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Published 17 Feb 2026, 11:04 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

New Opportunities for Day Services

Official notice Competition analysis

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

ServicesBelow thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Planned pipeline value£40,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Sept 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jan 2032 · up to 31 Jan 2035 with extensions · starts 1 Feb 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council are exploring options for commissioning a block of 19 day services supporting around 330 people delivered from.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSE
Contract period: 1 Feb 2027 – 31 Jan 2032 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Jan 2035 with extensions
Delivery: Yorkshire & HumberEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
85000000 Health and social work services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

Health and social work services (CPV 85) in Yorkshire and the Humber, and who usually turns up

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
The marketHealth and social work services (CPV 85) · Yorkshire and the Humber
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 85 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=1,199
51%

Across this market, small firms won 51% of awards with a known supplier size.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means registered in Yorkshire and the Humber.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 85 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=1,476
56%

Across this market, 56% of winners were registered in the delivery region.

How long to a decision?
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.

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

Last 36 months.

Market: division 85 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=136
44 days

Half of these awards were announced within 44 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Market: division 85 · Yorkshire and the Humber, n=1,014
70%

Across this market, at least 70% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.

How many bids did past lots attract?

i

How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

The market281 lots with bid counts · division 85 · Yorkshire and the Humber
26% had one bid
Market · select a colour for counts
1 bid26%
Market: 72 of 281 lots with published bid counts.
2–333%
Market: 94 of 281 lots with published bid counts.
4–624%
Market: 67 of 281 lots with published bid counts.
7+17%
Market: 48 of 281 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

The market188 lots with estimate and award · division 85 · Yorkshire and the Humber
31% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate31%
Market: 59 of 188 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%61%
Market: 115 of 188 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate7%
Market: 14 of 188 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
i

What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #160 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£40m
Expected competition
i

How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 281 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet26% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 281 similar lots
1 bid26%
72 of 281 similar past lots received 1 bid (26%).
2–333%
94 of 281 similar past lots received 2–3 (33%).
4–624%
67 of 281 similar past lots received 4–6 (24%).
7+17%
48 of 281 similar past lots received 7+ (17%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £40m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
PossAbilities CICEarlier contractNew Opportunities for Day Activities for Adults with a Learning Disabilitynotice published Dec 2023New Opportunities for Day Activities for Adults with a Learning Disability - Learning Zone£2.2mMatched as the earlier contract
BRADFORD COMMUNITY BROADCASTING LIMITEDEarlier contractNew Opportunities for Day Activities for Adults with a Learning Disabilitynotice published Dec 2023New Opportunities for Day Activities for Adults with a Learning Disability - Radio 119£106kMatched as the earlier contract

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Feb 2026, 11:04 GMT
Last source update
10 Jul 2026, 12:21 BST
Authority reference
100107923
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-065117
Latest notice
Pipeline notice (UK1)
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0655be Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

17 Feb 2026 → 1 Feb 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published248 days ago
    17 Feb 2026, 11:04 GMT
  2. Market engagement134 days ago
    10 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST

    uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

  3. Latest notice published105 days ago
    10 Jul 2026, 12:21 BST
  4. Tender notice expected51 days ago
    1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Today
    23 Oct 2026
  6. Contract startsin 101 days
    1 Feb 2027

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Feb 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    17 Feb 2026, 11:04 GMT
    UK2
  2. Pipeline notice published
    27 May 2026, 17:37 BST
    UK1
  3. Status changed to planned
    27 May 2026, 17:37 BST
  4. Pipeline notice published
    10 Jul 2026, 12:21 BST
    UK1
Published amendments (1)

Notice withdrawn. Tender notice issued against ocds-h6vhtk-06ab18

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

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 name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
  • Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender