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# Market Engagement for Counselling and Support Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-for-counselling-and-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050f2a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY: "Market Engagement for Counselling and Support Services". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-children-s-trust-coh-10762047)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Counselling services, Guidance and counselling services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKG31, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,277,844 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-for-counselling-and-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050f2a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050f2a`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-for-counselling-and-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050f2a#tl-md)

## Description
The contract (Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is to provide therapeutic services for children and young people impacted by sexual abuse, violence, or exploitation and to their parent(s) or carer(s) to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health and emotional wellbeing. The service will:
• Provide therapeutic services to children and young people, up to 18 years of age (this may be extended up to 21 years of age for care leavers), who are the victims of sexual abuse, violence or exploitation and to their parent(s) or carer(s) in order to minimise the impact of the abuse on their mental health and emotional wellbeing;
• Promote resilience for the child or young person to enhance their prospects of positive outcomes and to enable them to promote their own safety and wellbeing;
• Direct service users to specialist services if continuing or other needs are identified and to facilitate access through established processes.
In addition to the main contract, there will be a Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Support Service for Children and young people assessed as Experiencing or Emerging CSE, and their parents/carers/families. The service will be delivered through Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) support, Counselling/therapeutic support and Supporter counselling/therapeutic support:
• To provide a child-centred, strengths-based, trauma informed and responsive approach that is both flexible & tailored to meet the needs of children and young people subjected to CSE.
• To provide a compassionate and relational approach to each child and young person, which works to acknowledge the systems, contexts and safe, protective relationships around them.
• To build the resilience of the protective factors and relationships around children and young people, while working actively to build psychological safety, trust and rapport.
• To build 'wrap around,' holistic support for the families, parents/carers & professionals supporting children and young people.
Referrals will be predominately from BCT, the market engagement event will facilitate question's and answer's and provide an overview of the service.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85312300, 85312320
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/09/2025 to 31/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Counselling and Support Services (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Rape & Sexual Violence Project Birmingham**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:6862873`
  - Value: £1,277,844 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F070277-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-31T21:34:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T20:10:42.575Z
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