Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 21 May 2025, 19:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Market Engagement for the Provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation and Support Services

Official notice

Authority: Bradford Children & Families Trust (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Planned pipeline value£56,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Jul 2025from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 3 yrsends 31 Jan 2029 · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions · starts 2 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bradford Children & Families Trust (BCFT) intends to procure a new open framework agreement for the provision of Supported Accommodation and Support Services for vulnerable young people aged 16 to 25, including looked-after children, care leavers, and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC). The proposed contract will support the delivery of a wide range of accommodation models and associated support designed to promote independence, improve outcomes, and reduce off-framework placements. The BCFT is seeking to work with providers who can demonstrate continual improvements in value for money achieved by deploying efficient and innovative ways to meet the needs of the children and young people. We wish to invite potential providers to attend a market engagement event aimed at informing the development of the specification and our commissioning approach, ensuring the best service is achieved within the funding envelope. The event will aim to share our priorities, proposed service model, and commissioning approach while obtaining feedback from providers. This also presents an opportunity for potential providers to highlight the latest developments and innovations within this sector/industry. Feedback from the market engagement event may be incorporated into the specification, ensuring it meets the needs of all parties. The event will be via Microsoft Teams- Monday, 16th June at 12:00 - 15:00. To register for this event, please email [email protected] using the title Market Engagement Event – Provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation and Support Services.

CPV: Social work services with accommodation

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 2 Feb 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 2 Feb 2026 – 31 Jan 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 31 Jan 2031 with extensions
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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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 more
What this means for your bid
  • “Market Engagement for the Provision of 16+ Supported Accommodation and…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
21 May 2025, 19:13 BST
Last source update
23 May 2025, 14:58 BST
Authority reference
ME
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026617
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services with accommodation
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051c50 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

21 May 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    21 May 2025, 19:13 BST
  2. Latest notice published
    23 May 2025, 14:58 BST
  3. Market engagement
    17 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Tender notice expected
    2 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts262 days ago
    2 Feb 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 May 2025, 19:13 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    23 May 2025, 14:58 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

The Market Engagement date has changed and will take place on Monday, 16th June at 12:00 - 15:00.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bradford Children & Families Trust

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRBL-9974-CGBN Sir Henry Mitchell House, 4 Manchester Road, Bradford, Yorkshire & Humber, BD5 0QLContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure