Notice Information
Notice Title
Community Counselling - PROC.90.0029
Notice Description
This is a PSR Competitive Process Award. For clarity, the suppliers being awarded from this competitive process are -<br/><br/>Lot 1 - Trustees Women's Consortium <br/>Lot 2 - Trustees Women's Consortium<br/>Lot 3 - Trustees Women's Consortium<br/>Lot 4 - Trustees Women's Consortium<br/>Lot 5 - Gateway Family Services <br/>Lot 6 - Trustees Women's Consortium<br/><br/>The criteria for this procurement was the PSR key criteria and can be found within the tender documentation.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This procurement is for counselling services for Birmingham Solihull Mental Health Learning Disability and Autism Provider Collaborative. The procurement was conducted by Birmingham Solihull Procurement Collaborative. Counselling services are to be provided across the 6 Birmingham localities, aimed at increasing access and reducing healthcare inequalities.
This is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process with an approximate lifetime value of 1,436,550.26.
This is a new service with new providers, and is intended to be provided between 01/04/2026 - 31/03/2028, with an option to extend for a further two years ( 1+1).
The awarded providers are
Lot 1 - Trustees Women's Consortium
Lot 2 - Trustees Women's Consortium
Lot 3 - Trustees Women's Consortium
Lot 4 - Trustees Women's Consortium
Lot 5 - Gateway Family Services
Lot 6 - Trustees Women's Consortium. Additional information: This procurement is being conducted by BSOL procurement collaborative on behalf of the authority. The contract is not yet awarded as this is an intention to award notice under PSR.
Renewal: Extensions are subject to NHS approved funding, current contract is being procured for 2 years with option to extend for a further 2 (2+2).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a45d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012062-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85312320 - Counselling services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £718,317 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £718,317 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Feb 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Nov 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 1 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Contact Name
- Ali Babu
- Contact Email
- ali.babu@uhb.nhs.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B15 2WB
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- TLG31 Birmingham
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Edgbaston
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Edgbaston
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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