Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Stockton on Tees Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- This is Focus Ltd SME
- Value
- £36,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- IT services · Information technology services (CPV 72222300)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
-
- Contract date29 Apr 2026
- Published30 Apr 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The Care Leavers app is a mature, sector leading digital tool already adopted by over 40 local authorities across the UK to improve communication, access to entitlements and support for care experienced young people. This level of sector penetration demonstrates a strong proven track record, reducing risk to the Council and ensuring a high level of interoperability with established practice elsewhere. There is a strong focus on co-design and providing access in over 100 different languages to ensure that the app meets our needs locally. A co-production workshop will be held with local care leavers to develop an app that meets our needs locally. The offer aligns closely with national government priorities around digital transformation and inclusion and integrated real time apprenticeship feeds from Gov.uk, supporting wider government commitment to improve outcomes for care leavers in education, training and employment. It also includes wellbeing support developed in partnership with or…
About the supplier
This is Focus Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07522150).