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title: "SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05cd28"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-10-15"
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# SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring

Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05cd28

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## Summary

The procurement process for the "SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring" initiative is led by Birmingham City Council, targeting the welfare services industry, specifically for children and young people. The project focuses on delivering mentoring services in Birmingham, aligned with the local authorities and educational institutions. The relevant procurement stage is the award stage, with crucial dates marking the future signature due on 27th October 2025, and the contract period running from 3rd November 2025 to 2nd October 2026. The direct award procurement method was utilised, justified under special circumstances detailed in the UK's legislative framework.

This tender creates substantial opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly those specialising in socio-emotional and educational mentoring services. By participating, businesses can establish strong partnerships with local authorities and schools, enhancing their portfolio and visibility. The project notably supports enterprises involved in welfare services and aligns with both existing suppliers and those adaptable to school systems, offering an ecosystem for SMEs and voluntary sector entities to thrive through tailored interventions in the community.

## Notice

Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed (SAFE) is a schools-led response to serious youth violence, focused on providing earlier intervention in mainstream secondary schools. It is aligned with the expectations placed upon Schools, Academy trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities by the Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance. The aims of the SAFE programme are to: - Improve socio-emotional regulation and wellbeing - Improve behaviour within schools and the local area - Improve school attendance - Reduce vulnerability to, and involvement in, serious violence The expected outputs from the award of these contracts will be: - Mentoring services for 36 secondary schools with a minimum of 620 referrals - Weekly (term time) mentoring for a minimum of 6 months per referral (two terms) alongside complementary afterschool and school holiday activity. Expected outcomes from the Services are: - Improvements in behaviour of young people - Improvements in socio-emotional wellbeing - Improvements in / stabilisation of attendance

### Procurement Information

This direct award is justified as a Special Case Under Schedule 5 Direct Awards of PA2023 under clause 7 in relation to Additional or repeat goods, services or works -5 The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- (a) a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b) the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance A change of supplier would result in services being different from those provided by the existing supplier. Suppliers were matched with schools in 2023 and have been onboarded with school values, staff structure, policies, procedures and systems and their delivery and methodology has been adapted overtime to deliver against them. A change in supplier would result in a requirement for extended supplier training, stakeholder management and mobilisation to end users, disproportionate to that needed to continue the service.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065539-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Contract period | 3 Nov 2025 - 2 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £832,255 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B1 1BB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Ladywood |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 10 |
| Supplier names | ASTON VILLA FOUNDATION; BIRMINGHAM SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRUST; BIRMINGHAM URBAN RHYTHM NETWORK (BURN CONSORTIUM; EVERY CHILD NEEDS A MENTOR; EVOLVE: A SOCIAL IMPACT; FIRST CLASS FOUNDATION; MENTORING AND DIVERSE EDUCATORS; RECREA8 NOW; URBAN DEVOTION BIRMINGHAM; VISION FOR ALL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

## Release History

- 15 Oct 2025 at 10:49 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065539-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065539-2025
  15th October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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