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title: "Northumberland Emotional Wellbeing Support Team (NEWST)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e530"
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# Northumberland Emotional Wellbeing Support Team (NEWST)

Buyer: Northumberland County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e530

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## Summary

Northumberland County Council commissioned the Northumberland Emotional Wellbeing Support Team (NEWST). The service is intended to enhance existing joint commissioning arrangements with the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), supporting emotional wellbeing provision in Northumberland. The procurement covers social work and related services, delivered in Northumberland. The council is the buying organisation, while the ICB procurement organisation is the selected service provider. This is a public-sector health and social care support requirement, relevant to organisations providing emotional wellbeing services, social work or related community support, particularly those able to work across local authority and NHS commissioning arrangements.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded. It used a direct award below the relevant threshold, without competition, for one lot. North East and North Cumbria ICB Procurement was awarded the contract. The contract was signed on 31 March 2025 and runs from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2027. Its gross value is £434,524. The contract is active. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than a competitive tender, so the recorded process does not set out competing bids or comparative evaluation criteria. The award relates to the full NEWST emotional wellbeing support requirement in Northumberland.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the opportunity provides evidence of an established requirement for emotional wellbeing support and related social work services in Northumberland. A credible future competitor would need a demonstrable ability to deliver community-based emotional wellbeing provision and to operate effectively within joint commissioning arrangements involving Northumberland County Council and the North East and North Cumbria ICB. Relevant experience should include coordinating with public-sector health and social care commissioners, aligning delivery across organisational boundaries, and maintaining service continuity for local users. Suppliers with practical knowledge of NHS and local-authority commissioning, alongside the operational capacity to support an integrated local team, would be best placed to compete when this requirement returns to market.

## Notice

Enhance existing joint commissioning arrangements with the ICB in respect of the Northumberland Emotional Wellbeing Support Team (NEWST)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077926-2026 |
| 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 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £434,524 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Northumberland County Council |
| Locality | MORPETH |
| Postcode area | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE61 2EF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC42 Northumberland |
| Local authority | Northumberland |
| Electoral ward | Morpeth Kirkhill |
| Westminster constituency | North Northumberland |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | North East and North Cumbria ICB Procurement |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2026 at 08:51 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077926-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077926-2026
  17th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.northumberland.gov.uk
- https://northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/about-us/corporate-information/what-we-spend/register-of-procurement-decisions-and-conflicts/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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