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AwardedAwarded 7 July 2026

PS127 - Personal Assistance Scheme

Birmingham City University · Education

In brief

Birmingham City University awarded education work to University of Warwick on 7 July 2026.

The notice gives a value of £3,000,000 including VAT.

The contract runs for 2 years, up to 4 years with extensions, starting 1 August 2026.

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What the notice says

BCU runs the Personal Assistance Scheme to assist disabled students and students with Specific Learning Difficulties, such as dyslexia, to study as independently as possible. The supplier shall support and provide the Services including the provision of Specialist and non-Specialist Support Workers to BCU. The Personal Assistance Scheme provides support to DSA-funded students, non-DSA-funded students and disabled students funded from other sources, including apprentice learners and research council-funded postgraduate students. The Personal Assistance Scheme ensures that students can receive the support they need with their studies, without having to recruit, train or pay their support workers - the Student Inclusion Team, provide the Services in collaboration with the supplier. Any specialist support provided is determined by a student's DSA needs assessment or an assessment carried out by BCU's Student Inclusion Team, and is available term-time only, when BCU is open for teaching unless otherwise stated. Support workers may be recommended to assist students with some of the following activities: •Dyslexia support / study skills tuition •Sighted guiding •English Language Support •Mentoring

Who won

WinnerValueDates
University of Warwick (SME)
4 bids received
£4,697,367
Awarded 7 July 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Tender notice · UK4, notice 019907-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 063474-2026

About the buyer

Birmingham City UniversityLast 12 months

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From notice 019907-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 5 March 2026, last updated 7 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.