SAFEGUARDING PARTNERSHIP TRAINING PROVIDER

Birmingham Children’s Trust Community Interest Company is seeking a provider to deliver and manage a comprehensive programme of multi-agency safeguarding training on behalf of the Birmingham Safeguarding Children Partnership (BSCP).

The opportunity will support BSCP’s statutory safeguarding responsibilities by providing learning opportunities for professionals and volunteers working with children and families across Birmingham.

BSCP brings together Birmingham City Council, Birmingham & Solihull Integrated Care Board, West Midlands Police and Birmingham Children’s Trust as its main partners. The Partnership coordinates local safeguarding arrangements and priorities, with training used to help embed learning from reviews, audits and national guidance into practice.

The successful provider will be responsible for delivering and managing more than 50 courses and webinars each year and must be able to proactively source trainers with the appropriate skills and experience as safeguarding priorities develop.

Training delivered through the contract must reflect current legislation, statutory guidance and local priorities. It must also incorporate learning from Serious Case Reviews, audits and thematic reports while promoting multi-agency working, professional curiosity and effective challenge.

The programme must be accessible to a broad safeguarding workforce, including statutory agencies, voluntary sector organisations and faith groups.

Core Training Themes

The programme will cover a range of safeguarding and practice development areas, including:

• Child protection fundamentals, including roles, responsibilities and thresholds
• Child criminal and sexual exploitation
• Domestic abuse, coercive control and perpetrator-focused approaches
• Safeguarding disabled children and cultural competence
• Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) awareness
• Mental health awareness for community and faith organisations
• Online safety and radicalisation prevention
• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and trauma-informed practice
• Professional curiosity and escalation
• Strengthening Families Framework
• Learning from local and national reviews

Delivery Model

Training will be delivered through a combination of virtual and face-to-face sessions.

The approach must provide interactive, discussion-based learning with practical application. The appointed provider will also be required to implement robust feedback arrangements and report on attendance and the impact of the training programme.

The procurement is intended to strengthen safeguarding practice across Birmingham, provide consistent and high-quality learning opportunities across agencies, and support a culture of continuous improvement and shared responsibility for protecting children.

Contract Information

• Buyer: Birmingham Children’s Trust Community Interest Company
• Deadline: 11 September 2026, 12:00pm
• Contract Value: £540,000 including VAT
• Delivery Length: 2 November 2026 to 1 November 2029, with two optional 12-month extensions to 1 November 2031
• Tender Link: Click here

The enquiry deadline is 26 August 2026 at 12:00pm, with an estimated award decision date of 5 October 2026.

The contract includes two separate 12-month extension options, subject to satisfactory performance.

The procurement is being conducted through an Open procedure, with the opportunity identified as particularly suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs).

Evaluation Criteria

Tenders will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Quality – 60%
• Price – 30%
• Social Value – 10%

The opportunity represents a substantial multi-year training requirement for organisations capable of managing and delivering safeguarding learning across a diverse multi-agency workforce. With more than 50 courses and webinars required each year, the contract provides an opportunity for experienced training providers supporting children’s safeguarding and professional development.

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