed12 Feb 2026, 15:14 GMT
- Deadline published: 4 May 2026, 23:59 BST12 Feb 2026, 15:14 GMT
- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Mar 2026, 09:33 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published27 Mar 2026, 09:34 GMTUK2
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-02: 1 release · 12 Feb 2026
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 (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Information will be provided on the OPCC website. The procurement will be managed on the sell to intend procurement portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender