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Awarded· 1 Feb 2025

Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance Recovery Needs

Newcastle City Council · Newcastle upon Tyne, North East

Newcastle City Council has awarded Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance Recovery Needs. It is a contract for supported accommodation for 16 and 17 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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Source: Find a Tender, published 14 Feb 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.

Key dates

  1. 2025

    Contract awarded

    The Cyrenians Operating As Changing Lives

  2. 2025

    Award notice published

    Award Notice · 14:13

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About this tender

In brief

Newcastle City Council has awarded Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance Recovery Needs. It is a contract for supported accommodation for 16 and 17 in Newcastle upon Tyne. The contract went to The Cyrenians Operating As Changing Lives. It was awarded on 1 February 2025. The contract value is £656,250.

It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 14 February 2025. The notice number is 005168-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04e1f2.

Summary of the contracting process

Newcastle City Council, in collaboration with Gateshead Council, has completed the procurement process for the "Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance Recovery Needs" project. This service, part of the broader health and social work services category (CPV code 85000000), is aimed at providing specialist supported services across Newcastle and Gateshead.

The procurement stage has now reached completion, with the contract being awarded on 1st February 2025 to The Cyrenians, operating as Changing Lives. The procurement method used was a limited tender, specifically tailored due to the absence of competition for technical reasons. The successful bidder, The Cyrenians, demonstrated their ability to meet the specific requirements and limited market capacity, highlighting a niche area for potential future tenders.

The notice in full

The Changing Lives service known as Ridley Villas provides a Specialist Supported Service for Women (with children) with Substance Recovery Needs across Newcastle and Gateshead. The service is jointly commissioned between Newcastle City Council and Gateshead Council (NCC is the lead commissioner).

Lots (1)

  1. 01

    Lot 1Cancelled

    Specialist supported accommodation for women with children with substance recovery needs.

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Key facts

Every field the notice carries. Anything it leaves blank is listed under its table.

Contract

Service
Supported Accommodation For Young People
Procurement type
Standard
Category
Services
Contract period
Not specified - Not specified
Lots
1
Awarded to
The Cyrenians Operating As Changing Lives
Number of suppliers
1

Procedure

Notice type
Award Notice
Procurement method
Limited
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Current stage
Award
Stages so far
Award
Published on
Find a Tender Service
Awardee scale
Large

Values

Contracts value
£656,250

Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.

Status

Tender
Complete
Lots
Cancelled
Awards
Active
Contracts
Active

References

Find a Tender notice
005168-2025
Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e1f2
CPV code
85000000 - Health and social work services
CPV division
85 - Health and social work services
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Location

Newcastle City Council is based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The area the service covers can be wider, so check the notice and the lots.
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Town
Newcastle upon Tyne
Postcode
NE1 8QH
Electoral ward
Monument
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Delivery area
Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear
Region
North East
Sub-region
Tyneside
Area
Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Country
England
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Buyer and supplier

Contracting authority

Organisation
Newcastle City Council
Category
Services
Contact
Julie Backhouse
Address
Newcastle-upon-tyne, NE1 8QH · North East · England

Not stated in the notice: phone.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
The Cyrenians Operating As Changing Lives
Awardee scale
Large
Number of suppliers
1
Awards value
Not stated
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Documents and links

Official sources for this notice. The tender pack itself sits on the buyer's portal.
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Questions about this tender

Who won the Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance… contract?

Newcastle City Council awarded the contract to The Cyrenians Operating As Changing Lives on 1 February 2025.

How much is the Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance… contract worth?

The contract value is £656,250.

Who is the buyer for Specialist Supported Accommodation for Women (with Children) with Substance…?

Newcastle City Council, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East. The named contact is Julie Backhouse.

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