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title: "Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05cfde"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-10-20"
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# Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice)

Buyer: DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05cfde

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## Summary

Durham County Council has completed a procurement process for the "Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice)" contract, classified under the health and social work services category, with a procurement value amounting to £68,071,639. This contract, initiated as a user choice service, employs a direct award procurement method to cater to individual service users' preferences for supported living services. The contract commenced on 20th October 2025 and is set to run until 31st March 2026, with the potential for extension based on service user needs. The contract is aligned with the light-touch regime and primarily focuses on services delivered in the Durham region (UKC14), United Kingdom.

This procurement offers extensive business growth opportunities particularly for providers specializing in health and social care services, as multiple providers can engage in line with individual user choice provisions. Ideal candidates for this tender are businesses that already possess commissioning approval and have a strong presence or interest in the local health and social service sectors. The direct award nature of this contract further emphasizes the importance of being an approved service provider, aligning with service users' specific preferences and needs, thus providing a significant competitive advantage to versatile and user-focused businesses.

## Notice

Direct awards will be issued to any commissioning approved Provider who a service user chooses to access for a Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living service. Each individual service user contract is not expected to exceed LTR threshold. This notice will cover multiple providers.

### Procurement Information

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066756-2025 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Contract period | 19 Oct 2025 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £68,071,639 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | DURHAM |
| Post town | Durham |
| Postcode | DH1 5WB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham |
| Local authority | County Durham |
| Electoral ward | Framwellgate and Newton Hall |
| Westminster constituency | City of Durham |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2025 at 13:33 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066756-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066756-2025
  20th October 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.durham.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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