Official UK procurement notice
Support Service for Staying Close Care Leavers
Authority: South Tyneside Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA support service for staying close care leavers will deliver high-quality, intensive support to care-experienced young people aged 18 to 25 years. The service will primarily provide peripatetic (outreach) or floating support to those living in Staying Close accommodation. There are currently 14 Staying Close accommodation properties, and these are owned and managed by South Tyneside Council.
The service aims to provide care-experienced young people with a psychological and trauma-informed environment where they can develop the interdependent living skills needed to transition successfully into adulthood and maintain stable, long-term accommodation.
The estimated annual value of the contract is £300,000.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
- Economic & financial standing
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- Technical & professional ability
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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 (8)
- Mobilisation: 8%
- Housing First Approach: 8.5%
- Flexibility to respond to multiple / complex needs: 8.5%
- Promoting equality, diversity and cultural inclusion: 8%
- Corporate Parenting: 8.5%
- Promoting Independence, Interdependence and Practical Life Skills: 8.5%
- Price: 40%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (8)
- Price
- Mobilisation
- Housing First Approach
- Flexibility to respond to multiple / complex needs
- Promoting equality, diversity and cultural inclusion
- Corporate Parenting
- Promoting Independence, Interdependence and Practical Life Skills
- Social Value
- Economic & financial standing
Please see tender documentation for details
- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Jan 2027
- First published
- 5 Aug 2025, 11:14 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Oct 2025, 08:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
S8897- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046032- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05814fFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Please see Contract Terms and Conditions contained within the tender pack.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
open-uk.org ↗ Project number: #OPEN20251334
Timeline
5 Aug 2025 → 1 Nov 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published5 Aug 2025, 11:14 BST
- Clarification questions by26 Aug 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline2 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Latest notice published374 days ago16 Oct 2025, 08:40 BST
- Award decision expected by373 days ago16 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts358 days ago1 Nov 2025
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Aug 2025- Tender notice published5 Aug 2025, 11:14 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published6 Aug 2025, 13:50 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £300,0006 Aug 2025, 13:50 BSTwas £600,000
- Contract details notice published16 Oct 2025, 08:40 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete16 Oct 2025, 08:40 BST
Published amendments (1)
This Notice has been changed to remove the option to extend by 1 year. The contract is now only for 1 year with no option to extend.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coquet TrustVCSE | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Coquet TrustVCSE
- Signed
- 15 Oct 2025
- Value
- £300,000
- Period
- 1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COQUET TRUSTAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The full tender pack can be found on Open E-Procurement System Project Number: #OPEN20251334
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender