---
title: "Provision of the Positive Futures Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04fafb"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-04-01"
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# Provision of the Positive Futures Service

Buyer: NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04fafb

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## Summary

Newport City Council has awarded a contract for the Provision of the Positive Futures Service, focusing on mentoring vulnerable pupils interested in sport and fitness. This contract, categorised under technical and vocational secondary education services, aims to offer informal education and mentoring to improve pupils' wellbeing, resilience, and decision-making skills. The procurement process followed a direct method below the threshold without competition and falls under Welsh devolved regulations. Newport Live is the designated supplier, with the contract running from 1st April 2025 to 1st April 2026, potentially extendable based on funding and review outcomes. Key dates include the contract's signing on 31st March 2025, with procurement in the completion stage.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in educational, mentoring, and youth engagement services to collaborate with public authorities like Newport City Council. Organisations capable of providing trauma-informed youth work and possessing relatable, experienced role models will be well-suited to fulfil this contract's requirements, fostering business growth through active participation in community welfare initiatives. Educational service providers, especially those with a focus on physical activity and sport, stand to leverage their expertise and contribute to improving educational outcomes and social skills among the youth in Newport.

## Notice

Positive Futures focuses on mentoring for those vulnerable pupils interested in sport, fitness, and activity that would benefit from informal education / mentoring for 1-2 hours per week, with a trusted relatable experienced role model, using trauma informed youth work approaches to engage and improve the individual (e.g. build resilience, improve decision making, improving overall wellbeing, and supporting their role in the community and in achieving through education). Pupils who attend the Positive Futures Service are either placed within the Aspire Education Programme provided by Newport Live and/or the Council's Bridge Achievement Centre.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012124-2025 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Apr 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2025 - 1 Apr 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £73,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NEWPORT CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | NEWPORT |
| Post town | Newport |
| Postcode | NP20 4UR |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport |
| Local authority | Newport |
| Electoral ward | Allt-yr-yn |
| Westminster constituency | Newport West and Islwyn |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NEWPORT LIVE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80200000 - Secondary education services
- 80210000 - Technical and vocational secondary education services

## Release History

- 1 Apr 2025 at 08:20 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012124-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012124-2025
  1st April 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-111

## Notice URLs

- http://www.newport.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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