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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Specialist Residential / Nursing Home Placements

Durham County Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 11:20.

Opportunity overview

Direct awards will be issued to any commissioning approved Provider who a service user chooses to be placed with in a Specialist Residential / Nursing Home Placement. This notice covers multiple contract awards for individual service users and each award is expected to be below LTR threshold.

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
002816
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
User choice contract User Choice Contract - Taken from PA23: 15. The public contract is a contract for the supply of user choice services and the conditions in paragraph 17 are met. 16. In paragraph 15, "user choice services" means services- (a)that are of a kind specified in regulations under section 9 (light touch contracts), (b)that are supplied for the benefit of a particular individual, and (c)in respect of which a contracting authority would, in awarding a contract for their supply, be required under an enactment to have regard to the views of the individual, or a person providing care to the individual (their "carer"), in relation to who should supply the services. 17. The conditions are that- (a)the individual to whom the services are to be supplied or their carer has expressed a preference as to who should supply the services, or the nature of the services to be supplied is such that only one supplier is capable of providing them, and (b)the contracting authority considers that it is not in the best interests of the individual to award the contract under section 19

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
userChoice

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PMPB-8772-VYWM
Name
Durham County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKC14
Country
GB
Locality
Durham
Postal Code
DH1 5WB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Corten House, Dunholme Close

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PMPB-8772-VYWM
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Specialist Residential / Nursing Home Placements
Status
pending
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Value

Amount
15,837,670
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
15,837,670

Renewal

Description
If placement still meets service user need then the placement will be extended until such a time where it does not meet service user need.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
066761-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
20 Oct 2025, 14:37

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
20 Oct 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2026, 23:59
Starts
20 Oct 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2030, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Durham · UKC14 · DH1 5WB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05cfe2-2025-10-20T14:37:40+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·