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Published 18 Sept 2026, 14:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Youth Services Framework — UK public procurement notice

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Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)

Open framework scheme4 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73)CPV 75Education & Training (80)+2 more Delivery: West Midlands (UKG31)
Framework ceiling (notional) £660,000envelope for 4 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Open framework scheme until 22 Oct 202612:00 BST · period end, not a bid countdown
Clarification cut-off 15 Oct 202612:00 BST · questions to the authority
Bids per lot · this authority 3division 98 · n=21 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The proposed procurement will establish a framework of providers to deliver a range of youth services interventions aimed at preventing and reducing serious violence. Services will focus on early intervention, targeted support and specialist provision targeted at safeguarding children and young people from harm. This will be an Open Framework under PA23.

CPV: Community action programme · Development consultancy services · Other community, social and personal services · Provision of services to the community · Services provided by youth associations · Youth education services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Type
Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
Call-offs
every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
Scheme runs until
26 Nov 2030
Published description of the framework

Multi-supplier framework for youth services across Birmingham, covering four lots. Call-off contracts will be awarded through competition between appointed suppliers on the relevant lot(s). No minimum volume or value is guaranteed.

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Prevention and Early InterventionSMEVCSEPublished value£0
Deliver universal one-to-one and targeted group-based prevention activities that educate children and young people about risks including violence, exploitation, criminal involvement, and harmful behaviours. Interventions must focus on awareness, resilience, protective factors, and informed decision-making.
Contract period: 18 Nov 2026 — 26 Nov 2026Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: West Midlands
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
73220000 Development consultancy services75200000 Provision of services to the community80310000 Youth education services85322000 Community action programme98000000 Other community, social and personal services98133110 Services provided by youth associations

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Mentoring and Targeted SupportSMEVCSEPublished value£0
Provide structured one-to-one and small group interventions for children and young people identified as vulnerable to adverse outcomes, including violence, exploitation, offending, or school disengagement. Support must be tailored to individual needs and focused on achieving measurable behavioural and wellbeing outcomes.
Contract period: 18 Nov 2026 — 26 Nov 2026Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: West Midlands
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
73220000 Development consultancy services75200000 Provision of services to the community80310000 Youth education services85322000 Community action programme98000000 Other community, social and personal services98133110 Services provided by youth associations

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3Outreach and Community EngagementSMEVCSEPublished value£0
Deliver detached, street-based, venue-based, and community outreach to engage children and young people who are not accessing existing services. Activities must identify emerging needs, build trusted relationships, provide early support, and facilitate referrals into appropriate service.
Contract period: 18 Nov 2026 — 26 Nov 2026Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: West Midlands
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
73220000 Development consultancy services75200000 Provision of services to the community80310000 Youth education services85322000 Community action programme98000000 Other community, social and personal services98133110 Services provided by youth associations

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #4Specialist Violence Reduction InterventionsSMEVCSEPublished value£0
Deliver intensive specialist interventions for children and young people affected by, involved in, or at high risk of serious violence, exploitation, gang-associated activity, or weapon-related harm. Interventions must address underlying risk factors, reduce harm, improve safety, and support sustained positive outcomes.
Contract period: 18 Nov 2026 — 26 Nov 2026Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: West Midlands
Value
£0 exc. VAT · £0 inc. VAT
73220000 Development consultancy services75200000 Provision of services to the community80310000 Youth education services85322000 Community action programme98000000 Other community, social and personal services98133110 Services provided by youth associations

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 120
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality — 60
  • Quality — 60
Published award criteria (6)
  • Quality — 60%
  • Social Value — Social Value Plans
  • Pricing — 20% based on rates
  • Quality — 60%
  • Social Value — Social Value Plans
  • Pricing — 20% based on rates
Conditions of participation · identical on every lot4
  • Economic & financial standing
    Suppliers must meet the conditions of participation set out in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, including requirements relating to financial standing, insurance, data protection, technical ability, safeguarding and exclusion grounds
  • Technical & professional ability
    Suppliers must meet the conditions of participation set out in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, including requirements relating to financial standing, insurance, data protection, technical ability, safeguarding and exclusion grounds
  • Economic & financial standing
    Suppliers must meet the conditions of participation set out in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, including requirements relating to financial standing, insurance, data protection, technical ability, safeguarding and exclusion grounds
  • Technical & professional ability
    Suppliers must meet the conditions of participation set out in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, including requirements relating to financial standing, insurance, data protection, technical ability, safeguarding and exclusion grounds

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Birmingham City Council buys Miscellaneous membership organisations services (CPV 9813) — and who usually turns up

Birmingham City Council’s own published record, next to the West Midlands market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: sector page →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Birmingham City Council

framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 11 in division 98 · 54 in all categories (1 direct)

Bids per lot3division 98 · 36m · n=21 lots
Single-bid lots24%division 98 · 36m · n=21 lots
Award vs estimate3% belowall categories · 24m · n=30 pairs
Deadline → award70dall categories · 36m · n=8 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=228 notices
Awarded without competition0%division 98 · 36m · n=11 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=21
  • 1 bid 24%
  • 2–3 33%
  • 4–6 10%
  • 7+ 33%

Median 3 · 21 lots on 6 contested notices · division 98.

How procedures are run robust · n=11
  • Open 91%
  • Selective 9%
  • Limited 0%
  • Direct 0%

11 notices · division 98. Open and selective are contested (feed the bid/price figures above); limited and direct are not.

The market · delivery region

West Midlands · Miscellaneous membership organisations services (CPV 9813)

framework/DPS notices delivered in West Midlands in 36 months: 65 in division 98 (63 contested)

Bids per lot5division 98 · 36m · n=70 lots
Single-bid lots14%division 98 · 36m · n=70 lots
Award vs estimate—not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price
Deadline → award96ddivision 98 · 36m · n=11 notices
SME bidders86%division 98 · 36m · n=34 lots
Winners based in the region88%division 98 · 36m · n=158 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=70
  • 1 bid 14%
  • 2–3 27%
  • 4–6 11%
  • 7+ 47%

Median 5 · 70 lots on 32 contested notices · division 98.

How procedures are run robust · n=56
  • Open 80%
  • Selective 16%
  • Limited 4%
  • Direct 0%

65 notices · division 98. Open and selective are contested (feed the bid/price figures above); limited and direct are not.

robust · n=30 Awards in Birmingham City Council (all categories, n=30 pairs) land a median 3% below. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£660,000) is an envelope for 4 lots and is not converted.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open admission
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Open framework scheme
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2026, 14:56 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 14:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
P3459
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Community action programmeDevelopment consultancy servicesOther community, social and personal servicesProvision of services to the communityServices provided by youth associationsYouth education services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07759a Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Apply via In-tend
Authorised e-sourcing portalIn-tend ↗Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Open official portal workspace ↗
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Expression of interest (EOI)
—
Appointment period ends
22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
All formal communications (including, but not limited to, clarifications and the submission of Tender responses to the Council are to be made in writing using the Council’s e-tendering portal in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc ↗.

Timeline

5 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    18 Sept 2026, 14:56 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 27 days
    15 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Admission / appointment period endsin 34 days · period end, not a bid countdown
    22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Award decision expected byin 56 days
    13 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract startsin 60 days
    18 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    18 Sept 2026, 14:56 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Birmingham City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCJJ-4826-QMLZ Council House, 1 Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 1BB [email protected]
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Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender