Official UK procurement notice
Circular Food Growing Model
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Published estimate£155,000≈ £39k / year · £186,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 2 Sept 2026
Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Aug 2030 · starts 1 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (the Council) is commissioning a provider to deliver a circular food growing model for Bradford primary schools, secondary schools and alternative provision settings, consisting of five key areas: food education, food growing, selling food produce, seed donation, and composting.
CPV: Community health services · Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£155,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- QUALITY
- SOCIAL VALUE
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- 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
- 11 Aug 2026, 17:02 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2026, 17:02 BST
- Authority reference
CBMC-PTR-283-2026-27- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-076431- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e1d7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
- Submission deadline
- 2 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
11 Aug 2026 → 2 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published77 days ago11 Aug 2026, 17:02 BST
- Clarification questions by65 days ago24 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts57 days ago1 Sept 2026
- Submission deadline55 days ago2 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Aug 2026, 17:02 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender