Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Durham County Council
Corten House, Dunholme Close
Durham
DH15WB
Contact
Donna Iley
Telephone
+44 3000268235
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC14 - Durham CC
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
County Durham Adult Wellbeing Services
Reference number
DN686470
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 85323000 - Community health services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC14 - Durham CC
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
This contract is for County Durham Adult Wellbeing Services.
The Council is seeking a single bidding entity to deliver County Durham Adult Wellbeing Services. The services consists of 5 specialist service provisions as detailed below:
1. Wellbeing for Life Service
2. Macmillan Joining the Dots Service
3. Cancer Awareness and Health Promotion
4. Health Squad Service
5. NHS Health Programme - Check Wellbeing Advisors
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
60
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Contract award notice concerning this contract
Notice number: 2024/S 000-006903
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
DN686470
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
1 April 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Darlington
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC14 - Durham CC
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Partnership
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Pioneering Care Partnership
Newton Aycliffe
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC14 - Durham CC
Charity Commission (England and Wales)
1067888
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £28,925,610
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice, under the Health Care Services (PSR) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally modified.
There were no conflicts of interest declared by Officers of the Council who were decision makers.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
NHS England (PSR Review Panel)
PO Box 16738
Redditch
B97 9PT
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UKC14 - Durham CC
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
This contract is for County Durham Adult Wellbeing Services.
The Council is seeking a single bidding entity to deliver County Durham Adult Wellbeing Services. The services consists of 5 specialist service provisions as detailed below:
1. Wellbeing for Life Service
2. Macmillan Joining the Dots Service
3. Cancer Awareness and Health Promotion
4. Health Squad Service
5. NHS Health Programme - Check Wellbeing Advisors
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
60
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£28,925,610
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Darlington
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC13 - Darlington
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Pioneering Care Partnership
Newton Aycliffe
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC14 - Durham CC
Charity Commission (England and Wales)
1067888
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
To modify the above contract, as permitted in the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023:
1. Extend the Health Squad Service for a further 12 months, from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, at a cost of £457,021.
2. Increase the 2025/26 budget for the Macmillan Joining the Dots Service by £10,425 as per the NHS net tariff inflator.
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
This modification to the contract is permitted under the Provider Selection Regime regulations as the modification is clearly and unambiguously provided for in the original contract, which included the conditions that the Health Squad Service "may be extended beyond this end date, subject to grant funding conditions and confirmation of further funding" and the Macmillan Joining the Dots Service "may be subject to an uplift as per the net tariff inflator set by NHS England/Improvement."
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £29,524,610
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £29,992,056