Official UK procurement notice
SOL30199 SOL Enablement and Mental Health Drop-in Services 2026
Authority: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis tender is for the provision of prevention and early intervention for people who are living with mental ill health.
The service objective is to prevent mental health complications escalating into longer-term difficulties, supporting people to be as independent as possible where the overarching aims are to reduce the number of people accessing social care services earlier than necessary, reduce hospital admission, prevent the need for long-term care, enhance independence and self-reliance, promote choice and control, improve people’s quality of life, improve financial resilience and support carers/family where appropriate.
The Enablement Service delivers short-term targeted, one-to-one support.
This is a 12-week programme of support, typically providing a minimum of 5 hours per week, focussed on developing daily living skills, confidence and independence, widened access to include people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and acquired brain injuries, ensuring services align with the Care Act 2014 prevention and wellbeing duties.
The Mental Wellbeing Drop-In Service provides community-based, open-access mental wellbeing support.
This service operates six days per week, across multiple community venues in North, South and Central Solihull, providing low-level mental wellbeing support and acting as a preventive and step-down offer from statutory services.
It is envisaged that one contract for a Single Service Provider or Lead Service Provider with partner/sub-contractors will be enacted for the Enablement Service as a cost-and-volume element and for the Mental Wellbeing Drop-In Service element, a block arrangement, to ensure a seamless transfer between provision for Service Users.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 15 Jan 2035, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Guidance and counselling services · Health and social work services · Social services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,215,980
- Economic & financial standing
Minimum annual turnover of £500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Quality: 95%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Quality
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
Minimum annual turnover of £500,000
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 15 Jan 2035
- First published
- 13 Mar 2026, 12:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Sept 2026, 14:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 7 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
SOL30199- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083923- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0669b5Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payment in arrears 30 days from date of undisputed invoices
- Risks
Potential risk 1
Lack of a mature and competitive market of providers able to bid for the contract. This was mitigated by Market Engagement to test the level of market interest and to gain feedback of maturity and experience of potential bidders.
Potential risk 2
Lack of robust and detailed engagement with and involvement of people who receive enablement and drop-in services. This was mitigated by the engagement surveys carried out with people that use the services.
Potential risk 3
Failure to learn lessons from any issues which are identified with the current service. This was mitigated by a review of the current services and the development of new Service Specifications to capture lessons learned.
Potential risk 4
Unsuccessful implementation of the new services. This is mitigated by having a robust mobilisation plan that picks up issues such as the TUPE of staff if necessary.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Online via Atamis solihull.my.site.com/s/ ↗
Timeline
13 Mar 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published229 days ago13 Mar 2026, 12:15 GMT
- Market engagement82 days ago7 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
Pre-tender Market Engagement Information Session form to be completed and submitted before Friday 7 August 2026 at 12 noon on Atamis solihull.my.site.com/s/ ↗
- Next notice expected57 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published54 days ago4 Sept 2026, 14:09 BST
- Clarification questions by33 days ago25 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline19 days ago9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 39 days7 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 153 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
10 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 Mar 2026, 12:15 GMTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published6 Jul 2026, 17:03 BSTUK3
- Published value updated to £2,215,9806 Jul 2026, 17:03 BSTwas £1,561,000
- Status changed to planned6 Jul 2026, 17:03 BST
- Procurement method changed6 Jul 2026, 17:03 BST
- Deadline published: 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST6 Jul 2026, 17:03 BST
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jul 2026, 15:13 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £1,561,00030 Jul 2026, 15:13 BSTwas £2,215,980
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jul 2026, 15:25 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published4 Sept 2026, 14:09 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Insertion of document
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-03: 1 release · 13 Mar 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender