Official UK procurement notice
Training Level 5 Housing Qualification
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBirmingham City Council (the Council), through its City Housing Directorate, seeks to procure an Ofqual regulated training provider to deliver a Level 5 Housing Management Qualification. This forms part of the Directorate’s workforce development and compliance readiness programme in preparation for the forthcoming Competence and Conduct Standard, expected to come into force in October 2026.
The contract for the services will commence 1st June 2026 and will be in place for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 18 months subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.
CPV: Education and training services · Personnel-training services · Specialist training services · Staff training services · Training programme services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
Lot awarding rule: The award criteria carries a total weighting of 100%, this is split between the following sections: The overall weighting for the quality criteria is 70%. The overall weighting for the price criteria is 30% For full details please refer to the procurement documents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 27 Feb 2026, 11:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Jul 2026, 12:16 BST
- Authority reference
PQ0665- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017818- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065e1dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
This Request for Quotations is being issued using the Council’s e-tendering system ‘In-tend’ and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the ‘in-tend’ system. in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗ Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email [email protected]. Deadline for request for quotation is noon on 20th March 2026.
Timeline
27 Feb 2026 → 7 Jul 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published231 days ago27 Feb 2026, 11:39 GMT
- Clarification questions by217 days ago13 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline210 days ago20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts187 days ago13 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published101 days ago7 Jul 2026, 12:16 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Feb 2026- Tender notice published27 Feb 2026, 11:39 GMTUK4
- Contract details notice published7 Jul 2026, 12:16 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete7 Jul 2026, 12:16 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom AcademySME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Level 5 Housing Management Qualification · Kingdom AcademySME
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2026
- Value
- £160,000
- Period
- 1 Jun 2026 – 31 May 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- An option to extend for a further 18 months to cover anyone that is enrolled later within the 36 month timeframe which will allow any resits to take place subject to satisfactory performance and budgetary availability
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Kingdom AcademyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender