Official UK procurement notice
NEPO605A - Children's Advocacy, Independent People for Children and Adults Complaints and Secure Reviews - Opening 8
Authority: Newcastle City Council (Local council)
This is the eighth opening of this bespoke flexible procurement originally under find a tender reference 2023/S 000-033961 This bespoke flexible procurement solution is under the Social and Other Specific Services EU procurement route ('Light Touch Regime'), and will be known as the Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) for the provision of Services for: Published lot titles: Investigating Officers (IO) (Children and Adult Stage 2 Complaints); Independent Persons (IP) (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints); Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints; Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints; Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews.
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis is the eighth opening of this bespoke flexible procurement originally under find a tender reference 2023/S 000-033961
This bespoke flexible procurement solution is under the Social and Other Specific Services EU procurement route ('Light Touch Regime'), and will be known as the Flexible Procurement Agreement (Contract) for the provision of Services for:
Lot 3 - Investigating Officers (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Lot 4 - Independent Persons (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Lot 5 - Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot 6 - Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot 7 - Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews
CPV: Health and social work services
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Investigating Officers (IO) (Children and Adult Stage 2 Complaints)
Investigating officers (children and adult stage two complaints)
Lot #2Independent Persons (IP) (Children and Adult Stage Two Complaints)
Independent persons (children and adult stage two complaints)
Lot #3Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Independent Chairs for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot #4Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Independent Panellists for Stage Three Statutory Children's Social Care Complaints
Lot #5Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews
Independent Persons for Secure Accommodation Reviews
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Jul 2026, 16:31 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2026, 16:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Sept 2026 – …
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070923- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d490Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bids opened
- 16 Sept 2026, 09:00 BST
Timeline
27 Jul 2026 → 16 Sept 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published98 days ago27 Jul 2026, 16:31 BST
- Submission deadline48 days ago15 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened47 days ago16 Sept 2026, 09:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.