Official UK procurement notice
Provision of triage, advice and guidance and on-site clinics in the areas of cardiology, dermatology and ultra-sound within healthcare services at HMP Birmingham
Authority: Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
This notice is to inform that Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) are inviting providers to submit tenders in regard to provision of triage, advice and guidance and on-site clinics in the areas of cardiology, dermatology and ultra-sound to a cohort of patients located at HMP Birmingham
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust’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: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
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. Small firms win less of this buyer’s work than the market’s: 25% against 48%, n=61.
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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 in West Midlands. More of this buyer’s work stays local than in this market: 98% against 60%, n=90.
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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 49 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.
The market share is a minimum: 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 bid40% / 22%
2–320% / 31%
4–60% / 22%
7+40% / 26%
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 estimate33%
Within ±2%60%
Above estimate7%
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 #1Estimate not published
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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 343 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid22%
2–331%
4–622%
7+26%
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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 · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 23 Feb 2026, 14:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Apr 2026, 11:20 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-033655- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065a41Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended approach notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This notice is to inform that BSMHFT Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (BSMHFT) are looking to call for providers to deliver advice, guidance and in-reach clinics to a cohort of patients located at HMP Birmingham. This opportunity will fall under the scope of the Provider Selection Regime and will follow the Most Suitable Provider process. We would like to see bids from providers who can offer triage, advice and guidance and on-site clinics in the areas of cardiology, dermatology and ultra-sound, with the aims of this service level agreement being to commission a high-quality service for the patient cohort, providing timely review of patients, provision of diagnostic testing, appropriate reduction of secondary care referrals and support for proposed treatment plans. The provider will be able to triage referrals, having access to appropriately trained consultants and professionals to manage this. Further, the provider will undertake on-site clinics at HMP Birmingham for patients requiring review and diagnostic testing. The provider will need to work collaboratively with the HMP Birmingham healthcare team, providing advice and guidance regarding the most appropriate treatment plan and supporting HMP Birmingham colleagues in their understanding of the management of conditions. The funding for this service is initially provided as a pilot scheme guaranteed for 12 months, the provider will need to work with BSMHFT to ensure that robust evaluation and demonstration of outcomes is realised to enable future funding to be secured. If you are not an organisation that we already hold a contract with and your bid is successful, then we will need additional due diligence and policy information for assurance purposes. Please submit any clarification questions by email to [email protected] by 12 noon on 6 March 2026. Please ensure your email has subject title of "Clarification Question: HMP Birmingham In-reach clinics". If any clarifications are requested, a FAQ document will be created and circulated to all bidders. Final bids are to be sent by 9am on 10 March 2026 to [email protected] with subject title of covering email as "HMP Birmingham In-reach clinics". At a minimum, bids are to be completed using the template provided. Please contact [email protected] to request template and information. Providers are welcome to include supplementary attachments should they feel it enhances their bid.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
14 Apr 2026 → 14 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected192 days ago14 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Notice published191 days ago14 Apr 2026, 11:20 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the most suitable provider process. This contract…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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