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title: "Invitation to Market Engagement Event: Best Start in Life"
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# Invitation to Market Engagement Event: Best Start in Life

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-market-engagement-event-best-start-in-life-ocds-h6vhtk-06c3b2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bradford Children & Families Trust: "Invitation to Market Engagement Event: Best Start in Life". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £6,139,800. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Bradford Children & Families Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bradford-children-families-trust-GB-PPON-PRBL-9974-CGBN)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £6,139,800 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Social services, Social work and related services, Social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-market-engagement-event-best-start-in-life-ocds-h6vhtk-06c3b2#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c3b2`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-market-engagement-event-best-start-in-life-ocds-h6vhtk-06c3b2#tl-md)

## Description
Bradford Children and Families Trust has been established as a community interest company limited by guarantee, wholly owned by Bradford Council, to provide a long-term and sustainable platform to realise improved performance and deliver high-quality and innovative social care services to children, young people and their families within the Bradford Metropolitan District. In 2025, the Government announced a new programme, Giving every child the best start in life - GOV.UK, building on the previous Family Hubs Start for Life programme. The strategy sets out the importance of supporting every child and family through their early years, laying the foundations for future success. Including the commitment to ensure 75% of children reach a Good Level of Development (GLD) in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile assessment by 2028 and are starting school ready to learn. The Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies: guidance for local authorities - GOV.UK informs the strands of the core funded services that are in scope for this commissioning activity. They will be divided into the following two Lots: 1) Parenting Support 2) Parent-Infant Relationships and Perinatal (Parent Infant) Mental Health BCFT wishes to invite potential providers to attend a market engagement event for an update on the delivery of this programme of commissioning between 1st April 2027- 31st March 2029, with two options to extend of up to 24 months. Feedback from the market engagement event may be incorporated into service specifications. Date: Monday 27th July 2026 Time: 10am – 12 noon Location: New View Room, Britannia House, Hall Ings, Bradford, BD1 1HX To register for this event, please email ChildrensCommissioning@bradford.gov.uk by Mon 20th July 2026, using "Market Engagement Event – Best Start in Life" in the subject line.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85300000, 85310000, 85320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2027 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F062913-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-03T14:31:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:10:26.663Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c3b2