AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council has announced its intention to award the Living Well Public Health Nursing Service to Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. The award remains pending, with signature scheduled after the stated standstill period.
Published outcomePending award decision for a single lot to Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; no concluded or signed contract is evidenced.
Market significanceThe proposed service covers public health nursing across Bradford District and Craven, including the Healthy Child Programme from pregnancy to age 19, and up to 25 for eligible care leavers and young people with SEND. The stated initial term is five years with extension options of up to five further years.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots LOT-0000 · 152,983,474.92 GBP · Pending award
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Award 1 identifies HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST as supplier, covers LOT-0000 and has pending status. The source provides one award-level value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published award notice
99% confidence20 October 2026
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Award notice document 099098-2026 has datePublished 2026-10-20T15:06:16+01:00.
Award decision status
99% confidencePending
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Award 1 has status "pending" despite the notice being labelled a contract award notice.
Standstill period end
99% confidence29 October 2026, 23:59:59 UTC
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Award 1 standstillPeriod.endDate is 2026-10-29T23:59:59Z.
Scheduled signature date
99% confidence3 November 2026
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Award milestone type futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 2026-11-03T23:59:59Z.
Contract status
99% confidenceNot evidenced as signed or active
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The award is pending and the source lists a future signature milestone.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value excluding VAT
99% confidenceGBP 152,983,474.92
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Award 1 value.amount is 152983474.92 GBP; the same object separately reports amountGross.
Award value including VAT
99% confidenceGBP 183,580,169.90
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 183580169.9 GBP.
Value allocation
96% confidenceSingle award-level value covering LOT-0000
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Award 1 is linked to LOT-0000; no separate lot value is published.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Preliminary market engagement notice
99% confidence5 February 2026
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Release history records notice 010480-2026 on 2026-02-05.
Tender notice published
99% confidence30 April 2026
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Release history records tender notice 040214-2026 on 2026-04-30.
Submission deadline
99% confidence26 June 2026, 12:00 UTC
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Process submission_deadline is 2026-06-26T12:00:00+00:00.
Award decision date
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Award 1 date is 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Planned initial contract start
99% confidence1 April 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod.startDate is 2027-04-01T00:00:00+01:00.
Planned initial contract end
99% confidence31 March 2032
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Award 1 contractPeriod.endDate is 2032-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service
99% confidenceLiving Well Public Health Nursing Service
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Notice title and description.
Geographic coverage
98% confidenceBradford District and Craven
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Notice description states that the service is across the Bradford District and Craven area.
Core provision
99% confidenceHealthy Child Programme, health visiting, school nursing and associated public health nursing services
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Notice description.
Eligible age range
99% confidenceFrom pregnancy to age 19; up to age 25 for care leavers and young people with SEND
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Notice description.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne published lot: LOT-0000
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Tender and award data identify only LOT-0000; no lot title or description is supplied.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 85000000 — Health and social work services
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Award item additional classification.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Regime and process
99% confidenceProvider Selection Regime competitive process
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Notice description cites Regulation 11(9) of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and states that the procurement uses the Competitive Process.
Published procurement method
99% confidenceOpen procedure
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is "Open procedure".
Named tenderers
98% confidenceFour named tenderers
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The parties data lists Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, Locala Community Partnerships C.I.C., HCRG Care Services Ltd and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust with tenderer roles.
Published evaluation information
99% confidenceNot supplied
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No bid scores, award criteria weighting, ranking or assessment narrative is included in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
99% confidenceFive years, planned from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032
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Award contractPeriod and renewal description.
Extension options
99% confidenceUp to five additional years: one extension of up to 36 months and one of up to 24 months
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Award renewal description.
Maximum potential end date
99% confidence31 March 2037
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Award contractPeriod.maxExtentDate is 2037-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.
Signature
99% confidenceScheduled, not evidenced as completed
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Future signature milestone is scheduled for 3 November 2026 and award status is pending.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award position
99% confidenceThe published outcome is an intended, pending award rather than evidence of a signed contract.
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Notice title says "Notice of Intention to Award"; award status is pending; signature is scheduled in the future.
Commercial scale
99% confidenceThe notice reports GBP 152.98 million excluding VAT and GBP 183.58 million including VAT at award level.
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Award 1 value.amount and value.amountGross.
Service model
97% confidenceThe provider is expected to deliver universal, targeted and specialist interventions and collaborate across the local system.
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Notice description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pending status requires caution
99% confidenceThe source labels the release a contract award notice but describes an intention to award and records the award as pending.
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Notice title; award status "pending"; futureSignatureDate milestone.
Supplier identity
99% confidenceSupplier identity is not applicable to Companies House matching because the published identifier is GB-NHS-RCD; the named NHS foundation trust is used as supplied.
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Supplier verification status is not_applicable; supplier identifier scheme is GB-NHS.
Lot detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: LOT-0000 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lots data contains null title, description and value_amount.
Evaluation detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: no scores, reasons for selection, bid prices or detailed assessment summaries are provided.
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No such fields are present in the supplied award data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The pending award and scheduled future signature do not evidence a concluded, signed or active contract.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: award evaluation, scoring, pricing breakdown, individual lot value and a detailed lot title or description.
- The source names four tenderers but does not provide a complete bid-by-bid outcome or ranking.
- The published award-level value is not separately allocated beyond the single linked lot.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Living Well Public Health Nursing ServiceCity of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilHarrogate and District NHS Foundation TrustProvider Selection RegimeBradford District and Cravenpublic health nursing
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is the proposed supplier for the Living Well Public Health Nursing Service?
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is named as the supplier for pending award 1.
Has the Bradford public health nursing contract been signed?
No signed contract is evidenced. The award is marked pending and a signature date was scheduled for 3 November 2026.
What is the planned term?
The proposed initial term is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2032, with options that could extend it to 31 March 2037.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.