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title: "NEPO502 - Educational Products"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e345"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Durham County Council"
published: "2026-08-13"
---

# NEPO502 - Educational Products

Buyer: Durham County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e345

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## Summary

Durham County Council procured educational products for use across its corporate estate, schools and service-level agreement partners. The requirement covers goods including office supplies and educational equipment. Each service area will use its own budget, with estimated spending across the council estate, schools and partner organisations. Products are to be catalogued and made available through a punchout connection to Oracle Fusion Self Service Procurement, supporting electronic browsing and purchasing. Delivery is associated with Durham County Council’s area in the North East of England. This is a goods requirement rather than a service or construction contract, and is relevant to suppliers of educational, classroom, school and general office products able to support a broad public-sector customer base.

The procurement is complete and was awarded on 6 August 2026 through a selective, non-competitive call-off under the NEPO502 framework, Lot 3. The contract was awarded to Harrow Business Services Limited and signed on 13 August 2026. Its term runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2030. The awarded value is £400,000 excluding VAT, or £480,000 including VAT. The contract is active and the award is above the relevant threshold. Performance will be assessed quarterly against deliveries being on time, deliveries being complete, item availability and item quality. The opportunity was evaluated through the framework call-off route rather than a new open competition, so businesses outside the relevant framework were not competing directly for this award.

This award indicates sustained demand from Durham County Council and its schools and service-level agreement partners for a wide catalogue of educational, classroom and office products. Suppliers well placed for a comparable requirement would need to offer a broad and dependable product range, maintain accurate electronic catalogues and support punchout purchasing through Oracle Fusion Self Service Procurement. Operational capability is important: the contract measures on-time and complete deliveries, item availability and item quality on a quarterly basis. The successful supplier is a small or medium-sized enterprise, showing that the requirement can be delivered by an SME with suitable catalogue, systems and distribution capability. Businesses considering this market should be able to serve multiple council service areas, schools and partner organisations consistently.

## Notice

Call off from NEPO502 Framework for Lot 3 - Educational Products This is a corporate contract on behalf of all Service Areas, Schools and SLA Partners. Each service area to use own budget to purchase items. Items to be catalogued and available via Punchout as part of the Oracle Fusion Self Service Procurement. Estimated spend includes DCC estate, schools and SLA partners.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077086-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Award under framework |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £400,000 |
| Contracts value | £400,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Durham County Council |
| Locality | DURHAM |
| Postcode area | 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 & Newton Hall |
| Westminster constituency | City of Durham |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HARROW BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

### Codes

- 30192000 - Office supplies
- 39162000 - Educational equipment

## Release History

- 13 Aug 2026 at 10:19 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077086-2026
- 13 Aug 2026 at 10:03 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077073-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077086-2026
  13th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077073-2026
  13th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.durham.gov.uk/
- http://www.hbsgroup.net
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-055cf1
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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