Awarded· 15 Oct 2025
SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring
Birmingham City Council · Birmingham, West Midlands
Birmingham City Council has awarded SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Birmingham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 15 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
UK5 - Transparency Notice · 10:49
View notice2025
Contract starts
2026
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Birmingham City Council has awarded SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring. It is a contract for children's services and Ofsted in Birmingham. It was awarded on 15 October 2025. The awarded value is £832,255. The contract runs from 3 November 2025 to 2 October 2026. It lasts 1 year.
It is run as a direct award. The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 15 October 2025. The notice number is 065539-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05cd28.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process for the "SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring" initiative is led by Birmingham City Council, targeting the welfare services industry, specifically for children and young people. The project focuses on delivering mentoring services in Birmingham, aligned with the local authorities and educational institutions.
The relevant procurement stage is the award stage, with crucial dates marking the future signature due on 27th October 2025, and the contract period running from 3rd November 2025 to 2nd October 2026. The direct award procurement method was utilised, justified under special circumstances detailed in the UK's legislative framework. This tender creates substantial opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly those specialising in socio-emotional and educational mentoring services.
The project notably supports enterprises involved in welfare services and aligns with both existing suppliers and those adaptable to school systems, offering an ecosystem for SMEs and voluntary sector entities to thrive through tailored interventions in the community.
The notice in full
Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed (SAFE) is a schools-led response to serious youth violence, focused on providing earlier intervention in mainstream secondary schools. It is aligned with the expectations placed upon Schools, Academy trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities by the Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance.
The aims of the SAFE programme are to: - Improve socio-emotional regulation and wellbeing - Improve behaviour within schools and the local area - Improve school attendance - Reduce vulnerability to, and involvement in, serious violence The expected outputs from the award of these contracts will be: - Mentoring services for 36 secondary schools with a minimum of 620 referrals - Weekly (term time) mentoring for a minimum of 6 months per referral (two terms) alongside complementary afterschool and school holiday activity.
Expected outcomes from the Services are: - Improvements in behaviour of young people - Improvements in socio-emotional wellbeing - Improvements in / stabilisation of attendance
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Children and Young People's Social Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 3 Nov 2025 to 2 Oct 2026 (1 year)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
- Number of suppliers
- 10
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Awards value
- £832,255
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Pending
Not stated in the notice: contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 065539-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cd28
- CPV code
- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B1 1BB
- Electoral ward
- Ladywood
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Birmingham
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Birmingham City Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Commercial and Procurement Services
- Address
- Birmingham, B1 1BB · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Documents and links
Questions about SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring
Who won the SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring contract?
The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.
How much is the SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring contract worth?
The awarded value is £832,255. The contract runs from 3 November 2025 to 2 October 2026 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Track 2 Interventions - Mentoring?
Birmingham City Council, based in Birmingham, West Midlands. The named contact is Commercial and Procurement Services.
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