Awarded contract

SELECT LIST OF PRIMARY PROVIDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF DOMICILIARY CARE SERVICES AND REABLEMENT

Details

Value
£8,700,000,000
Duration
5 years
Topic
Health and social work services
Published
16 March 2026

Tender description

Durham County Council (the Council) has a duty to provide services for vulnerable residents who are eligible for care and support according to the national criteria introduced by the Care Act 2014. This opportunity is for the provision of Domiciliary Care Services and Reablement. The domiciliary care element is applicable to children, young people and adults and the Reablement element is applicable to adults aged 18+ only. The Council is committed to the delivery of high quality Domiciliary Care Services and Reablement and wishes to work in partnership with Independent Sector Providers, who can demonstrate and deliver quality Services which achieve and maintain 'value for money' and positive outcomes for Service Users enabling them to live independently and safely in their community. Services are to be delivered across 10 Demand Zones. Please note that each zone is ranked as per the titles of the contracts detailed in this notice. The Council makes no guarantee to any provider on the New Contracting Arrangement that they will be awarded any individual placements, and no guarantee is made in respect of any volume of work under any such agreements, or in aggregate under the New Arrangement. Therefore although all contracts have a cost attached in this notice however this cost will vary and payment will be made for each individual placement as per the contract specification. The new arrangement has an overall contract value for all zones of £300 million. ## Contract award Title: Zone 1 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 1 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 1 Rank 3 ## Contract award Title: Zone 2 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 2 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 2 Rank 3 ## Contract award Title: Zone 3 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 3 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 3 Rank 3 ## Contract award Title: Zone 3 Rank 4 ## Contract award Title: Zone 4 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 4 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 4 Rank 3 ## Contract award Title: Zone 5 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 5 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 6 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 6 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 7 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 7 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 7 Rank 3 ## Contract award Title: Zone 8 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 8 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 8 Rank 3 ## Contract award Title: Zone 9 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 9 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 9 Rank 3 ## Contract award Title: Zone 10 Rank 1 ## Contract award Title: Zone 10 Rank 2 ## Contract award Title: Zone 10 Rank 3

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date13 March 2026
  2. Completed: Award published16 March 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2031in 5 years

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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