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Published 28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Community Early Language Service

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)

3 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Published estimate£3,600,000envelope for 3 lots · £4,320,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submission deadline 27 Oct 202616:00 GMT · 26d 16h left
Clarification cut-off 27 Oct 202616:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 1 yr 10 moup to 6 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Bids per lot · this authority 1CPV 8531 · n=3 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (the Authority) invites tenders for the delivery of the Community Early Language Service across Bradford District. The Service will support children from birth up to their sixth birthday and their parents and carers, with an enhanced focus on children aged two to three. It will improve speech, language and communication development, improve school readiness and narrow inequalities through prevention, early identification, early support, targeted intervention and workforce development.

The Service forms part of Bradford's Talking Bradford pathway and Best Start Family Hub model and will be delivered in partnership with the Living Well Public Health Nursing Service, Family Hubs, speech and language therapy services, early years settings and voluntary and community organisations. The procurement is divided into three Lots. The Lots must operate as a single coherent Service with consistent pathways, tools, outcomes and messages. The Lot 2 Provider will lead cross-Lot integration while each Provider remains accountable for its own Lot.

Suppliers may tender for one, more than one or all Lots. The Authority may award the Lots to different Suppliers. A separate Tender response and price must be completed for each Lot bid for, in accordance with the tender documents.

  • No preliminary market engagement: market engagement has been carried out.

CPV: Child daycare services · Community health services · Staff training services

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · all with a published value (£3,600,000 together)
Lot #1Lot 1: Universal Prevention; Early Identification and SupportRenewal 1 yr 10 moSMEVCSEPublished value£1,200,000
Community-based universal outreach, prevention, awareness and early identification. The Provider will strengthen language-rich home learning environments; increase parent and carer knowledge and confidence; identify emerging speech, language and communication needs; provide timely group-based and proportionate support; engage underserved communities; and coordinate with Family Hubs, the Living Well Public Health Nursing Service and the other Lot Providers.
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (1 yr 10 mo) · up to 6 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: Yorkshire & HumberTurnover guideline: ~£1,303,491/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£1,200,000 exc. VAT · £1,440,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
optional · optional
85312110 Child daycare services85323000 Community health services
Award criteria (1)
  • Quality

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #2Lot 2: Targeted Intervention and Service Integration LeadershipRenewal 1 yr 10 moSMEVCSEPublished value£1,800,000
Evidence-based community early language intervention for children with identified speech, language and communication delay, including children identified through the 2 to 2½ year review and Early Language Identification Measure. The Provider will work with parents and carers, use validated outcome measures, provide specialist advice and establish clear discharge and escalation routes. The Lot 2 Provider will lead integration across all Lots, including shared referral routes, tools, outcomes, messages and coordinated delivery footprint.
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (1 yr 10 mo) · up to 6 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: Yorkshire & HumberTurnover guideline: ~£1,955,236/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£1,800,000 exc. VAT · £2,160,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
optional · optional
85312110 Child daycare services85323000 Community health services
Award criteria (1)
  • quality

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Lot #3Lot 3: Workforce DevelopmentRenewal 1 yr 10 moSMEVCSEPublished value£600,000
A cross-cutting workforce development offer to improve confidence, knowledge and practice across the early years system. The Provider will design and deliver accessible evidence-informed learning for health, Prevention and Early Help, early education and childcare, voluntary and community sector staff and volunteers, managers, commissioners and strategic leaders. The offer will embed consistent tools, messages and pathways and create sustainable capability through approaches such as train-the-trainer, champions and communities of practice.
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Jan 2029 (1 yr 10 mo) · up to 6 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligibleDelivery: Yorkshire & HumberTurnover guideline: ~£651,745/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£600,000 exc. VAT · £720,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
optional · optional
80511000 Staff training services
Award criteria (1)
  • QUALITY

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531) — and who usually turns up

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council’s own published record, next to the Yorkshire and the Humber market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

contract notices in 36 months: 12 in CPV 8531 (7 route not published) · 78 in division 85 (9 without competition · 31 route not published) · 208 in all categories (27 without competition · 84 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 3 lots. 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 1) and 2 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

1CPV 8531 · 36m · n=3 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 3 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

67%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=3 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 19 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimatedivision 85 · 36m · n=19 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 12 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

40ddivision 85 · 36m · n=12 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 496 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=496 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 5 notices.

Last 36 months.

