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The Drive Project Market Engagement

Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham

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20 Jul 2026 at 16:44

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

20 Jul 2026 at 12:40

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham intends to commission the Drive Project for County Durham and Darlington. This is a specialist domestic abuse response service designed to reduce the number of adult and child victims by disrupting and changing perpetrator behaviour. The requirement falls within health and social work, social work support, guidance and counselling, rehabilitation, and community action services. The commissioner is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham, with BlueLight Commercial acting as the procuring entity and procurement lead. The work is intended for delivery across County Durham and Darlington. The planned service is a single requirement, rather than a set of separate service areas, and is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises.

This procurement is at the planning stage and the buyer is conducting voluntary preliminary market engagement before deciding on any future procurement process. Interested organisations are being asked to complete a short survey, with responses requested by 14:00 on 30 July 2026. The buyer expects the service contract to run from 1 November 2026 to 30 April 2028. Participation in the engagement does not constitute an invitation to tender or a commitment that a future procurement will proceed. The engagement exercise is intended to inform the buyer’s understanding of the market and the proposed Drive Project requirement. Suppliers should therefore treat the dates as the buyer’s current expectations, rather than as a tender submission deadline.

The work is likely to suit organisations with established expertise in domestic abuse services, particularly interventions that address perpetrator behaviour and seek to reduce harm to adult and child victims. Relevant capability may include specialist assessment, behaviour-change work, guidance, counselling, rehabilitation and coordinated community-based support. Providers with experience delivering services across County Durham and Darlington, working with police and other public services, and managing safeguarding risks are likely to be well placed when the requirement reaches the market. The stated suitability for SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises indicates that smaller specialist providers and mission-led organisations should consider preparing. Organisations can use the engagement stage to explain their delivery models, local capacity, partnership arrangements and evidence of outcomes in reducing domestic abuse.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

The Drive Project Market Engagement

Notice Description

We are inviting suppliers to participate in a market engagement exercise relating to the provision of the Drive Project for County Durham and Darlington, commissioned by the Durham Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). The Drive Project is a response to domestic abuse that aims to reduce the number of child and adult victims of domestic abuse by disrupting and changing perpetrator behaviour. Interested organisations are requested to complete the short survey via the link below: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/WO3FIM/ Please submit responses no later than 14:00 on Thursday 30th July. Participation in this market engagement is voluntary and does not constitute a commitment to any future procurement process.

Planning Information

Please visit https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home to register on the Durham Police e-tendering platform. Once registered, please navigate to Portals in the top right of the screen and log in to Durham Police Portal.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cebe
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068432-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

85300000 - Social work and related services

85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

85312500 - Rehabilitation services

85322000 - Community action programme

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Nov 2026 - 30 Apr 2028 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Police And Crime Commissioner For Durham
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
DURHAM
Postcode
DH1 5TT
Postcode Area
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
Not specified
Local Authority
County Durham
Electoral Ward
Framwellgate & Newton Hall
Westminster Constituency
City of Durham

Further Information

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