Official UK procurement notice
Nature and Mental Wellbeing Service
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCity of Bradford Metropolitan Council is looking for Service Provider(s) that will engage and enthuse local people in urban areas to increase the amount and quality of green space in their neighbourhoods and evaluate the impact it has on mental wellbeing. Activities will encourage people to work together, giving them a sense of ownership of the green spaces to enable them to be cared for and maintained in the future. The service will increase local people’s knowledge, awareness and appreciation of plants, wildlife and nature and the benefits that they have. It will increase people’s skills in community engagement, communication, gardening, food growing and increasing biodiversity.
CPV: Environmental services · Forestry services · Health and social work services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services · Recreational-area services · Wellness services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Service Model and Delivery Plan: 25%
- Mobilisation and Operational Plan: 20%
- Evidence of Previous Experience: 15%
- Service Access, Engagement, and Communication: 15%
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact: 15%
- Social Value and Additional Benefits: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Service Model and Delivery Plan
- Mobilisation and Operational Plan
- Evidence of Previous Experience
- Service Access, Engagement, and Communication
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Impact
- Social Value and Additional Benefits
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jul 2025, 14:30 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2026, 16:28 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 3 Dec 2025
- Authority reference
CBMC-PTR-177-2025-26- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061934- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056161Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Nov 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Jul 2025 → 26 Mar 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published17 Jul 2025, 14:30 BST
- Market engagement31 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
The Market Engagement Event will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 31st July 2025. Between 11:00am-12:00pm. Interested providers will need to register and access the YORtender/EU Supply e-tendering platform and send a message via the messaging facility to notify the authority of your intent to attend the event. So those who express an interest through the e-tendering platform will be sent a link to attend the event uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗
- Next notice expected30 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
- Tender notice published382 days ago2 Oct 2025, 18:07 BST
- Clarification questions by363 days ago22 Oct 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline351 days ago3 Nov 2025, 11:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by320 days ago3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent306 days ago18 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends287 days ago5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts260 days ago2 Feb 2026
- Latest notice published207 days ago26 Mar 2026, 16:28 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jul 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Jul 2025, 14:30 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Oct 2025, 18:07 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active2 Oct 2025, 18:07 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Oct 2025, 18:07 BST
- Deadline published: 3 Nov 2025, 11:00 GMT2 Oct 2025, 18:07 BST
- Contract award notice published19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract signature expected7 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published26 Mar 2026, 16:28 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-07: 1 release · 17 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire Wildlife Trust2 Feb 2026 – 2 Feb 2028 · up to 2 Feb 2029Extensions: Any extension of this agreement will be conditional upon satisfactory performance throughout the term and the continued availability of funding. | £558,000 | 10 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Nature and Mental Wellbeing Service · Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
- Signed
- 26 Jan 2026
- Value
- £558,000
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 29 Feb 2028 · up to 1 Mar 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- This contract is for a period of two years, with the option to extend for a further one year (2+1), subject to the availability of funds and satisfactory performance by the Service Provider.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 0 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonYorkshire Wildlife TrustSMEVCSE · Yorkshire and the Humber
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Yorkshire Wildlife TrustAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender