Coming up· published 9 Oct 2025
Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services
Bradford Children & Families Trust · Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Bradford Children & Families Trust is planning Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services. It is a framework for other health and social care in Bradford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 9 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 15:09
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2034
Contract ends
8 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Bradford Children & Families Trust is planning Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services. It is a framework for other health and social care in Bradford. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £1,800,000. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2034. It lasts 8 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 9 October 2025. The notice number is 063864-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa. Bids are made through the buyer's EU-Supply portal.
Summary of the contracting process
The Bradford Children & Families Trust has announced a planning stage for a public procurement process regarding the provision of supervised family time contact services. This initiative is aimed at enhancing the service for children in care, ensuring meaningful family interactions. The market engagement event is scheduled for 22nd October 2025 via MS Teams, and interested parties should register by emailing the Trust.
The contract is set to begin on 1st April 2026 and will run until 31st March 2034. This procurement falls under the industry categories of social services and social work services, with a focus on the Yorkshire and the Humber region, particularly Bradford. The budget for the contract is approximately £1,800,000, with a gross amount of £2,600,000, and it qualifies as an above-threshold service under the special "light touch" regime.
Companies that are experienced in providing high-quality supervised family interactions, potentially including SMEs and voluntary community social enterprises (VCSEs), are encouraged to engage in the procurement process.
The notice in full
Bradford Children and Families Trust (the Trust) was established to stabilise, recover, and improve children's services under new leadership - accountable to, but operationally independent from Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The Trust is dedicated to ensuring that children in care, or those subject to care proceedings, have meaningful and appropriate opportunities for family time with their family members and other significant individuals in their lives.
The Children Act 1989, Schedule 2 Paragraph 15, sets out our duty to promote contact (family time) between children in care and their parents, others with parental responsibility for them, their relatives and friends, and other significant people.
Bradford Children and Families Trust's Family Time Team is committed to ensuring that children in care or children subject to care proceedings have consistent and high-quality family time with family members and significant people in their lives, in a family-friendly venue.
It is essential that Supervised Family Time sessions are facilitated by an appropriately qualified, experienced and supportive family time contact supervisor who has a caring manner, actively listens to the voices of the child or young person and their family, ensuring that the sessions are enjoyable and foster positive lifelong memories.
Further to the event held in November 2024, the Trust would like to invite potential providers to attend a final market engagement event on 22nd October 2025, 12.30-13.30 on MS Teams, ahead of the publication of the tender To register for this event please email: ChildrensCommissioning@bradford.gov.uk using the title Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services in the subject matter.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Framework
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2034 (8 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Buyer's portal
- EU-Supply
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £1,800,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 063864-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa
- CPV code
- 85310000 - Social work services; 85320000 - Social services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Bradford
- Town
- Bradford
- Postcode
- BD5 0QL
- Electoral ward
- City
- Constituency
- Bradford West
- Delivery area
- Yorkshire and The Humber
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Sub-region
- Bradford
- Area
- West Yorkshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Bradford Children & Families Trust
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- BCFT Procurement
- Phone
- +44 01234567890
- Address
- Bradford, BD5 0QL · Yorkshire and the Humber · England
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063864-2025
- EU-Supply portal, to register and biduk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services
When will the Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services tender open?
Bradford Children & Families Trust has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services contract worth?
The estimated value is £1,800,000. The contract runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2034 (8 years).
Who is the buyer for Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services?
Bradford Children & Families Trust, based in Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber. The named contact is BCFT Procurement, on +44 01234567890.
How do I bid for Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services?
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