Notice Information
Notice Title
Support Service for Staying Close Care Leavers
Notice Description
A support service for staying close care leavers will deliver high-quality, intensive support to care-experienced young people aged 18 to 25 years. The service will primarily provide peripatetic (outreach) or floating support to those living in Staying Close accommodation. There are currently 14 Staying Close accommodation properties, and these are owned and managed by South Tyneside Council. The service aims to provide care-experienced young people with a psychological and trauma-informed environment where they can develop the interdependent living skills needed to transition successfully into adulthood and maintain stable, long-term accommodation. The estimated annual value of the contract is PS300,000.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend by 1 period of 1 year, which is dependent on the budget position.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05814f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065766-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £300,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- 2027-01-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SOUTH TYNESIDE BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Karen Dixon
- Contact Email
- strategic.procurement@southtyneside.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTH SHIELDS
- Postcode
- NE33 2RL
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC43 Tyneside
- Delivery Location
- TLC22 Tyneside
-
- Local Authority
- South Tyneside
- Electoral Ward
- Beacon and Bents
- Westminster Constituency
- South Shields
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065766-2025
16th October 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046533-2025
6th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046032-2025
5th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://open-uk.org/
The full tender pack can be found on Open E-Procurement System Project Number: #OPEN20251334
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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