Official UK procurement notice
Welfare Advice Services and Advice Network Support & Training Services
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Central government)
The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is procuring Welfare Advice Services and Advice Network Support and Training Services to support residents experiencing financial hardship, poverty and barriers to accessing support across Bradford District. The service is funded through the Crisis and Resilience Fund and aims to improve financial wellbeing, resilience and access to welfare support. The service will operate on a "no wrong front door" basis, ensuring residents receive timely support, active referrals and appropriate advocacy where required. The Provider will facilitate partnership working, deliver a district-wide training programme, support consistent reporting and quality standards, strengthen safeguarding awareness and develop pathways into accredited welfare advice roles. The initial contract term is two years with options to extend for up to two further periods of 24 months.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is procuring Welfare Advice Services and Advice Network Support and Training Services to support residents experiencing financial hardship, poverty and barriers to accessing support across Bradford District. The service is funded through the Crisis and Resilience Fund and aims to improve financial wellbeing, resilience and access to welfare support. The procurement comprises two lots. Lot 1 – Welfare Advice Services will provide free, independent, impartial and confidential welfare advice, casework and representation for Bradford District residents. The service will support residents with welfare benefits, debt, housing, employment, health-related welfare issues, fuel poverty, consumer matters and immigration advice within the provider's authorised competence. The Lead Provider will deliver services directly and coordinate a network of subcontracted locality-based organisations to ensure access across all five Bradford localities. The service will operate on a "no wrong front door" basis, ensuring residents receive timely support, active referrals and appropriate advocacy where required. Lot 2 – Advice Network Support and Training Services will support workforce development, quality improvement, collaboration and network coordination across the Bradford District Resilience and Advice Network. The Provider will facilitate partnership working, deliver a district-wide training programme, support consistent reporting and quality standards, strengthen safeguarding awareness and develop pathways into accredited welfare advice roles. The services will contribute to the Council's Anti-Poverty Strategy, support prevention of homelessness, improve financial resilience, increase benefit uptake, strengthen partnership working and improve outcomes for vulnerable residents across the district. The initial contract term is two years with options to extend for up to two further periods of 24 months.
CPV: Welfare services for children and young people · Welfare services for disabled people · Welfare services for the elderly · Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
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Published award criteria (3)
- Price: Evaluation of the Tenderer's submitted pricing in accordance with the Pricing Matrix.
- Quality: Evaluation of the Tenderer's response to the quality requirements and service delivery proposals.
- Social Value: Evaluation of the Tenderer's proposed social value commitments, community benefits and added value to Bradford District.
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £21,074,925 (twice the annual value).
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How City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
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1 bid38% / 46%
2–39% / 22%
4–636% / 24%
7+17% / 7%
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Below estimate19% / 19%
Within ±2%72% / 81%
Above estimate9% / 0%
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Lot #1CPV 8531Published estimate£21m
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1 bid58%
2–39%
4–627%
7+6%
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Middle 50%£21m
Estimate£21m
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Carers LeedsWorked for this buyer | West Yorkshire Respitality Service: Breaks for Carersnotice published Mar 2025 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Meridian Health & Social Care LtdWorked for this buyer | Home Support CQC Regulated Services - Bradford West - Barkerend, Manningham, Heaton and Fairweather Greennotice published Sept 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Salvation Army Housing AssociationWorked for this buyer | Day Shelter Servicesnotice published Aug 2021 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Horton Housing Support LimitedWorked for this buyer | Bradford District Wide Housing Related Support Multiple Disadvantage Servicesruns to Sept 2030 | Lot 2: Bradford Respite and Intermediate Support Service (BRICSS) | £1.7m | Similar wording and category |
| Bevan Community Benefit SocietyWorked for this buyer | Bradford District Wide Housing Related Support Multiple Disadvantage Servicesruns to Sept 2030 | Lot 4: Floating Support in the community: Families | £1.4m | Similar wording and category |
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £26m14 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £254m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 25% above n=2 | |
| £10m9 awards in 36m · last 8 months ago | 3 live · £32m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 | |
Humankind CharityLarge | £275m55 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 20 live · £183m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=19 |
| £32m13 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 6 live · £23m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=7 | |
| £6.7m7 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | 3 live · £5.6m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 |
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. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
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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
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Nov 2026, 20:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2026, 20:30 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
CBMC-PTR-291-2026-27- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-104449- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07971fFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 4 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published5h ago3 Nov 2026, 20:30 GMT
- Today4 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 16 days20 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 30 days4 Dec 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 75 days18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 147 days1 Apr 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Nov 2026, 20:30 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender