Official UK procurement notice
Your Story, Your Power - Healing through narrative
Authority: Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA year long programme of 2 x weekly drop-in, creative arts for wellbeing sessions during which a stimulus will be provided for individual and collective storytelling and narrative making activities. This will be combined with a physical making activity using a different theme and artistic medium every week
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstanceAwarded
This notice is confirmation of an award having been made due to an urgent circumstance.
Contract details: Mimar Collective CIC
Contract start date: 01/05/2025 to 30/04/2026
12 month duration at a cost of £49,939.55
To deliver a year long programme of 2 x weekly drop-in, creative arts for wellbeing sessions during which a stimulus will be provided for individual and collective storytelling and narrative making activities. This will be combined with a physical making activity using a different theme and artistic medium every week
The programme is designed to build a community of interest around the centre and to provide a pathway through which local people can access the services of the 24/7 centre.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- 23 Jun 2025, 15:45 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Jun 2025, 15:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-034472- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0551f6Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to procurement aiming at the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance
- Published justification
Time limitation of pilot funded period (National pilot time frames as one of six national pilot sites).
Meaningful engagement with local services for local people in keeping with the neighbourhood delivery model in alignment with National pilot principles.
Culturally appropriate engagement in alignment with core pilot principles regarding co-production and addressing health inequalities.
Publisher note: 'This contract has been awarded under the urgent circumstances provision of the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The urgent award process was used due to the time limited funding being made available due to this being a national pilot. Approval to proceed was obtained at Sustainability Board on 29 May 2025. No conflicts were declaired.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mimar Collective CIC | £49,940 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034472-2025-1 · Mimar Collective CIC
- Signed
- 1 May 2025
- Value
- £49,940
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- BSMHFTReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mimar Collective CICAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.