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Virtual School Enrichment Training FCA

  • Birmingham City Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-046110

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0563fa

Published 22 July 2025, 3:23pm

Last edited 5 August 2025, 1:23pm

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Engagement deadline extended

Scope

Reference

P0886 SMT

Description

Birmingham City Council (BCC) is undertaking a Soft Market Testing exercise to explore the potential procurement of a flexible contracting agreement for training services for Birmingham Virtual School (BVS). This exercise is purely exploratory and intended to help the Council assess the viability and scope of a future procurement. Participation in this process is entirely voluntary and will not affect your eligibility to take part in any subsequent procurement activity.

The Training opportunity will be broken into 3 lots based on the target audience so that the services can be supplied under more than one contract.

Lot 1: Training for staff at educational establishments and other professionals

Lot 2: Training for Social Care Professionals

Lot 3: Training for Parents, Carers and Family Members

Providers can bid for multiple lots.

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £600,000 excluding VAT
  • £720,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 17 November 2025 to 16 November 2027
  • Possible extension to 17 November 2029
  • 4 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 80500000 - Training services
  • 80510000 - Specialist training services

Contract locations

  • UKG31 - Birmingham

Engagement

Engagement deadline

18 August 2025

Engagement process description

Interested providers should complete the soft market testing questionnaire via the link in the information document available on the Council's e-tendering portal www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Reference Number P0886 SMT

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

8 September 2025

Procedure

Special regime

Light touch

Contracting authority

Birmingham City Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PCJJ-4826-QMLZ

Council House, 1 Victoria Square

Birmingham

B1 1BB

United Kingdom

Contact name: Commercial and Procurement Services

Email: etendering@birmingham.gov.uk

Website: http://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Region: UKG31 - Birmingham

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government