--- title: "Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BRADFORD CHILDREN & FAMILIES TRUST" published: "2025-10-09" --- # Market Engagement Event - Provision of Supervised Family Time Contact Services Buyer: BRADFORD CHILDREN & FAMILIES TRUST Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05abfa.json) ## Summary 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. Businesses specializing in social services, particularly those offering specialised social work services, are well-positioned to participate in this tender. This contract presents a substantial opportunity for growth, with a nine-year duration and a significant budget. 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 engagement event is an invaluable opportunity for businesses to understand the requirements and establish a foothold in a promising service area within the public sector, fostering positive long-term relationships with a public authority. ## Notice 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. ### Planning Information https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=98910&B= ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063864-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Oct 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 29 Oct 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2034 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,800,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BRADFORD CHILDREN & FAMILIES TRUST | | Locality | BRADFORD | | Post town | Bradford | | Postcode | BD5 0QL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE41 Bradford | | Local authority | Bradford | | Electoral ward | City | | Westminster constituency | Bradford West | | Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85310000 - Social work services - 85320000 - Social services ## Release History - 9 Oct 2025 at 15:09 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063864-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063864-2025 9th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=98910&B= - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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