Awarded contract

Independent Advocacy Support to Parents through Child Protection & Court Cases

Details

Buyer: Newcastle City Council
Supplier(s): Families In Care
Value: £358,647
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 24 July 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Newcastle City Council are seeking a Provider, or Providers, to deliver Independent Advocacy Support to Parents through Child Protection and Court Cases within the Newcastle City Council boundary. This is an opportunity to work with the Council to deliver services across the city, for a period of up to 36 months, to meet the Council's aim of providing a consistent and reliable support to parents. The Council requires a service that can be delivered within an annual budget of £119,549 ## Contract award Title: Independent Advocacy Support to Parents through Child Protection & Court Cases

Timeline

Completed: Award published24 July 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date24 July 2026
Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle, and runs commissioning and procurement as a single service serving the whole council. Suppliers bidding for its contracts register free on the Open e-tendering platform. Competitive opportunities above the council's threshold are published on Open alongside those of the North East local authorities. Notices are also published on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. A public register of the council's contracts sits on the North East Procurement Organisation portal. The NEPO Supplier Partnership Programme offers free bid-writing training to local organisations.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Newcastle City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and health and social work.

Relevant CPV codes

85000000 · Health and social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@newcastle-city-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@newcastle-city-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@newcastle-city-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@newcastle-city-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@newcastle-city-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@newcastle-city-council.gov