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Children Looked After Sufficiency

LEEDS CITY COUNCIL

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08 Oct 2025 at 17:15

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Leeds City Council has completed a public procurement process titled "Children Looked After Sufficiency" under the ESPO Consultancy Services Framework. This procurement, aimed at enhancing the understanding and delivery of high-quality and cost-effective residential placements for children, took place between 15th September 2025 and 30th November 2025. The procurement method was direct, below threshold and conducted without competition. The contract is associated with regions in the United Kingdom, specifically UKE42, and falls within the services industry category focusing on general management consultancy services. The contract value is noted at £200,000, with the process reaching the award stage on 8th October 2025.

The tender offers significant business opportunities for companies specialising in consultancy services, particularly those with expertise in the public welfare and residential placement sectors. Given its focus on consultancy and management, large consultancy firms like NEWTON CONSULTING LIMITED, which was the awarded supplier, are well-suited to compete for such contracts. Firms that can demonstrate an ability to assess organisational context and stakeholder challenges, deliver high-quality solutions, and stimulate market-based initiatives will find substantial opportunities to grow their business through similar public authority engagements. The project emphasizes collaborative efforts to improve service frameworks and optimise placements, providing a platform for scalable impact and value addition.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Children Looked After Sufficiency

Notice Description

The Review aims to: understand the organisation context, challenges and stakeholder landscape in order to inform and agree a scope of work to inform its clients; understand the opportunities, quantify them and prioritise them by scale of impact; and enable the Customer to ensure it receives high quality and good value for money placements from the market by ensuring that: the right children are in the Customer's residential placements, with high quality and high stability; the Customer understands the needs of CYP and matches the support provided by providers to their needs; the Customer has processes and practice that enables it to get the right best stable and best value for money placements for an individual CYP; and the customer stimulates the market and commissions the right providers on the best framework. PS200,000 15th September 2025 to 30th November 2025 ESPO Consultancy Services Framework

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ab1a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063486-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79411000 - General management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Oct 20254 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Oct 20254 months ago
Contract Period
5 Oct 2025 - 30 Nov 2025 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
cpu@leeds.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 1UR
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NEWTON CONSULTING

Further Information

Notice Documents

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