Official UK procurement notice
Psychology Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands (Police & fire)
West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership are seeking to extend and develop new projects with a psychology services partner. To ensure continuity and resilience, we are seeking services from a team of psychologists rather than independent practitioners or a consortium approach which would provide the same assurance. Developing psychologically informed toolkits, resources and practitioner guidance to support individuals and partnerships responsible for preventing and reducing violence across the region. Delivering specialist evidence-based, formulation driven psychological interventions, as required to meet the needs of new projects.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership are seeking to extend and develop new projects with a psychology services partner.
To ensure continuity and resilience, we are seeking services from a team of psychologists rather than independent practitioners or a consortium approach which would provide the same assurance.
The provider(s) will work with WM VRP to agree a delivery plan for 11 months (up to the end of March 2027), which will include the following activity:
Delivering consultations, case formulations, clinical supervision and incident response.
Delivering psychological advice, formulation and guidance to inform service development and intervention planning and evaluation.
Developing psychologically informed toolkits, resources and practitioner guidance to support individuals and partnerships responsible for preventing and reducing violence across the region.
Delivering workforce development training to embed evidence-based, psychologically informed best practice across the children and young people's workforce.
Delivering specialist evidence-based, formulation driven psychological interventions, as required to meet the needs of new projects.
Having the capacity to deliver NICE compliant, trauma-informed neurodevelopmental psychological assessments.
Where required, physically embedding a psychologist in teams delivering interventions to high risk children and young people.
CPV: Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£100,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: Please see application form: https://sums.org/app/shared.php?function=form&account=1271&form=4354f09611e93117317aebb09020aa87&key=926101798118b02e1b0c60e017304b01a233aa48&upload=1
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
- Closed
- 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
- 25 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-016972- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065c3eFind a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
25 Feb 2026 → 1 May 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published250 days ago25 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMT
- Clarification questions by237 days ago10 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Submission deadline214 days ago2 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts186 days ago1 May 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published25 Feb 2026, 14:53 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender