Official UK procurement notice
Community Opportunities - Building based services
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCommunity Opportunities are an important contribution to Newcastle City Council's commitment to enabling people in Newcastle to age well, by providing support and carer relief that enables people to be socially connected to their community, to live as independently as possible and lead safe and active lives. It will offer flexible, high-quality, support, with a focus on connecting people to their communities, maximising independence, and helping to prevent admission into long term residential care or hospital. The approach of commissioning Community Opportunities will assist with creating a wider offer encompassing a continuum of social care-related support inclusive of four key areas: prevention, crisis, and long-term support.
The Contract is awarded under 2 Lots:
Lot 1 - TWO Community Hub Zone Based Service covering the Four neighbourhood zones. One building base will operate in the North and East of the city and the other in the Inner West and Outer West of the city. Block contract.
Lot 2 - Satellite Flexible Service, city-wide to cover additional provision, split equally between successful providers.
Annual Rate Lot 1: £312,000.00 (£156,000.00 Per one Community Hub - Building Base)
Annual rate Lot 2: up to £156,000.00 (unit price of £60.00 per day session, including transport)
CPV: Daycare services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Bids received
- 4 bids on the busiest of 2 lots · 3 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs from 1 Dec 2025
- Scheme runs until
- 30 Nov 2030
Published description of the framework
Lot 2 will be established as an Open framework under section 49 of the Act. The Framework will be re-awarded on or before the third anniversary of the commencement date. Subsequently, the Contracting Authority intends to award further successive frameworks at least every year until expiry of the Framework Agreement term. As such, Suppliers which have not been appointed to this Framework will have the opportunity to be appointed to the subsequent framework.
Interested Suppliers should note that when the Framework is re-awarded, there will be no limit on the number of Suppliers who can be party to the Framework. As such, Suppliers that are appointed to the Framework under this Procurement will have the opportunity to confirm whether they wish to be re-appointed on the basis of their original tender, or whether they wish to submit a revised tender.
Under the Framework, the prices for the services will be based on a fixed individual cost of the provision of services.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 1 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Community Hub Zones Based ServiceAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,560,000
TWO Community Hub Zone Based Service covering the Four neighbourhood zones. One building base will operate in the North and East of the city and the other in the Inner West and Outer West of the city. Contracts will be awarded to two highest scoring providers - for each provider to deliver service in each location.
Lot #2Satellite Flexible ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£780,000
City-wide services to cover additional provision of up to 50 placements per week, split equally between successful providers.
Annual value up to £156,000 across the Lot.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Specification requirements: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
- Specification requirements: The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full access, free of charge at: https://www.open-uk.org
- “Community Opportunities - Building based services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jul 2025, 12:47 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2025, 17:39 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
008841- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-051358- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055787Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 25 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Jul 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 10 dates- Planning notice published2 Jul 2025, 12:47 BST
- Tender notice published26 Aug 2025, 16:17 BST
- Next notice expected26 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by399 days ago19 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends393 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown25 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by355 days ago1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent347 days ago10 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published347 days ago10 Nov 2025, 17:39 GMT
- Standstill ends337 days ago19 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts326 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2025- Pipeline notice published2 Jul 2025, 12:47 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published26 Aug 2025, 16:17 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £2,340,00026 Aug 2025, 16:17 BST
- Status changed to active26 Aug 2025, 16:17 BST
- Deadline published: 25 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST26 Aug 2025, 16:17 BST
- Contract award notice published10 Nov 2025, 17:39 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete10 Nov 2025, 17:39 GMT
- Contract signature expected20 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast£780,000 is the framework's published maximum, restated by the publisher on 3 award rows. It is one ceiling, not 3 separate sums, and no share per lot is published; those rows read “ceiling above”.
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Community Hub Zones Based Service2 awards | |||
| ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONCommunity Hub - Zone 1 (North and East)1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2030Extensions: 36 months contract 2 x 12 months | ceiling above | 10 Nov 2025standstill to 19 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
| S&Z HOSPITALITY LIMITEDCommunity Hub Zone Two (Inner and Outer West)1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 months | ceiling above | 10 Nov 2025standstill to 19 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
| Lot 2 · Satellite Flexible Services1 award | |||
| AGE UK GATESHEAD LIMITEDVCSE1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2030Extensions: 2 x 12 months | ceiling above | 10 Nov 2025standstill to 19 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Community Hub Zones Based Service | 4final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 2 | 2 | — |
| 2 · Satellite Flexible Services | 3final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 2 | 1 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- AGE UK GATESHEAD LIMITEDFramework contractor
- S&Z HOSPITALITY LIMITEDFramework contractor
- ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender