Official UK procurement notice
Best Start in Life Programme Services
Authority: Bradford Children & Families Trust (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionBradford Children and Families Trust (BCFT) is seeking to commission suppliers to deliver services that support the Best Start in Life Programme's strategic objectives. The commissioned services will aim to improve child development outcomes, enhance family wellbeing and positive relationships, increase school readiness, reduce inequalities, and facilitate access to integrated early years, health, education, and family support services. The procurement will be divided into the following two Lots: Lot 1: Lot 1 - Evidence-Based Programmes and Support for Parents Lot 2: Lot 2 - Parent-Infant Relationships and Perinatal Mental Health Service The services are expected to be delivered from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2029, with two options to extend the contract for up to a further 24 months each, at the Trust's discretion.
- How the procedure runs: Competitive Flexible Procedure with Negotiation (Procurement Act 2023)
CPV: Social services · Social work and related services · Social work services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value (£7,699,560 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Evidence Based Programmes and Support for Parents ServiceRenewalPublished value£3,499,800
The Service will deliver high-quality, evidence-based parenting support for families with children aged 0-5 years, which strengthens parenting confidence and capability, promotes positive parent-child relationships, enhances the home learning environment, and improves children's developmental, wellbeing and school readiness outcomes.
Lot #2Parent-Infant Relationships and Perinatal & Mental Wellbeing ProvisionRenewalPublished value£4,199,760
The Service will deliver high-quality, evidence-based parenting support for families with children aged 0-2 years. It will support and empower parents and carers to nurture their children and provide the best start in life. Through safe, inclusive, and supportive provision, promote positive early parent-infant relationships, support parental wellbeing and mental health, strengthening parenting confidence, and improve health, developmental, and educational outcomes for children and families.
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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).
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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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected: about £3,495,212 – ~£4,194,254 per lot (twice each lot's annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Bradford Children & Families Trust buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
Bradford Children & Families Trust has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
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Across this market, small firms won 38% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 42% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 48 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 66% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid49%
2–322%
4–622%
7+7%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate15%
Within ±2%85%
Above estimate0%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1Evidence Based Programmes and Support for Parents ServiceCPV 85Published estimate£3.5m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid26%
2–343%
4–626%
7+4%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 36 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£3.5m
Estimate£3.5m
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Barnardo'sLarge | £167m83 awards in 36m · last this month | 31 live · £87m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=38 |
ACTION FOR CHILDRENLarge | £144m33 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 7 live · £8.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
| £368m9 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £39k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Family ActionLarge | £24m37 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 21 live · £22m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=12 |
| £252k4 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 2 live · £222k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=1 |
Lot #2Parent-Infant Relationships and Perinatal & Mental Wellbeing ProvisionCPV 85Published estimate£4.2m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 85. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid26%
2–340%
4–630%
7+4%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
Based on 36 comparable awards. Each lot reflects its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Middle 50%£4.2m
Estimate£4.2m
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Barnardo'sLarge | £167m83 awards in 36m · last this month | 31 live · £87m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=38 |
ACTION FOR CHILDRENLarge | £144m33 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 7 live · £8.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
| £368m9 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £39k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Family ActionLarge | £24m37 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 21 live · £22m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=12 |
| £252k4 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 2 live · £222k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 17:03 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 14:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
T- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089841- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777f9Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Contract Value includes all extension options.
- How it runs
Competitive Flexible Procedure with Negotiation (Procurement Act 2023)
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 2 Dec 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 6 dates- Tender notice published34 days ago22 Sept 2026, 17:03 BST
- Latest notice published31 days ago25 Sept 2026, 14:28 BST
- Clarification questions by18 days ago8 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today26 Oct 2026
- Submission deadlinein 37 days2 Dec 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 53 days18 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 156 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2026- Tender notice published22 Sept 2026, 17:03 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published25 Sept 2026, 14:28 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Publication Notice Amendment Please note that the submission deadline stated in the FTS notice is incorrect. The deadline for Stage 1 submissions is 22 October 2026, as published in the EU-Supply portal. The date of 2 December 2026 relates to the Stage 2 submission deadline and should not be referenced as the Stage 1 submission deadline. The correct dates are: Stage 1 Submission Deadline: 11am, 22…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender