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Mentoring for Care Leavers

Newcastle City Council

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23 Jul 2026 at 15:36

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
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23 Jul 2026 at 15:30

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Summary of the contracting process

Newcastle City Council commissioned a mentoring service for young people and young adults who are care leavers. The service is intended to provide a consistent approach to supporting care leavers across Newcastle and includes designing and delivering a pilot service across the city. This is a public-service opportunity in health and social work, focused specifically on mentoring rather than general employment, training or wider social-care provision. Delivery is required within Newcastle. The commissioning organisation is Newcastle City Council, based at the Civic Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne. The requirement was structured as a single service lot, covering the full mentoring provision for the council’s care-leaver population.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded on 20 July 2026 to Volunteering Matters. The council used a direct award below the threshold without competition, under the light-touch regime. The awarded value is £75,000 gross (£75,000 excluding tax). The contract period runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2027, with one six-month extension option, giving a maximum end date of 31 January 2028. The original requirement described delivery for up to 18 months and an annual budget of £50,000. The award is active, and a contract-signature milestone was scheduled for 31 July 2026. The award covers the single completed lot.

This award demonstrates a defined demand for specialist mentoring for care leavers in Newcastle, rather than a broad youth-support framework. A credible future competitor would need experience supporting young people and young adults who have left care, with the ability to build trusted mentoring relationships and provide a consistent service across a city. Suppliers should be able to design a pilot around the council’s aims as well as deliver the day-to-day mentoring activity. Relevant organisations may include charities, voluntary-sector providers and specialist social-care or youth-support businesses with sufficient operational capacity for sustained delivery. The successful supplier, Volunteering Matters, is an SME, showing that the requirement can suit a focused provider rather than only a large national contractor.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Mentoring for Care Leavers

Notice Description

Newcastle City Council are seeking a Provider to deliver Mentoring Services to Young People and Young Adults who are care leavers within Newcastle City Council. This is a unique opportunity to work with the Council to design and deliver a pilot service across the city, for a period of up to 18-months, to meet the Council's aim of providing a consistent approach to supporting our care leavers. The Council requires a service that can be delivered within an annual budget of PS50,000.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d24c
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069883-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£75,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Newcastle City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE1 8QH
Postcode Area
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
Not specified
Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Monument
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Volunteering Matters

Further Information

Notice Documents

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