Barnsley Council awards £7,500 Shared Steps contract to BMBC

Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 08:10.

Opportunity overview

CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF Shared Steps to be access by participants on the Pathways to Work programme

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

BMBC

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Contract value: £7.5k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 5 Oct 2026
Including VAT: £7.5k
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Location: Barnsley, UKE31, S70 2NZ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot LOT-0000Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF Shared Steps
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: LOT-0000
Status: complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Id: GB-PPON-PYHH-2597-YVZG

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PYHH-2597-YVZG

Address

Street Address: Town Hall
Locality: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Postal Code: S70 2TA
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKE31

Contact

Name: Spencer Wileman
Email: spencerwileman@barnsley.gov.uk
Telephone: +44 01226000000

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.barnsley.gov.uk ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Organisation 2

Name: BMBC
Id: GB-FTS-187398

Address

Street Address: Mclintocks, Summer Lane,
Locality: Barnsley
Postal Code: S70 2NZ
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKE31

Contact

Name: Graham Hayward
Email: graham.hayward@dialbarnsley.org

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: Yes

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: services

Items

Item 1

Id: LOT-0000
Related Lot: LOT-0000

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 98390000
Description: Other services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKE3
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-FTS-187398
Name: BMBC

Related lots

LOT-0000

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Title: CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF Shared Steps (Economic Inactivity Trailblazer)
Status: active
Above Threshold: No
Date Signed: 5 Oct 2026, 01:00

Period

Starts: 5 Oct 2026, 01:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 7,500
Amount: 7,500
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 094851-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094851-2026 ↗
Published: 7 Oct 2026, 15:10
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Barnsley, South Yorkshire · UKE31 · S70 2TA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

094851-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 7 Oct 2026, 15:10

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council directly awarded a £7,500 contract to BMBC for Shared Steps access for participants in the Pathways to Work programme. The contract was signed on 5 October 2026 and runs to 31 March 2027.

Published outcome signals

Procurement statusCompleteEvidence: The tender status is recorded as "complete" and LOT-0000 is also marked complete.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 has status "active".
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 has status "active".

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 094851-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0782f6
First published: 7 Oct 2026
Last checked: 8 Oct 2026, 08:10
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award and contract are recorded for supplier BMBC, covering lot LOT-0000.

Market significance

This is a low-value, below-threshold services contract awarded without competition.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

BMBC

98% confidence

Award 1 · Lots LOT-0000 · £7,500 GBP · Active award and contract

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Award 1 identifies BMBC as supplier. Contract 1 is linked to award 1 and states a value of GBP 7,500.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Procurement status

98% confidence

Complete

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The tender status is recorded as "complete" and LOT-0000 is also marked complete.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award 1 has status "active".

Contract status

98% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 has status "active".

Contract signed

99% confidence

5 October 2026

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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-10-05.

Contract notice published

99% confidence

7 October 2026

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The contract details notice records datePublished as 2026-10-07T15:10:47+01:00.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value

99% confidence

£7,500 gross

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Contract 1 value records amountGross 7500 and currency GBP.

Above-threshold status

99% confidence

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Contract 1 records aboveThreshold as false.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract signed and started

99% confidence

5 October 2026

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Contract 1 records dateSigned and period startDate as 2026-10-05.

Contract end

99% confidence

31 March 2027

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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.

Notice publication

99% confidence

7 October 2026

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The linked UK7 contract details notice was published on 7 October 2026.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

95% confidence

Purchase of Shared Steps access for Pathways to Work programme participants

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The procurement description states: "CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF Shared Steps to be access by participants on the Pathways to Work programme".

Contract title

99% confidence

Shared Steps (Economic Inactivity Trailblazer)

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Contract 1 title is "CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF Shared Steps (Economic Inactivity Trailblazer)".

Procurement category

99% confidence

Services

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Award 1 records mainProcurementCategory as services.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 98390000 — Other services

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The award item lists CPV 98390000 with description "Other services".

Delivery region

98% confidence

UKE3, United Kingdom

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The award item delivery address identifies region UKE3 and country United Kingdom.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Direct

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The tender records procurementMethod as "direct".

Method detail

99% confidence

Below threshold - without competition

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The tender records procurementMethodDetails as "Below threshold - without competition".

Lot structure

99% confidence

One lot recorded: LOT-0000

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The tender contains one lot, LOT-0000; award 1 is related to that lot.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Term

99% confidence

5 October 2026 to 31 March 2027

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Contract 1 period runs from 2026-10-05 to 2027-03-31.

Duration

95% confidence

Approximately 6 months

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Calculated from the explicit contract start and end dates.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial route

99% confidence

Direct below-threshold award without competition

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The published procurement method detail states "Below threshold - without competition".

Published contract value

99% confidence

£7,500 for the recorded contract

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Contract 1 records a gross value of GBP 7,500.

Supplier-buyer geography

96% confidence

Buyer and supplier are both recorded in Barnsley

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Published addresses place both Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and BMBC in Barnsley.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0782f6
Analysed: 8 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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The parties data identifies Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council with the buyer role.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Public authority - sub-central government

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The buyer's published classification is publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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The buyer address lists Barnsley, South Yorkshire, postcode S70 2TA, United Kingdom.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier

99% confidence

BMBC

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Award 1 lists BMBC as its supplier.

Supplier location

98% confidence

Barnsley, United Kingdom

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The supplier address lists Barnsley, postcode S70 2NZ, United Kingdom.

Supplier classification

99% confidence

SME and VCSE

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The supplier's published details record scale "sme" and vcse true.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Contract end-date estimate

99% confidence

The current term is scheduled to end on 31 March 2027.

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Contract 1 has an explicit end date of 31 March 2027. No renewal or extension terms are published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Lot detail

99% confidence

No lot title or detailed lot description published for LOT-0000.

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LOT-0000 is listed with status only; its title and description are null in the supplied data.

Award date

99% confidence

No separate award date published.

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Award 1 has no award_date in the supplied award record.

Competition data

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No bid count, bidder identities, evaluation information or scoring is provided.

Pricing detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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The source provides an aggregate contract value but no pricing breakdown.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

No separate award date is published.
No tender submission deadline is published.
No lot title or detailed lot description is published.
No bidder count, evaluation criteria, scores or pricing breakdown is published.
No extension or renewal terms are published.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who received the Shared Steps contract?

BMBC is named as the supplier for award 1.

What is the contract value?

The published gross contract value is £7,500.

When does the contract run?

The published term runs from 5 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.

Was the contract competed?

The notice describes the method as direct, below threshold and without competition.

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.

CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF Shared Steps

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

BMBC

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Lots and requirements

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Value

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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