Official UK procurement notice
Education provision services - Prism Independent School
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Awarded value£780,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to PRISM YOUTH PROJECT, Prism Independent School
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (CBMDC) has a duty to provide education for pupils permanently excluded from school ensuring the LA legal duty under Section 19 of the Education Act 1996. To ensure delivery of this service, CBMDC is contracting to provide a number of places with specialist Education providers so that our statutory duties can be carried out.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Feb 2026, 15:27 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Feb 2026, 14:42 GMT
- Authority reference
EX1151- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-012978- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06147bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Above threshold
Review and risk notes
- Risks
Above threshold
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Feb 2026 → 12 Feb 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends258 days ago11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published257 days ago12 Feb 2026, 14:42 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Transparency notice published2 Feb 2026, 15:27 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published2 Feb 2026, 15:37 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published12 Feb 2026, 14:42 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £780,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Feb 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRISM YOUTH PROJECTSMEVCSE, Prism Independent Schooljoint award12 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026 | £780,000 | 2 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Education provision services - Prism Independent School · PRISM YOUTH PROJECTSMEVCSE, Prism Independent School
- Signed
- 12 Feb 2026
- Value
- £780,000
- Period
- 12 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- PRISM YOUTH PROJECTAwarded supplier
- Prism Independent SchoolAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender