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Birmingham Children's Trust - Market Engagement Speech and Language Therapy (Salt) Service
Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company · Birmingham, West Midlands
Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company is planning Birmingham Children's Trust - Market Engagement Speech and Language Therapy (Salt) Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 31 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 15:51
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2029
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company is planning Birmingham Children's Trust - Market Engagement Speech and Language Therapy (Salt) Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2029. It lasts 3 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 31 October 2025. The notice number is 070202-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05d851.
Summary of the contracting process
The Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company is currently in the planning stage for a procurement process involving the provision of a Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) service for the Birmingham Youth Justice Service (BYJS). This process is classified under the health and social work services category, aiming to support children aged 10-17 with various communication needs.
The Trust, particularly addressing the needs of children with speech, communication and language difficulties, seeks to ensure service provision from April 2026, following the expiry of the current contract in March 2026. The initial procurement stage involves a market engagement exercise with a due date for feedback submission set for 17th November 2025.
The initiative is part of a broader engagement with regions across the UK, including locations such as Birmingham (UKG31) and others within the UK, leveraging a light-touch procurement regime to facilitate small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) in participation.
Given the extensive scope that spans multiple regions, and the expected collaboration with health, education, and criminal justice agencies, this tender could greatly benefit organisations with robust staffing resources and an agile service delivery model that ensures continuity without delay.
The notice in full
Purpose We are seeking early market feedback on capacity and capability to deliver a Speech and Language Therapy service for Birmingham Youth Justice Service (BYJS) from April 2026 onwards (the current contract is due to expire at the end of March 2026). This is not a call for competition and participation will not affect future procurement opportunities.
About BYJS BYJS, part of Birmingham Children's Trust, is the UK's largest Youth Justice Service, working with around 350 children aged 10-17 at any time. Many have complex needs, including speech, communication and language needs (SCLN). Research suggests up to 60% of our cohort may require SALT support.
Service Overview The provider will supply at least 2 FTE Therapists* to: Assess needs and deliver interventions Provide staff training and consultation Support creation of communication-friendly resources Although the services of 2 FTE Therapists are required, the provider must be able to demonstrate sufficient depth of staffing to be able to cover any absences immediately to ensure service continuity and without resorting to a recruitment process which would impact service delivery.
Therapists must be suitably qualified, experienced in youth justice settings, and committed to trauma-informed, child-first practice. The service will operate across universal, targeted and specialist levels, in partnership with agencies including health, education, and criminal justice. Confidentiality and Compliance All information provided will be treated in confidence and used solely for the purposes of informing our procurement planning.
This engagement is conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and relevant guidance on preliminary market engagement.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2029 (3 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 070202-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d851
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B6 4DU
- Electoral ward
- Nechells
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Birmingham
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Birmingham, B6 4DU · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
Questions about this tender
When will the Birmingham Children's Trust - Market Engagement Speech and Language Therapy… tender open?
Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Birmingham Children's Trust - Market Engagement Speech and Language Therapy… contract?
The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2029 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for Birmingham Children's Trust - Market Engagement Speech and Language Therapy…?
Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company, based in Birmingham, West Midlands.
How do I bid for Birmingham Children's Trust - Market Engagement Speech and Language Therapy…?
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