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title: "Age Friendly Communities Mapping Project"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e009"
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buyer: "Darlington Borough Council"
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# Age Friendly Communities Mapping Project

Buyer: Darlington Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e009

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## Summary

Darlington Borough Council commissioned an Age Friendly Communities Mapping Project across the Borough of Darlington. The service involves engaging older adults, stakeholders and organisations to understand the barriers and enabling factors affecting people as they age. Findings will contribute to a proposed improvement model for Darlington, with the ambition of helping the area become an age-friendly community. This is a social research service, covering community engagement, consultation, evidence gathering and analysis of local conditions affecting older people. The work is delivered across Darlington and is relevant to organisations with experience of researching communities, engaging residents and working with public, voluntary and stakeholder organisations on ageing, inclusion or local service improvement.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded on 24 July 2026 to Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland. It was a below-threshold limited competition using a limited procurement method, with one completed lot. The contract is active and runs from 1 September 2026 to 1 September 2028, with an option for the Council to extend it by one further 12-month period through written notice, allowing a maximum end date of 31 August 2029. The awarded contract value is £92,727 gross, in GBP. The recorded award concerns the full mapping project and its associated social research services. The award data does not set out separate scoring criteria or weighted evaluation categories.

This award demonstrates demand from Darlington Borough Council for structured research into ageing, community barriers and the factors that help older people participate and thrive. A credible future competitor would need to engage older residents effectively, build trust with community groups and stakeholders, gather qualitative evidence across a borough, and turn findings into practical recommendations or an improvement model. Experience in social research, community development, advice services, equality, inclusion or age-friendly practice would be relevant, particularly where it includes work with public bodies and voluntary or community organisations. The successful supplier is a large voluntary, community and social enterprise, indicating that organisations combining research capability with trusted local engagement and a clear social-purpose delivery model may be well placed for comparable work with this Council.

## Notice

The project is to engage with older adults, stakeholders and organisations across the Borough of Darlington to understand the barriers and enabling factors that impact people as they age, then use these findings to contribute to a proposed model of improvement in Darlington, with an ambition of working towards becoming an "Age-Friendly" community.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075690-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 1 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £92,727 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Darlington Borough Council |
| Locality | DARLINGTON |
| Postcode area | Darlington |
| Postcode | DL1 5QT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley |
| ITL 3 | TLC33 Darlington |
| Local authority | Darlington |
| Electoral ward | Park East |
| Westminster constituency | Darlington |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CITIZENS ADVICE DARLINGTON, REDCAR AND CLEVELAND |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79315000 - Social research services

## Release History

- 10 Aug 2026 at 12:25 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075690-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075690-2026
  10th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.citizensadvicedrc.org.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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