P0834 -1 Mentoring and Positive Activity Services - DPS

Description

The Trust wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing system (DPS) for the Provision of Mentoring Services in accordance with Regulation 34 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016 and in accordance with the Light Touch Regime as set out in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Annex A) (PCR 2015) in relation to Social, Health and Education services. The publication of this document in no way commits Birmingham City Council or THE TRUST to award any contract pursuant to any procurement process. The DPS will be for the delivery of mentoring and positive activity services for Young Offenders and those at risk of offending, and will be established using the following category basis: o SEN Specialist support / provision eg. for young people with SEMH, ASC needs o Gang Specialist Mentoring o Preventing Serious Youth Violence o Anti-knife crime programmes o Anger Management o Therapeutic Interventions (PTSD, trauma informed interventions, CBT, Green space initiatives, Art Based therapies) o Motivational, Resilience and Stamina building interventions / workshops o Positive Diversionary activities o Raising Aspirations initiatives o Routeway into employment initiatives o Supported Work experience / Experience of the workplace Tasters o Career Sector training and Accreditation offer o Entrepreneurial initiatives o Supporting engagement into Education, Training and Employment o Journey support offer to support access to Education, Training and Employment o Life skills and developmental skills activity o Addressing disproportionality issues o Preventing Violent Extremism initiatives o Victim support initiatives o Restorative Justice Interventions o Mentoring support for Eastern European Romany cohort The DPS will last for an initial period of 5 years, commencing on 6th December 2021, with the option to extend for up to 3 additional years subject to satisfactory performance and funding. The DPS is a two-stage process: Stage 1 - Providers wishing to join the DPS shall complete a set of Specific Questions (SQ) that are standard for all Providers. Provider's SQ submissions are evaluated on a pass / fail basis to establish the Providers general capability to undertake the work tendered for. Stage 2 - The Youth Offending Service shall utilise this DPS for any call off procedures, this includes the option for the Service to specify their individual requirements and to vary the award criteria. There are two ways of making a call off from this arrangement as detailed immediately below:- o Direct Award o Mini Competition Birmingham Children's Trust will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address i... Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal. Delivery Notes Birmingham Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

Key facts

Procedure

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contact

Carol Woodfield

Carol.Woodfield@birmingham.gov.uk

0121 303 2913

Contract period

6 Dec 2026 → 7 Dec 2026

Category

services