0%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=5 notices
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots moderate · n=3
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 3 lots on 3 contested notices · CPV 8531, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 67%
  • 2–3 0%
  • 4–6 33%
  • 7+ 0%

Middle value 1 · 3 lots on 3 contested notices · CPV 8531.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=19
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 19 lot pairs · division 85, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 5%
  • Within ±2% 89%
  • Above estimate 5%

19 lot pairs · division 85.

The market · delivery region

Yorkshire and the Humber · Social work services (CPV 8531)

contract notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 166 in CPV 8531 (93 competed, 42 route not published) · 2,623 in division 85 (621 competed, 346 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 57 lots. 24 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 1) and 33 from older notices (bids received, middle 2).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

2CPV 8531 · 36m · n=57 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 57 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

47%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=57 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 31 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimateCPV 8531 · 36m · n=31 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 21 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

52dCPV 8531 · 36m · n=21 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 40 lots.

Last 36 months.

68%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=40 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8531), last 36 months: 113 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

82%CPV 8531 · 36m · n=113 awards
Bids per lot · history, not this notice’s lots robust · n=57
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 57 lots on 51 contested notices · CPV 8531, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 47%
  • 2–3 30%
  • 4–6 14%
  • 7+ 9%

Middle value 2 · 57 lots on 51 contested notices · CPV 8531.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=31
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 31 lot pairs · CPV 8531, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 16%
  • Within ±2% 84%
  • Above estimate 0%

31 lot pairs · CPV 8531.

robust · n=19
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (division 85, n=19 pairs) lands at estimate. Applied to each lot’s own published value in the lot table below — the notice total (£3,600,000) is an envelope for 3 lots and is not converted.
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Who you are likely to meet
i

Who you may be up against.

Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.

A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.

Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list

By lot · 3 lots
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Likely bidders for each lot.

For each lot: the previous winner, suppliers with history on this lot, and suppliers strong in this category.

A guess from the record, not a bidder list.

LotAwarded / admittedLikely suppliers
Lot 1: Universal Prevention; Early Identification and Support£1,200,000 · CPV 85312110 · expect ≈ £1.2m (at estimate, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council)
Lot 2: Targeted Intervention and Service Integration Leadership£1,800,000 · CPV 85312110 · expect ≈ £1.8m (at estimate, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council)
CPV market ranking when lot-specific history is thin.		—
Lot 3: Workforce Development£600,000 · CPV 80511000 · expect ≈ £600k (at estimate, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council)
Suppliers with awards on historically similar lot scopes.		—

Ranked by CPV market fit, scale and buyer history — historical public-sector wins, not the published bidder list or a predicted field. Lots with the same shortlist are grouped.

Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price
i

Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.

Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.

A guess from the record, not a bidder list.

SupplierEvidenceLast awardTheir award vs estimateRelevance
Horton Housing Association Large7 class wins · 15 lots for this buyer4 months agoat estimate n=475%
Waythrough Large8 class wins · 6 lots for this buyerthis monthat estimate n=1269%
Family Action Large14 class wins · 3 lots for this buyerthis monthat estimate n=1068%
Barnardo's Large66 class wins · 4 lots for this buyerthis monthat estimate n=2968%
Community Integrated Care Large18 class wins · 2 lots for this buyerthis monthat estimate n=162%

Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 8531 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.

Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BST
Last source update
28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
CBMC-PTR-277-2026-27
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Child daycare servicesCommunity health servicesStaff training services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069165 Find a Tender

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via YPO eSourcing
Submission portal named on this notice: YPO eSourcing
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Expression of interest (EOI)
—
Tender submission deadline
27 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
27 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
ypo2.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

7 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published148 days ago
    5 May 2026, 13:48 BST
  2. Next notice expected56 days ago
    5 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  3. Tender notice published3 days ago
    28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BST
  4. Clarification questions byin 27 days
    27 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
  5. Submission deadlinein 27 days
    27 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
  6. Award decision expected byin 75 days
    14 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
  7. Contract startsin 182 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

7 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 May 2026
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BSTUK4
  2. Published value published: £3,600,000
    28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BST
  3. Status changed to active
    28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BST
  5. Deadline published: 27 Oct 2026, 16:00 GMT
    28 Sept 2026, 11:43 BST
  6. Pipeline notice published
    10 Jul 2026, 11:33 BSTUK1
  7. Pipeline notice published
    5 May 2026, 13:48 BSTUK1
Published amendments (1)

Contract dates have changed from 5 February 2027- 5 February 2030 to 1st April 2027, end date 1st April 2030, with the option to extend by up to 2yr extension.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PBWW-4714-TBHN City Hall, Centenary Square, Bradford, Yorkshire & Humber, BD1 1HX

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender