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title: "Tyne-Tees Independent Foster Care Services"
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# Tyne-Tees Independent Foster Care Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tyne-tees-independent-foster-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-045233). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle City Council: "Tyne-Tees Independent Foster Care Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 6 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 7 May 2024, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.nepo.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-city-council-ons-e08000021)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 May 2024 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 6
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045233`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tyne-tees-independent-foster-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-045233#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [nepo.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nepo.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tyne-tees-independent-foster-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-045233#participate

## Description
Newcastle City Council ("the Lead Authority'') is acting as the Lead Authority on behalf of the North-East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and its Member Authorities, in respect of a bespoke Flexible Procurement solution under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended), within the Social and Other Specific Services Procurement Route. The bespoke flexible procurement solution will be known as the Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract), for Independent Foster Care Services.
This Flexible Procurement Agreement will open regularly to accept applications from new Providers. This is the fourth Opening of the Flexible Procurement Agreement which can be found on Find a Tender Award Notice 2022/S 000-017849 and subsequent corrigendum 2022/S 000-018030.

## Lots (6)
### Lot 1: Standard Support Placements
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** this is the fourth opening of C-012130

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Extra Support Placements
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Extra support for placements

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Enhanced Support Placements
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Enhanced support placements

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 4: Parent and Child/ Baby Placements
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Parent and child/ baby placements

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 5: Parent and Child/ Baby Assessment Placements
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Parent and child/ baby assessment placements

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 6: Staying Put Arrangements
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Staying Put Arrangements

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 023635-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **FAMILY FIRST FOSTERING LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-08113491`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 023635-2024-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 24/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023635-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-29T14:44:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T07:02:28.161Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-045233