Official UK procurement notice
PS127 - Personal Assistance Scheme
Authority: Birmingham City University (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBCU runs the Personal Assistance Scheme to assist disabled students and students with Specific Learning Difficulties, such as dyslexia, to study as independently as possible. The supplier shall support and provide the Services including the provision of Specialist and non-Specialist Support Workers to BCU.
The Personal Assistance Scheme provides support to DSA-funded students, non-DSA-funded students and disabled students funded from other sources, including apprentice learners and research council-funded postgraduate students.
The Personal Assistance Scheme ensures that students can receive the support they need with their studies, without having to recruit, train or pay their support workers - the Student Inclusion Team, provide the Services in collaboration with the supplier.
Any specialist support provided is determined by a student's DSA needs assessment or an assessment carried out by BCU's Student Inclusion Team, and is available term-time only, when BCU is open for teaching unless otherwise stated. Support workers may be recommended to assist students with some of the following activities:
•Dyslexia support / study skills tuition
•Sighted guiding
•English Language Support
•Mentoring
CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Special education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,000,000
What 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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 2: 80%
- Criterion 1: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 5 Mar 2026, 13:10 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Jul 2026, 10:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
PS127- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-019907- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066300Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
5 Mar 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published234 days ago5 Mar 2026, 13:10 GMT
- Clarification questions by219 days ago20 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline200 days ago8 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by146 days ago1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent111 days ago7 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published110 days ago7 Jul 2026, 10:13 BST
- Standstill ends100 days ago17 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts86 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Mar 2026- Tender notice published5 Mar 2026, 13:10 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published7 Jul 2026, 10:13 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete7 Jul 2026, 10:13 BST
- Buyer details updated7 Jul 2026, 10:13 BST
- Contract signature expected24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Warwick1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2030Options: 2 years with the options to extend yearly for 2 years | £4,697,367 | 7 Jul 2026standstill to 17 Jul 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender