Birmingham Virtual School Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Service

Name: Birmingham Virtual School Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Service
Creator: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
Published: 2025-10-28T15:32:08.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Published 28 Oct 2025 Contracts Finder

key details

Status	planning
Category (CPV)	85311300 +1 more
Region	West Midlands
SME suitable	Yes
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-35fb9901-0e02-4680-b317-eeab9b6d08e7

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.

notice history

1 notice published against this procurement.

Published	Type	Regime	Notice
28 Oct 2025	Planning (planning)	·	873be034-ea83-4e5b-89ff-a2036b77a247-869919

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