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Youth Voice and NEET Strategy Development

North East Combined Authority

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

09 Sep 2026 at 14:47

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

01 Sep 2026 at 12:05

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

North East Combined Authority commissioned a regional youth voice and employment research service. The work is intended to support system change by ensuring young people’s lived experience informs regional policy, employment practices, service improvement and decision-making. Its scope includes work across employment, skills and child poverty, together with development of a strategy for young people not in education, employment or training (NEET). It also includes extending the Youth Voice Census and associated activities. This is a services contract covering research consultancy and social research. Delivery is across North East England, for the Combined Authority as the public-sector buyer. The requirement would suit organisations experienced in youth participation, social research, employment and skills policy, and translating evidence from young people into practical regional strategy.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded through a below-threshold direct award without competition. One lot was awarded to YOUTH EMPLOYMENT UK C.I.C. for £60,000 including VAT. The award covers the full youth voice, research, census and NEET strategy requirement. The contract was signed on 8 September 2026 and runs from 9 September 2026 to 31 March 2027. The contract is active. The recorded award is below the relevant threshold, and the procurement used a single-supplier route rather than an open competitive process. Evaluation therefore did not involve competing bids or published award weightings. The selected supplier is a large voluntary, community or social enterprise, indicating that the buyer appointed an established specialist provider for this defined programme of research and strategy work.

For a supplier considering comparable work in future, this procurement shows demand for an integrated youth engagement and policy evidence offer rather than a narrow research exercise. A credible competitor would need to involve young people directly, capture and interpret lived experience, run or extend a structured youth voice census, and turn findings into recommendations for employment, skills, child poverty and service improvement. Experience developing strategies for young people not in education, employment or training would be relevant, as would the ability to work across a regional public-sector system. Organisations with strong youth-sector relationships, social research capability and a track record of influencing policy through clear evidence would be well placed when this requirement next reaches the market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Youth Voice and NEET Strategy Development

Notice Description

This project will support system change by ensuring young people's lived experience informs regional policy, employment practices, service improvement and decision making across employment, skills and child poverty and includes provision for extension of the Youth Voice Census and associated activities such as the development of a NEET strategy.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ef67
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085455-2026
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

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

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

CPV Codes

73210000 - Research consultancy services

79315000 - Social research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£60,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
£60,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Sep 20266 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
9 Sep 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 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
North East Combined Authority
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
NE4 5BZ
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
Arthur's Hill
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

YOUTH EMPLOYMENT UK C.I.C.

Further Information

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