Scope
Reference
PQ0626
Description
Birmingham City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint an organisation for the delivery of Deep Engagement work with Communities of Identity within Birmingham aimed at increasing community health literacy, enhancing community capability for collective control of programme to address health inequalities, bringing community voice (including seldom heard voices) to strategy and policy development addressing health inequalities, and to utilise existing community strengths and capabilities to identify and provide solutions for communities' health and wellbeing.
There is a requirement to deliver a range of public health interventions relating to community of identity specific health inequalities highlighted within the relevant Community health profiles. The interventions cover a range of outputs including focus groups with community members, one significant health inequality project per year and delivery of cultural intelligence training (based off the Birmingham Cultural Intelligence Framework (BCIF) to relevant wider system partners. Additionally, there is a requirement for community upskilling to build sustainability for community capacity in tackling health inequalities. The specifics of the delivery method and any supporting resources will be determined through the bidding process once the project is commissioned. Further details in the specification.
The contract for the services will commence on 19th January 2026 and will be in place for a period of 1 year with the option to extend for a further 1 year subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.
The contract(s) being procured have been split into Lots, as follows.
• Lot 1: Christian Deep Engagement Partner
• Lot 2: Sikh Deep Engagement Partner
Potential suppliers may apply for one or both lots. Separate contracts will be awarded for each Lot.
Total value (estimated)
- £120,000 excluding VAT
- £144,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 19 January 2026 to 18 January 2027
- Possible extension to 19 January 2028
- 2 years, 1 day
Description of possible extension:
The contract is for 1 year with option to extend for a further 1 year subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 75200000 - Provision of services to the community
- 85323000 - Community health services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
- 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services
- 80500000 - Training services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
Contract locations
- UKG31 - Birmingham
Lot 1. Christian Deep Engagement Partner
Description
Christian - must include engagement with Black-led churches and South Asian churches. Further details in the tender documentation.
Lot value (estimated)
- £60,000 excluding VAT
- £72,000 including VAT
Same for all lots
CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.
Lot 2. Sikh Deep Engagement Partner
Description
Sikh Deep Engagement Partner. Further details in the tender documentation.
Lot value (estimated)
- £60,000 excluding VAT
- £72,000 including VAT
Same for all lots
CPV classifications, contract locations and contract dates are shown in the Scope section, because they are the same for all lots.
Participation
Particular suitability
Lot 1. Christian Deep Engagement Partner
Lot 2. Sikh Deep Engagement Partner
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Submission
Enquiry deadline
31 October 2025, 12:00pm
Tender submission deadline
11 November 2025, 12:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
This Request for Quotations is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system 'In-tend' and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the 'in-tend' system. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc
Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email the etendering@birmingham.gov.uk.
Deadline for request for quotation is noon on 11th November 2025
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Award criteria
The award criteria carries a total weighting of 100%, this is split between the following sections: The overall weighting for the quality criteria is 70%. The overall weighting for the price criteria is 30% For full details please refer to the procurement documents.
Procedure
Procedure type
Below threshold - open competition
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
Region: UKG31 - Birmingham
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government