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Compassionate Birmingham Expert Support and Delivery

Birmingham City Council · Local authority

In brief

Birmingham City Council is looking for suppliers for care and healthcare work (West Midlands).

The estimated value is £120,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, starting 1 November 2026.

Bids close at midday, Tuesday 29 September 2026.

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Can I win this?

Key dates

Questions by
midday, Monday 21 September 2026
Bids by
midday, Tuesday 29 September 2026

Competition

Usually low: a median of 2 bids per contract for this buyer (from 8 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Birmingham City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint an organisation for the provision of Compassionate Birmingham workstream, which is a core delivery of the Birmingham Ageing Well Strategy and the continued delivery of our Compassionate Birmingham commitment. Compassionate Birmingham is the umbrella term given to a series of organisations that work to deliver better services and support for people who are dying, bereaved, grieving, or caring. It follows the ideas laid down by Professor Allan Kellehear in the Compassionate Cities Charter: Compassionate Cities Charter. Examples of work carried out previously has revolved around arts and health approaches to health, supporting people…Read the full description
Birmingham City Council (the Council) is seeking to appoint an organisation for the provision of Compassionate Birmingham workstream, which is a core delivery of the Birmingham Ageing Well Strategy and the continued delivery of our Compassionate Birmingham commitment. Compassionate Birmingham is the umbrella term given to a series of organisations that work to deliver better services and support for people who are dying, bereaved, grieving, or caring. It follows the ideas laid down by Professor Allan Kellehear in the Compassionate Cities Charter: Compassionate Cities Charter. Examples of work carried out previously has revolved around arts and health approaches to health, supporting people dying alone in hospital, offering training to community organisations, and funding death cafés. Pre-pandemic, NICE guidance suggested that around 30% of people that experience a close bereavement needed organised support opportunities. Additionally, a further 10% struggled with complex or prolonged grief, needing specialist mental health interventions. However, figures suggested at this time, 20-30% of bereaved adults were unable to access the support they needed. Left unsupported, bereavement is associated with increased risk to health and wellbeing, including mortality, physical health problems, physical disability, medication usage, hospitalisation, and in some cases more visits to a GP. The pre-pandemic costs of this were estimated to be £8bn annually plus an additional £23bn in lost revenue The contract for the services will commence on 1st November 2026 and will be in place for a period of 3 years.

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How to bid

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  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
  4. Send clarification questions before midday, Monday 21 September 2026.
  5. Make sure your bid arrives before midday, Tuesday 29 September 2026. Late bids are usually rejected.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 086167-2026

Last time this was bought

Air Quality Ethnography to Support Birmingham’s Air Quality Health Needs Assessment

Awarded
9 June 2026
Value
Not stated, or split across lots
Contract ends
9 July 2026

Matched on Birmingham City Council, the type of work and the title; it may be a related contract rather than the same one. Check the notice to be sure.

About the buyer

Birmingham City CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

130

Awards

55

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From notice 086167-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 10 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.