Awarded contract

Nature and Mental Wellbeing Service

Details

Buyer: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Supplier(s): Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Value: £558,000
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Forestry services
Published: 19 December 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

City of Bradford Metropolitan Council is looking for Service Provider(s) that will engage and enthuse local people in urban areas to increase the amount and quality of green space in their neighbourhoods and evaluate the impact it has on mental wellbeing. Activities will encourage people to work together, giving them a sense of ownership of the green spaces to enable them to be cared for and maintained in the future. The service will increase local people’s knowledge, awareness and appreciation of plants, wildlife and nature and the benefits that they have. It will increase people’s skills in community engagement, communication, gardening, food growing and increasing biodiversity. ## Contract award Title: Nature and Mental Wellbeing Service

Timeline

Completed: Award date10 December 2025
Completed: Award published19 December 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date2 February 2028in 16 months

About the buyer

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority for the Bradford district and buys works, goods and services under its Contract Standing Orders. Opportunities are advertised on YORtender, the regional e-procurement portal. A new Atamis portal, free to register on, is replacing YORtender. Full tenders are also published on the Central Digital Platform in line with national thresholds. Above the quotation level, an existing framework or dynamic purchasing system is considered before a new tender. Procurement Services, led by a Head of Procurement, runs the process and approves any departure from corporate contracts.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

77200000 · Forestry services
85000000 · Health and social work services
90700000 · Environmental services
92000000 · Recreational, cultural and sporting services
92330000 · Recreational-area services
98334000 · Wellness services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council.gov