Community Early Language Service

Buyer
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Value
£3,600,000
Closes
27 October 2026
Where
Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber
Type
Open tender

In plain English

Bradford Council is buying a community early language service for young children (birth to age 6) to help with speech, language and communication development. The service is split into three separate lots: universal prevention and early identification, targeted intervention with leadership responsibilities, and workforce training across the early years sector.

What the buyer wants

• Lot 1: Deliver community outreach, prevention and early identification of speech and language needs; strengthen home learning environments; increase parent confidence; provide group-based support; engage underserved communities; coordinate with Family Hubs and health services • Lot 2: Provide evidence-based intervention for children with identified speech, language and communication delays; work with parents using validated outcome measures; lead integration across all three lots with shared referral routes and consistent tools • Lot 3: Design and deliver training for early years staff, health workers, voluntary sector staff and strategic leaders to improve confidence and knowledge; embed consistent tools and pathways across the system

Lots

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This contract is almost certainly open only to registered healthcare providers, speech and language therapy services, or established training organisations with clinical credentials and existing partnerships with NHS services; a typical small trader (electrician, builder, cleaner) would be automatically excluded.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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