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Best Start in Life - School Based Commission to provide strategic leadership, expertise and co-ordination to strengthen early years practice across the City of York

Best Start in Life - School Based Commission to provide strategic leadership, expertise and co-ordination to strengthen early years practice across the City of York is a UK public sector tender from City of York Council (Yorkshire and the Humber), with an estimated value of £120,000 (excluding VAT). The closing date is .

In our daily copy of Find a Tender and Contracts Finder data (), 66 open tenders share CPV 85000000; City of York Council has 3 open tenders; the median stated value for that CPV code is £2.4m.

Best Start in Life - School Based Commission to provide strategic leadership, expertise and co-ordination to strengthen early years practice across the City of York. Source: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder
BuyerCity of York Council (York)
Published
Closing date, 12:00 UK time
Estimated value£120,000 (excluding VAT)
CPV code85000000 — Health and social work services
CPV categoryHealth and social work services
Contract typeServices
ProcedureBelow threshold - open competition
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Location—
Marked suitable forNot marked
SourceFind a Tender, notice 100757-2026

Read the full notice and documents on Find a Tender

Summary from the notice

City of York Council are seeking to commission a school or school‑led partnership to provide strategic leadership, expertise, and coordination that strengthens early years practice across York. This commission sits within the wider Best Start in Life (BSIL) plan and will directly support the city's…

Official summary as published on Find a Tender (shortened).

How this procurement works

This is a below-threshold procurement: a lower-value contract that buyers can run with a simpler process. These are often a good fit for small businesses.

Who can bid

The notice is not marked as suitable for SMEs or VCSEs. Small businesses can still bid if they meet the requirements, or join a consortium or a prime contractor's supply chain.

Closing date

19 days left: the deadline for tenders is , 12:00 UK time (as of ). Late submissions are normally rejected; check the notice for the exact time and how to submit.

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