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SOL - Community Information and Advice Services 2026

Health and social work services
West Midlands (UKG32)
Published value
£6,792,268
Submission deadline 13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council: "SOL - Community Information and Advice Services 2026". Published status: planned. Published value: £6,792,268. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySolihull Metropolitan Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£6,792,268
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1.3Bids / Report
66.7% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Solihull Parent Carer Voice C.I.CTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 22 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Solihull Parent Carer Voice C.I.C1 win£30,550
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySolihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published6 Aug 2025, 12:44 BST
Last source update6 Aug 2025, 12:44 BST
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationHealth and social work services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG32)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056966
What is being bought
The Council is intending to commission information and advice services for people in Solihull to meet the needs of Adult Social Care, offering a general advice service which is accessible to residents, alongside targeted, specialist services delivered to communities. The scope of the service is currently under review and may contain: Improved health and wellbeing - for example, tenancy advice and support, safe housing support, supporting people in food poverty, supporting people in crisis to access further support, support to people with cognitive impairment, mental health guidance, low level information and guidance for those with long term conditions and disability, promoting healthy lifestyles, information and guidance on direct payments. Increased capacity and ability to cope - connecting people with community groups, support to retain safe housing, self-advocacy, work with other local support offers, identify national support offers, support refugee and migrant communities with guidance on visas, work rights, immigration status etc., support for carers. Increased financial stability and resilience - early access to debt support and advice, support with completing forms for financial support, LPA, deputyship and appointeeship applications, budget planning and support, debt and benefits low level and specialist support, distribution of grant funding on behalf of the Council.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    6 Aug 2025, 12:44 BST
  2. Published value updated to £6,792,268
    30 Jul 2025, 15:55 BST
  3. Status changed to planned
    30 Jul 2025, 15:55 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    30 Jul 2025, 15:55 BST
  5. Submission deadline changed to 13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
    30 Jul 2025, 15:55 BST
  6. Buyer information updated
    30 Jul 2025, 15:55 BST
  7. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Corrected formatting/typo errors. Updated Organisation name to the standardised format.
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published value£6,792,268
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    6 Aug 2025, 12:44 BST
  2. Procedure published
    6 Aug 2025, 12:44 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    13 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PGWC-7578-LYDG
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  • Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PGWC-7578-LYDG
    Council House, Manor Square, Solihull, UKG32, B91 3QB, GB
    procteam@solihull.gov.uk
Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published