Awarded contract

Engagement & Empowerment of Children, Young People, Parents & Carers

Details

Value
£96,000
Duration
2 years
Topic
Health and social work services
Published
7 April 2025

Tender description

This contract is for Engagement & Empowerment of Children, Young People, Parents & Carers. The aims of the service being commissioned are: • To ensure that children and young people have a voice in the way that services are designed and delivered. • To continuously improve the services used by children and young people by involving them in their design and review. The objectives of the service being commissioned are: • To support staff and young people who wish to enter into dialogue to prepare, develop and present their case; • To ensure that there are regular opportunities for active dialogue between young people and staff/managers; • To provide assurance, based upon evidence provided by children and young people that the dialogue is genuine and has resulted in change. The proposed contract is to be let with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of 24 months each from the actual end date subject to Commissioner and budget approval.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 April 2025
  2. Completed: Award published7 April 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 6 months

About the buyer

Durham County Council delivers local government services across County Durham, and buys as a local authority with its own corporate procurement team. Tenders and quotations are handled through the NEPO OPEN Portal, the council's online etendering system. Larger opportunities also appear on the government's Find a Tender Service under the Procurement Act 2023. Durham is one of twelve north-east councils sourcing goods and services through the North East Procurement Organisation. Specialist professional services can be sourced through the Bloom NEPRO framework across nineteen categories. The council also procures on behalf of additional public bodies beyond Durham itself.

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 Durham County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85000000 · Health and social work services

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