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OpenStage · planning

NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD

Work and Health and/or Employment Support Services

Business ServicesCPV 80000000
Value£36.0m
Deadline
Published29 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Michael Barlow
michael.barlow1@nhs.net

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£36.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£38.9m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit, on behalf of NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board and NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board are seeking to put in place a framework agreement for suitably experienced and qualified providers of Work and Health and/or Employment Support Services.

This event is aimed at providers who may be interested in being part of the framework agreement.

We intend to give potential providers an overview of how the procurement process will be run, how the contract form will be structured and key areas they should look to be aware of in order to increase their chances of success in terms of being included on the framework.

There will also be an opportunity to hear from the Commissioners in terms of their goals for the framework.

Initial mini-competitions against the framework are likely to take in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country's initial requirements under the WorkWell programme.

It is also possible that other future requirements both from the ICB and Local Authority partners will utilise the framework.

In terms of the service itself, suppliers who are on the framework will be required to carry out specific Work and Health and/or Employment Support provisions as programme opportunities present themselves.

These will be specified as part of the mini-competitions run against the framework and individual specifications around these will be issued as and when these opportunities present themselves.

Where applicable, providers will be expected to deliver these provisions in accordance with the applicable funding rules and appropriate guidance which may be linked to the funding stream(s).

It is anticipated that the framework will be split into 6 lots, 5 which are geographical in nature and the other lot which is intended to cut across all geographies.

The lots are planned as follows: Lot 1 - Solihull and East Birmingham Lot 2 - North and West Birmingham Lot 3 - Central and South Birmingham Lot 4 - Sandwell and Dudley Lot 5 - Wolverhampton and Walsall Lot 6 Neuro-diverse pathways for Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

We intend to give potential providers

We intend to give potential providers an overview of how the procurement process will be run, how the contract form will be structured and key areas they should look to be aware of in order to increase their chances of success in terms of being included on the framework.

02

In terms of the service itself, suppliers

In terms of the service itself, suppliers who are on the framework will be required to carry out specific Work and Health and/or Employment Support provisions as programme opportunities present themselves.

03

Where applicable, providers will be expected

Where applicable, providers will be expected to deliver these provisions in accordance with the applicable funding rules and appropriate guidance which may be linked to the funding stream(s).

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065d07
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
060896-2026
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