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Support Service for Staying Close Care Leavers

South Tyneside Borough Council

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Key details

Contracting authority
South Tyneside Borough Council
Public authority - sub-central government
Region
South Shields
Delivery: UKC22, United Kingdom
Contract value
£600,000ex VAT
£720,000 inc VAT
Submissions closed
2 September 2025
Published
5 August 2025

Procurement

Contract period
1 November 2025 - 31 October 2026
11 months
Possible extension to 1 November 2027 · 2 years in total
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 85300000 Social work and related services

What happened

South Tyneside Borough Council awarded this contract to COQUET TRUST on 15 Oct 2025. The contract runs until 31 Oct 2026.

Description

A 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 per annum.

No preliminary market engagement took place.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
COQUET TRUST
Award date
15 October 2025

Contact

Address
Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL
Contact name
Karen Dixon

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Identifiers

Buyer reference
S8897
Notice ID
046032-2025
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05814f

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