Stale Pre-tender

Birmingham Virtual School Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Service

Details

Topic
Welfare services for children and young people
Published
28 October 2025

Tender description

Birmingham City Council is conducting a Soft Market Testing exercise to explore the potential procurement of Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Services for Birmingham Virtual School (BVS). This is an exploratory exercise to assess market interest, capacity, and viability for future commissioning. Participation is voluntary and will not affect eligibility for future procurement. Birmingham Virtual School supports the educational progress of Children in Care (CIC), Previously Looked-After Children (PLAC), and Children with a Social Worker (CWSW). The school operates strategically, working with professionals and families to ensure children known to social care receive appropriate educational and emotional support. Key Principles • Empowerment: Children and families involved in planning • Flexibility: Tailored services to individual needs • Quality & Safety: High standards and safeguarding compliance • Accountability: Transparent service delivery and financial practices • Monitoring: Regular evaluation and stakeholder feedback Support should enable young people to: • manage exam stress and perform confidently • transition smoothly into new school environments • and maintain emotional wellbeing and positive educational engagement The estimated contract start date is April 2026 for a period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 1 year Please complete the Expression of Interest questionnaire via the following link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Z86aaeTSzUuzA9K74rm78a25OehCvWdGmM3r15QnA7RUOTNMOTJSUE43MDQwQTYwRUZZT1pHV05QUC4u Deadline for Submission is Tuesday 11th November 2025 All communications must be made via the Council's e-tendering system In-tend www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Please do not contact Council Officers directly. For technical support: cps@birmingham.gov.uk All information shared during this SMT will be treated confidentially and used solely to inform future commissioning decisions.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published28 October 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham, and buys through Corporate Procurement, a central team that commissions services to deliver the council's priorities for residents. Suppliers with questions about the process can contact the corporate procurement team directly by email.

Over the past 5 years, most of Birmingham City Council's contract awards have been in transport equipment, transport services and architectural and engineering services.

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