Awarded contract

Crisis and Resilience Food Bank Provision

Details

Buyer: Durham County Council
Supplier(s): Durham Christian Partnership, East Durham Community Development Trust Ltd T/A East Durham Trust
Value: £468,000
Duration: 7 months
Topic: Food parcels
Published: 11 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

DCC require individuals in financial hardship who have no access to food to be able to access emergency food provision throughout the County Durham location. Food parcels are a short term outcome to meet an immediate need and the service will require an eligibility criteria to ensure those low income households can access these services, ensuring that they are residents of County Durham and that any underlying issues are identified with either appropriate sign posting to alternative agencies or addressed within the wrap around support delivered by the host organisation. ## Contract award ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published11 September 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date11 September 2026
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

15897300 · Food parcels
66171000 · Financial consultancy services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@durham-county-council.gov