you can still make service suggestions, but not within tyne and wear boundry, the QCS is only for within the tyne and wear boundry and also for across boundry bus services and also the ticketing system.
example: Arriva service 24 Durham to Hartlepool will stay within Arriva control, Durham county council and Northumberland county council are not taking full control of bus services, their are only doing the cross boundry bus services and tickets. later on Durham Council and Northumberland council could take control if their wish. And you never know that GNE might start new services in the Arriva carved up area of Durham county.
RE: Go North East Service Suggestions