Stale Pre-tender

Direct Payment Support Service

Details

Buyer: Darlington Borough Council
Value: £726,000
Topic: Financial and insurance services
Published: 12 February 2026
Submission: 27 February 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Darlington Borough Council wishes to appoint a single Contractor for the provision of a Direct Payment Support Service to meet the information, advice and support needs of individuals living within the Borough of Darlington who have been assessed to have unmet eligible needs under The Care Act 2014, or are transferring from commissioned support and identified needs can be met with a Direct Payment.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published12 February 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Darlington Borough Council is a local authority in the North East of England that buys through NEPO, the regional procurement organisation. Regional NEPO frameworks cover categories from building materials to interpretation and highway surveys. Darlington is the technical lead for the North East Highways Surfacing Framework used across the region. A Supplier Incentive Programme lets contractors opt for earlier payment than their contracted terms.

Over the past 5 years, most of Darlington Borough Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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