Awarded· 30 Mar 2025
Care Voids 2025 - 2026
Durham County Council · County Durham, North East
Durham County Council has awarded Care Voids 2025 - 2026. It is a contract for other health and social care in County Durham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 24 Sep 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Positive Individual Proactive Support
2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice published
UK7 - Contract Details Notice · 09:17
View notice2026
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Durham County Council has awarded Care Voids 2025 - 2026. It is a contract for other health and social care in County Durham. The contract went to Positive Individual Proactive Support. It was awarded on 30 March 2025. The contract value is £62,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2025 to 31 March 2026. It lasts 1 year.
It is run as a below threshold - without competition. Find a Tender published it on 24 September 2025. The notice number is 059117-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a0b6.
Summary of the contracting process
Durham County Council has recently completed a procurement process for the contract titled "Care Voids 2025 - 2026", within the health and social work services industry category, specifically focused on managing care voids to maintain staffing levels when vacancies occur. The buying organisation, located in Durham, conducted this procurement through a direct method without competition, classified under a light-touch regime.
Starting from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, the contract was awarded to Positive Individual Proactive Support, a large-scale supplier based in Middlesbrough. The total contract value is £62,000, with a gross amount of £74,400. The award was made active on 24th September 2025, emphasising support within the UKC14 region.
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The notice in full
Care void payment when a vacancy occurs in the service to maintain the level of staffing required to meet the needs of the remaining tenants. Costs are based on an estimation between 01/04/2025 - 31/03/2026
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (1 year)
- Awarded to
- Positive Individual Proactive Support
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Below threshold - without competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £62,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 059117-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a0b6
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Town
- Durham
- Postcode
- DH1 5WB
- Electoral ward
- Framwellgate and Newton Hall
- Constituency
- City of Durham
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- Durham
- Area
- Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Durham County Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Durham, DH1 5WB · North East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Positive Individual Proactive Support
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Care Voids 2025 - 2026
Who won the Care Voids 2025 - 2026 contract?
Durham County Council awarded the contract to Positive Individual Proactive Support on 30 March 2025. It is due to end on 31 March 2026, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Care Voids 2025 - 2026 contract worth?
The contract value is £62,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2025 to 31 March 2026 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Care Voids 2025 - 2026?
Durham County Council, based in County Durham, North East.
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