Awarded· 13 Oct 2025
Children's Residential Placement - ID 3999927
Darlington Borough Council · Darlington, North East
Darlington Borough Council has awarded Children's Residential Placement - ID 3999927. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Darlington.
Source: Find a Tender, published 14 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
St Cuthbert's Care
2025
Award notice published
UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 13:02
View notice2025
Award notice published
UK5 - Transparency Notice · 12:51
View notice2025
Contract starts
Next
2029
Contract ends
4 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Darlington Borough Council has awarded Children's Residential Placement - ID 3999927. It is a contract for residential care and care home in Darlington. The contract went to St Cuthbert's Care. It was awarded on 13 October 2025. The awarded value is £799,953. The contract runs from 23 October 2025 to 31 October 2029. It lasts 4 years.
It is run as a direct award. Find a Tender published it on 14 October 2025. The notice number is 065204-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05cc4c.
Summary of the contracting process
Darlington Borough Council has completed a procurement process for an "Urgent Children's Residential Placement" under the title ID 3999927, which falls under the health and social work services category. The buying organisation, located in Darlington, chose a direct procurement method for this service, granting the contract to St Cuthbert's Care based in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The procurement stage has reached the award phase with the contract valued at £799,953.49 scheduled to commence on 24th October 2025 and conclude on 31st October 2029. The initiative addresses urgent needs as per the latest legal guidelines, executed under the light-touch regime, suitable for public authority work within sub-central government.
Small to medium enterprises experienced in delivering such services can find a developmental prospect here, especially those capable of handling urgent situations in time-sensitive contexts.
The notice in full
Urgent Children's Residential Placement - ID 3999927
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Residential Care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 23 Oct 2025 to 31 Oct 2029 (4 years)
- Awarded to
- St Cuthbert's Care
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Awards value
- £799,953
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Active
Not stated in the notice: contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 065204-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cc4c
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Darlington
- Town
- Darlington
- Postcode
- DL1 5QT
- Electoral ward
- Park East
- Constituency
- Darlington
- Region
- North East
- Sub-region
- Darlington
- Area
- Tees Valley
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Darlington Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Darlington, DL1 5QT · North East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- St Cuthbert's Care
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- £799,953
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Contract award notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065204-2025
- Transparency notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065194-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05cc4c (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about Children's Residential Placement - ID 3999927
Who won the Children's Residential Placement - ID 3999927 contract?
Darlington Borough Council awarded the contract to St Cuthbert's Care on 13 October 2025. It is due to end on 31 October 2029, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the Children's Residential Placement - ID 3999927 contract worth?
The awarded value is £799,953. The contract runs from 23 October 2025 to 31 October 2029 (4 years).
Who is the buyer for Children's Residential Placement - ID 3999927?
Darlington Borough Council, based in Darlington, North East.
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