Official UK procurement notice
Criminal Exploitation and Serious Youth Violence
Authority: Achieving for Children (Public body)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£84,424published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 May 2026no call for competition
Awarded to CRYING SONS LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe service provides a range of flexible, trauma-informed interventions, including:
Direct 1:1 Intensive Support: A 6-month programme of weekly face-to-face mentoring.
Resettlement Support: Targeted intervention for young people transitioning from custody back into the local community.
Crisis and Emergency Response: Rapid wrap-around support following high-risk incidents or threats to life.
Consultancy and Safety Planning: Expert advice for partners following critical incidents, particularly those resulting in hospitalisation.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure 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
- 25 Aug 2026, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2026, 16:06 BST
- Authority reference
7703- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080963- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ebd2Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published25 Aug 2026, 16:06 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £84,4241 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 1 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYING SONS LTDSME | £84,424 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Criminal Exploitation and Serious Youth Violence · CRYING SONS LTDSME
- Signed
- 1 May 2026
- Value
- £84,424
- Period
- 1 May 2026 – 30 Apr 2028
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Of those children who have completed an intensive support intervention · Of those children or young people who have been supported with a resettlement programme, at the conclusion of the intervention · Of those children receiving crisis support or emergency responses
- Of those children who have completed an intensive support intervention
- Of those children or young people who have been supported with a resettlement programme, at the conclusion of the intervention
- Of those children receiving crisis support or emergency responses
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CRYING SONS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender