Official UK procurement notice
Advice, Support and Guidance for Parents/Carers
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£425,000published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 1 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to SKILLS FOR PEOPLE
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Advice and Guidance service will provide individual information, advice, and support to families of children with additional needs, through a range of forums including drop-in sessions, social groups, parent/carer groups in school and through social media.
The service will be universally available to families across the city and delivered across a range of accessible locations.
The service will provide individual information, advice, and support to families of children with additional needs from age 0-25:
The provider will be expected to offer guidance in terms of:
- the Local Offer
- personalisation and Personal Budgets
- advice for children, young people and parents on gathering, understanding and interpreting information and applying it to their own situation.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Nov 2025, 09:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Nov 2025, 09:56 GMT
- Authority reference
C-013335- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075899- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e602Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published21 Nov 2025, 09:56 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £425,0001 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKILLS FOR PEOPLEVCSE | £425,000 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SKILLS FOR PEOPLEVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Aug 2025
- Value
- £425,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2x1 year extension if the provider is delivering the KPIs effectively.
3 agreed KPIs: In depth support · Information, advice and guidance · Preparing for Adulthood
- In depth support, In depth support provided for families of children with additional needs, supporting them navigate additional support for their child.
- Information, advice and guidance, Provide information, advice and guidance for families of children with additional needs.
- Preparing for Adulthood, Preparing for Adulthood workshops for families to support with this key transition.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SKILLS FOR PEOPLEAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender