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title: "Specialist Residential / Nursing Home Placements"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05cfe2"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL"
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# Specialist Residential / Nursing Home Placements

Buyer: DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05cfe2

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## Summary

Durham County Council, a sub-central government authority in the United Kingdom, recently completed a procurement process for Specialist Residential and Nursing Home Placements, entitled under the main category of health and social work services. This direct award procurement, conducted under the light touch regime, emphasises user choice, allowing service users or their carers to select their preferred providers. The contracts were awarded to ensure that the specific preferences of individuals were met, within the framework provided by the legal basis UKPGA 2023/54. The procurement process reached the contract award stage as of 20 October 2025, covering multiple placements intended to cater to individual service user needs until at least 31 March 2026, with potential extensions until 31 March 2030 if required.

This tender presents notable opportunities for businesses capable of providing health and social work services, particularly those specialising in residential and nursing care tailored to individual needs. Providers that can offer personalised care solutions and have the capacity to adjust services based on user feedback will find this tender appealing. Given the direct award procurement method focused on user choice, businesses with a strong reputation for customer satisfaction and flexible service provisions are well-positioned to compete in this sector. The procurement approach allows for a more direct engagement with users, potentially opening doors for niche service providers to enter or expand within the local market of the UKC14 region.

## Notice

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.

### 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/066761-2025 |
| 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 | £15,837,670 |
| 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 13:37 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066761-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066761-2025
  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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