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Published 27 Feb 2026, 11:37 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Early Language Support · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

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

Below threshold - without competitionLight touch regime
Awarded value£56,489published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Feb 2026no call for competition
Awarded to The National Literacy Trust

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The funding is to be used to procure the services of the National Literacy Trust to train 20 Early Years Alliance staff and members of the EY workforce, enabling the delivery of First Words Together and Early Words Together programmes through the district-wide network of stay-and-play sessions and early years provision. This is to address the current gap in early language support and support the Best Start agenda going forward. The provider will deliver evidence- based interventions to 100 children across a year of delivery of 18 programmes of an evidence based National Literacy Trust programme (Early Words Together) through their district wide network of stay and play sessions.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
27 Feb 2026, 11:37 GMT
Last source update
27 Feb 2026, 11:47 GMT
Authority reference
EX2059
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-017830
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065e1a Find a Tender

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Feb 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    27 Feb 2026, 11:37 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Feb 2026, 11:41 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    27 Feb 2026, 11:47 GMT
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £56,4891 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The National Literacy Trust1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2027£56,48927 Feb 2026Awarded

Contracts

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 1HXContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUSTAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05836486GB-PPON: PXXP-5115-GTJR NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST, 1st Floor South Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London, SW8 1RLContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender