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title: "PS127 - Personal Assistance Scheme"
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# PS127 - Personal Assistance Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ps127-personal-assistance-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-066300). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham City University: "PS127 - Personal Assistance Scheme". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Birmingham City University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-university-urn-133788)
- **Published Value:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 April 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Other community, social and personal services, Special education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKG31, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £4,697,367 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ps127-personal-assistance-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-066300#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-066300`

## 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/ps127-personal-assistance-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-066300#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** submit via Delta

## Description
BCU 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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80340000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2026 to 31/07/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-121645`
  - Value: £4,697,367 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 06/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019907-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-07T09:13:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T18:12:12.300Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-066300