Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of a School Based Counselling Service to Children and Young People within Newport
Notice Description
This is the contract award notice for the provision of school based counselling service to children and young people within Newport and commences the 8 working day standstill period.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Within the contract period, the service may be required to provide counselling from Reception to Year 13 (5 to 19 years) if this becomes statutory or to be in line with the revised Welsh Toolkit. A period of notice of at least 6 months will be given for any changes required. The Service will predominantly be provided on a face to face basis and free of charge to the client at the point of delivery.
Renewal: The extension is up to 2 years and will be extended on an annual basis subject to review.
Planning Information
This pre-market engagement notice is to establish the suppliers in the market who would be interested in providing this service . The Council will also take the opportunity to discuss and improve the current specification. Suppliers are invited to attend individual pre-market engagement meetings on Wednesday 10 December 2025 at the Civic Centre, Newport, NP20 4UR. Suppliers who wish to attend are requested to email joanneclaire.james@newport.gov.uk. Times to attend will be issued no later than 5 December 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e5c3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049044-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
85312320 - Counselling services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,891,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,891,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £2,891,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 May 20264 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 Mar 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 25 May 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWPORT
- Postcode
- NP20 4UR
- Post Town
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
- Delivery Location
- TLL21 Monmouthshire and Newport
-
- Local Authority
- Newport
- Electoral Ward
- Allt-yr-yn
- Westminster Constituency
- Newport West and Islwyn
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049044-2026
26th May 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016110-2026
23rd February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075781-2025
20th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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