Official UK procurement notice
SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions (Mentoring)
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupport, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed (SAFE) is a schools-led response to serious youth violence, focused on providing earlier intervention in mainstream secondary schools. It is aligned with the expectations placed upon Schools, Academy trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities by the Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance. The aims of the SAFE programme are to:
- Improve socio-emotional regulation and wellbeing
- Improve behaviour within schools and the local area
- Improve school attendance
- Reduce vulnerability to, and involvement in, serious violence
The expected outputs from the award of these contracts will be:
- Mentoring services for 36 secondary schools with a minimum of 620 referrals
- Weekly (term time) mentoring for a minimum of 6 months per referral (two terms) alongside complementary afterschool and school holiday activity.
Expected outcomes from the Services are:
- Improvements in behaviour of young people
- Improvements in socio-emotional wellbeing
- Improvements in / stabilisation of attendance
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 Oct 2025, 11:49 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jul 2026, 15:19 BST
- Authority reference
P3430- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067357- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cd28Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
This direct award is justified as a Special Case Under Schedule 5 Direct Awards of PA2023 under clause 7 in relation to Additional or repeat goods, services or works -5 The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- (a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance A change of supplier would result in services being different from those provided by the existing supplier. Suppliers were matched with schools in 2023 and have been onboarded with school values, staff structure, policies, procedures and systems and their delivery and methodology has been adapted overtime to deliver against them. A change in supplier would result in a requirement for extended supplier training, stakeholder management and mobilisation to end users, disproportionate to that needed to continue the service.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published15 Oct 2025, 11:49 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected27 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published16 Jul 2026, 15:19 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Villa FoundationSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £153,022 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Vision for All CICSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £91,539 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Birmingham Urban Rhythm NetworkSME, Birmingham Urban Rhythm Network (BURN Consortium)SMEVCSEjoint award3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £109,586 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Every Child Needs a MentorSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £82,515 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Evolve: A Social Impact Company LimitedSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £238,800 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| First Class FoundationSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £82,515 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Mentoring and Diverse Educators CICSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £65,308 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| RECRE8NOWSMEVCSE, Recrea8 NowSMEVCSEjoint award3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £91,485 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Birmingham Sport and Physical Activity TrustSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £109,586 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Urban Devotion BirminghamSMEVCSE3 Nov 2025 – 2 Oct 2026 | £91,539 inc. VAT | — | Awarded |
| Vision for All CICSMEVCSE | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions (Mentoring) · Aston Villa FoundationSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £64,606
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 10 · Vision for All CICSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £76,283
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 11 · Vision for All CICSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- —
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 2 · Birmingham Urban Rhythm NetworkSME, Birmingham Urban Rhythm Network (BURN Consortium)SMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £91,322
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 3 · Every Child Needs a MentorSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £68,763
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 4 · Evolve: A Social Impact Company LimitedSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £199,000
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 5 · First Class FoundationSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £68,763
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 6 · Mentoring and Diverse Educators CICSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £54,424
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 7 · RECRE8NOWSMEVCSE, Recrea8 NowSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £76,283
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 8 · Birmingham Sport and Physical Activity TrustSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £91,322
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contract 9 · Urban Devotion BirminghamSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 2 Jan 2026
- Value
- £76,283
- Period
- 2 Jan 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
20 commercial parties on the notice- Aston Villa FoundationAwarded supplier
- Aston Villa FoundationAwarded supplier
- Birmingham Sport and Physical Activity TrustAwarded supplier
- Birmingham Sport and Physical Activity TrustAwarded supplier
- Birmingham Urban Rhythm NetworkAwarded supplier
- Birmingham Urban Rhythm Network (BURN Consortium)Awarded supplier
- Every Child Needs a MentorAwarded supplier
- Every Child Needs a MentorAwarded supplier
- Evolve: A Social Impact Company LimitedAwarded supplier
- Evolve: A Social Impact Company LimitedAwarded supplier
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- First Class FoundationAwarded supplier
- First Class FoundationAwarded supplier
- Mentoring Arts and Diverse Educators CICAwarded supplier
- Mentoring and Diverse Educators CICAwarded supplier
- RECRE8NOWAwarded supplier
- Recrea8 NowAwarded supplier
- Urban Devotion BirminghamAwarded supplier
- Urban Devotion BirminghamAwarded supplier
- Vision for All CICAwarded supplier
- Vision for All CICAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (21)
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