Awarded· 30 Mar 2025
Care Voids 2025/26
Durham County Council · County Durham, North East
Durham County Council has awarded Care Voids 2025/26. 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
St Anne's Community Services
2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice published
UK7 - Contract Details Notice · 09:33
View notice2026
Contract ends
1 year after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Durham County Council has awarded Care Voids 2025/26. It is a contract for other health and social care in County Durham. The contract went to St Anne's Community Services. It was awarded on 30 March 2025. The contract value is £59,000. 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 059122-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05a0b9.
Summary of the contracting process
The contracting process titled "Care Voids 2025/26" was conducted by Durham County Council, a sub-central government public authority in the United Kingdom. The procurement involves services within the health and social work sector, specifically addressing care void payments to maintain staffing levels in response to vacancies. The procurement method used was direct, without competition, considered a below-threshold activity under a special "light-touch" regime.
The contract, which commenced on 1st April 2025 and will conclude on 31st March 2026, was awarded to ST ANNE'S COMMUNITY SERVICES. The total gross amount for the contract is £70,800, with a net amount of £59,000. Given the procurement’s light-touch nature and direct award process, organisations with established relationships or expertise in handling care void scenarios are well-positioned to compete.
Large-scale providers like ST ANNE'S COMMUNITY SERVICES, especially those familiar with the operational region and possessing robust service delivery capacities, stand to gain from contracts of this nature.
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
- St Anne's Community Services
- 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
- £59,000
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
- 059122-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a0b9
- 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
- St Anne's Community Services
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Care Voids 2025/26
Who won the Care Voids 2025/26 contract?
Durham County Council awarded the contract to St Anne's Community Services 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 2025/26 contract worth?
The contract value is £59,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2025 to 31 March 2026 (1 year).
Who is the buyer for Care Voids 2025/26?
Durham County Council, based in County Durham, North East.
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