---
title: "Grant to Third Party VCS Providers"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f658"
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json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06f658.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Durham County Council"
published: "2026-09-10"
---

# Grant to Third Party VCS Providers

Buyer: Durham County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f658

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## Summary

Durham County Council commissioned services from a voluntary, community or social enterprise to support individuals and households in crisis. The work covers providing goods or vouchers and delivering resilience services that help build community infrastructure and longer-term resilience. The service category includes customer support and financial advice or consultancy. Delivery is across County Durham. The requirement is aimed at voluntary and community organisations able to provide practical crisis support, distribute assistance and help communities become more resilient. Durham County Council is the public-sector buyer and the appointed provider is County Durham Furniture Help Scheme, based in Ferryhill. The requirement forms one completed service lot.

The procurement has been completed and awarded to County Durham Furniture Help Scheme. Durham County Council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, under the light-touch regime. The contract was signed on 30 April 2026 and runs from 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2027. It has a gross value of £113,616, or £94,680 excluding VAT. The council holds an option to extend the arrangement by two further 12-month periods, with a maximum contract end date of 30 April 2029. The award covers services delivered under the completed requirement, including customer services and financial consultancy services.

This award demonstrates demand from Durham County Council for a community-based provider able to support households in crisis through practical goods or vouchers, customer-facing assistance and resilience-building activity. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need experience working with vulnerable individuals and households, the capacity to deliver support across County Durham, and the ability to administer or distribute material assistance reliably. Relevant capability also includes financial advice or consultancy, customer service delivery and work that strengthens local community infrastructure. The successful supplier is a voluntary, community or social enterprise, indicating that a similar provider would need an appropriate social-purpose model and the operational scale to manage a council-funded service.

## Notice

For VCS organisations to support individuals households in crisis, including awards of goods/vouchers or resilience services to build community infrastructure, longer term resilience.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085687-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 May 2026 - 30 Apr 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £94,680 |

## 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 | County Durham Furniture Help Scheme |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 66171000 - Financial consultancy services
- 79342300 - Customer services

## Release History

- 10 Sep 2026 at 10:05 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085687-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085687-2026
  10th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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