Scope
Reference
S8897
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.
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £300,000 excluding VAT
- £360,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Date signed
15 October 2025
Contract dates
- 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026
- 1 year
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
Contract locations
- UKC22 - Tyneside
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Special regime
Light touch
Supplier
COQUET TRUST
- Companies House: 06251078
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBHV-1257-QRRJ
Coquet House Queensway South
Gateshead
NE11 0ED
United Kingdom
Email: amin.mazloom@coquettrust.org.uk
Website: https://www.coquettrust.org.uk/
Region: UKC22 - Tyneside
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): Yes
Contract 1
Contracting authority
South Tyneside Borough Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYPB-8737-VBHG
Town Hall and Civic Offices, Westoe Road
South Shields
NE33 2RL
United Kingdom
Region: UKC22 - Tyneside
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government