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title: "Tuition Flexible Contracting Agreement"
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# Tuition Flexible Contracting Agreement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tuition-flexible-contracting-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-06afee). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham City Council: "Tuition Flexible Contracting Agreement". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £48,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Birmingham City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/birmingham-city-council-ons-e08000025)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £48,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Special education services, Tutorial services, Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tuition-flexible-contracting-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-06afee#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06afee`

## 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/tuition-flexible-contracting-agreement-ocds-h6vhtk-06afee#tl-md)

## Description
Birmingham City Council (BCC) is inviting expressions of interest to support commissioners in developing a clearer understanding of the provider landscape. 
We are undertaking a soft market testing exercise to explore options for the potential procurement, redesign, and expansion of a Flexible Contracting Agreement (FCA) to deliver tuition services for children and young people. This exercise is purely exploratory and is intended to support Birmingham City Council in assessing the feasibility, scope, and approach for any future procurement. Participation is voluntary and will not influence your eligibility to participate in any subsequent procurement process.
Tuition services are needed for children and young people who are in care, known to social workers, medically unfit to attend school, children without alternative provision and children with an Education Health Care Plan supported by the Home Bridging Team without a formal education placement. 
The cohort of children and young people are:
•	Children in care temporarily between a school/college place
•	Children in care who need to re-sit GCSE exams in November of Year 12 to secure their course entry at KS5
•	Children in care newly arrived in the country and Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers while seeking a school or college place
•	Children and young people who are too unwell to attend school due to medical needs
In addition to the cohorts outlined above, a new Birmingham Tuition FCA will also seek to include the following groups
•	Children unable to access suitable alternative provision or 6th day provision
•	Children with an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) supported by the Home Bridging Team without a formal education placement
Closing date for completion of the MS Form Questionnaire is 5pm, 28 June 2026

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80340000, 80590000, 85311300
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 02/01/2027 to 01/01/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F053894-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-08T14:25:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T11:37:05.218Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06afee