Official UK procurement notice
Work and Health and/or Employment Support Services
Authority: NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (Central government)·Consortium: 8 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit, on behalf of NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board and NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board are seeking to put in place a framework agreement for suitably experienced and qualified providers of Work and Health and/or Employment Support Services. This event is aimed at providers who may be interested in being part of the framework agreement. We intend to give potential providers an overview of how the procurement process will be run, how the contract form will be structured and key areas they should look to be aware of in order to increase their chances of success in terms of being included on the framework. There will also be an opportunity to hear from the Commissioners in terms of their goals for the framework.
Initial mini-competitions against the framework are likely to take in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country's initial requirements under the WorkWell programme. It is also possible that other future requirements both from the ICB and Local Authority partners will utilise the framework.
In terms of the service itself, suppliers who are on the framework will be required to carry out specific Work and Health and/or Employment Support provisions as programme opportunities present themselves. These will be specified as part of the mini-competitions run against the framework and individual specifications around these will be issued as and when these opportunities present themselves. Where applicable, providers will be expected to deliver these provisions in accordance with the applicable funding rules and appropriate guidance which may be linked to the funding stream(s).
It is anticipated that the framework will be split into 6, headline lots with 12 sub-lots , these are generally geographical in nature with lot 6a and b covering pathways which cut across Birmingham and the Black Country. The lots are planned as follows:
Lot 1a - Solihull
Lot 1b - East Birmingham
Lot 2a - North Birmingham
Lot 2b - West Birmingham
Lot 3a - Central Birmingham
Lot 3b - South Birmingham
Lot 4a - Dudley
Lot 4b - Sandwell
Lot 5a - Walsall
Lot 5b - Wolverhampton
Lot 6a Neuro-diverse pathways for Birmingham and Solihull
Lot 6b - Neuro-diverse pathways for the Black Country
CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services · Job search services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Nov 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Work and Health and/or Employment Support Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board buys Placement services of personnel (CPV 7961), and who usually turns up
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Placement services of personnel (CPV 7961) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in West Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 58 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid4%
2–315%
4–616%
7+65%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7961Published estimate£36m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 129 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–315%
4–616%
7+65%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Feb 2026, 13:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2026, 13:26 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-061251- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065d07Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
26 Feb 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published240 days ago26 Feb 2026, 13:23 GMT
- Latest notice published116 days ago30 Jun 2026, 13:26 BST
- Market engagement100 days ago16 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
Providers should register for a webinar, which will be run via Microsoft teams. The webinar is scheduled to run between 10am and 12 noon on Thursday, 16th July. Providers should visit the following link to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f16bb458-d8fd-… ↗
- Tender notice expected95 days ago21 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 7 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Feb 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published26 Feb 2026, 13:23 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Jun 2026, 16:17 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £36,000,00029 Jun 2026, 16:17 BSTwas £30,000,000
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jun 2026, 13:26 BSTUK2
Published amendments (1)
The lotting structure has been updated to reflect the fact that some requirements may need to be procured over more discreet geographical areas than had been implied in the original notice.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
8 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Birmingham City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- NHS BLACK COUNTRY INTEGRATED CARE BOARDContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Walsall CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Wolverhampton City CouncilContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender