Notice Information
Notice Title
002225 - Removals and Storage for the Homeless Prevention Service
Notice Description
The Council are seeking a single provider to remove, transport and deliver various items of Furniture/Personal Belongings from one house premise to another or directly to the storage facility. The majority of removals will be within the Durham County area however, on occasion, addresses may fall outside of the County Durham area. Moves will include personal belongings for a domestic house including households of any size and where storage of such belongings may at times be required. The provider will be required to store possession from up to 50 houses at any one time. Please note, the providers storage facility must be within 30 miles from the border of Durham County as it is essential to enable service users to access their belongings if required.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Contract period is 3 years, with the options to extend for 2 x 12 month periods from the contract end date, subject to contract requirements review, Commissioner approval and grant funding.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-054346
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054130-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
-
- CPV Codes
63120000 - Storage and warehousing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £350,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Jul 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- zoe.embleton@durham.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DURHAM
- Postcode
- DH1 5WB
- Post Town
- Durham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC41 Durham
- Delivery Location
- TLC14 Durham
-
- Local Authority
- County Durham
- Electoral Ward
- Framwellgate and Newton Hall
- Westminster Constituency
- City of Durham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054130-2025
5th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/051134-2025
26th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030231-2025
5th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030120-2025
5th June 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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