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Birmingham Virtual School Educational Wellbeing Service

Awarded to Randstad Solutions Limited

Birmingham City Council(buyer)

Published
Published 29 April 2026
Deadline
Closed 29 June 2026
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Overview

Birmingham City Council is commissioning an early intervention and prevention Educational Well-Being Service for looked-after and vulnerable children in Birmingham, valued at £800,000. The service will provide direct support and programmes to help children prepare for public examinations and tests, and to support school transitions across key stages from Reception through to post-16 education and employment. The contract runs for three years from January 2027 with a one-year extension option, and this is a retender of a previous commission.

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£800,000
Procedure
Open procedure
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
Published
29 April 2026
Questions by
22 June 2026
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Welfare services for children and young peopleCounselling services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£712,953
Award date
26 October 2026
Contract period
2 January 2027 → 1 January 2030
Contract length
3 years
Could run to
1 January 2031
Against estimate
11% below
Bids received
9
Winner
  • Randstad Solutions Limited

This contract ends on 1 January 2030, or 1 January 2031 if every extension is used.

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About the winner

Randstad Solutions Limited

Based in
Luton
Public contracts won
62
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Competition and scoring

Bids received

9

4 from SMEs

Open and restricted tenders in Health and social work services drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 19% received only one.

How bids were scored

Price 20% · Quality 80%

  • Quality60%
  • Social Value20%
  • Price20%

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Market context

Typical award in Health and social work services

£186,100

Median of 14,539 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 3.8× the median.

Birmingham City Council in the last 12 months

82

contracts awarded, worth £11,312,440,068 in total

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    27 October 2026

  2. Tender Update

    12 May 2026

  3. Tender Update

    12 May 2026

  4. Contract Notice

    29 April 2026

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