Notice Information
Notice Title
Select List of Primary Providers for The Provision of Domiciliary Care Services and Reablement
Notice 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 as identified in the tender documents.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 2 allowable extensions of a period of 12 months each are available subject to commissioner approval, performance, funding and achievement of KPIs.
Planning Information
- Preliminary market engagement questionnaire to wider market to gain insight. Please access the questionnaire via www.open-uk.org - Supplier survey to current contracted suppliers to ascertain their views. -Supplier Support Sessions regarding Social Value, Procurement Portal and Central Digital Platform to remove barriers to bidding (9/9/2025 10.30 -12 and the 11/9/25 14:30-16:00 via Teams). All requests to join the events should be directed through the council's tender portal - www.open-uk.org.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0582b8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/079261-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £300,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £300,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Dec 2025Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Jan 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- 30 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- corporate.procurement@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/079261-2025
3rd December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046625-2025
6th August 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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