2701EARABO - Early Help and District Leads

Buyer

BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Value

£12,500,000

Closes

23 November 2026

Where

Birmingham, the West Midlands

Type

Open tender

In plain English

Birmingham Children's Trust wants to appoint one or more providers to run its Early Help and District Leads service across Birmingham, offering accessible support to children and families. The contract is worth about £12.5 million over three years from 1 April 2027, with an option to extend for up to two more years.

What the buyer wants

• Deliver community-based family support that works with grassroots groups, voluntary and faith organisations, schools, Family Hubs and statutory partners, using a strengths-based approach. • Identify and develop local community assets, while keeping a consistent citywide offer with shared standards and clear accountability. • Pass the two-stage process: a pass/fail check of conditions of participation, safeguarding and financial standing questionnaires, then a scored initial tender, with selected bidders moving to a final tender.

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

A bidder that cannot pass the pass/fail conditions of participation, including the safeguarding and financial standing checks, or that lacks evidence of delivering children's family support at scale would be ruled out before quality is scored.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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