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title: "Virtual School Enrichment Training FCA"
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# Virtual School Enrichment Training FCA

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/virtual-school-enrichment-training-fca-ocds-h6vhtk-0563fa). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Birmingham City Council: "Virtual School Enrichment Training FCA". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £600,000. 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:** £600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Specialist training services, Training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/virtual-school-enrichment-training-fca-ocds-h6vhtk-0563fa#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0563fa`

## 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/virtual-school-enrichment-training-fca-ocds-h6vhtk-0563fa#tl-md)

## Description
Birmingham City Council (BCC) is undertaking a Soft Market Testing exercise to explore the potential procurement of a flexible contracting agreement for  training services for Birmingham Virtual School (BVS). This exercise is purely exploratory and intended to help the Council assess the viability and scope of a future procurement. Participation in this process is entirely voluntary and will not affect your eligibility to take part in any subsequent procurement activity.
The Training opportunity will be broken into 3 lots based on the target audience so that the services can be supplied under more than one contract.
    Lot 1: Training for staff at educational establishments and other professionals
    Lot 2: Training for Social Care Professionals   
    Lot 3: Training for Parents, Carers and Family Members
Providers can bid for multiple lots.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 80500000, 80510000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 17/11/2025 to 16/11/2027
- **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%2F046110-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-05T12:23:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T14:38:27.818Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0563fa