Scope
Reference
002816
Description
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.
Contract 1. Specialist Residential / Nursing Home Placements
Suppliers
Supplier not yet selected
Contract value
- £15,837,670 excluding VAT
- £15,837,670 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
20 October 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 20 October 2025 to 31 March 2026
- Possible extension to 31 March 2030
- 4 years, 5 months, 12 days
Description of possible extension:
If placement still meets service user need then the placement will be extended until such a time where it does not meet service user need.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
Contract locations
- UKC14 - Durham CC
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Special regime
Light touch
Direct award justification
User choice contract
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
Contracting authority
Durham County Council
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMPB-8772-VYWM
Corten House, Dunholme Close
Durham
DH1 5WB
United Kingdom
Email: corporate.procurement@durham.gov.uk
Website: http://www.durham.gov.uk/
Region: UKC14 - Durham CC
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government