Awarded· 20 Oct 2025
Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice)
Durham County Council · County Durham, North East
Durham County Council has awarded Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice). It is a contract for other health and social care in County Durham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 20 Oct 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract starts
2025
Award notice published
UK5 - Transparency Notice · 13:33
View notice2026
Contract ends
0½ years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Durham County Council has awarded Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice). It is a contract for other health and social care in County Durham. It was awarded on 20 October 2025. The awarded value is £68,071,639. The contract runs from 19 October 2025 to 31 March 2026. It lasts 0½ years.
It is run as a direct award. Find a Tender published it on 20 October 2025. The notice number is 066756-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05cfde.
Summary of the contracting process
Durham County Council has completed a procurement process for the "Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice)" contract, classified under the health and social work services category, with a procurement value amounting to £68,071,639. This contract, initiated as a user choice service, employs a direct award procurement method to cater to individual service users' preferences for supported living services.
The contract commenced on 20th October 2025 and is set to run until 31st March 2026, with the potential for extension based on service user needs. The contract is aligned with the light-touch regime and primarily focuses on services delivered in the Durham region (UKC14), United Kingdom.
The notice in full
Direct awards will be issued to any commissioning approved Provider who a service user chooses to access for a Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living service. Each individual service user contract is not expected to exceed LTR threshold. This notice will cover multiple providers.
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
- 19 Oct 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (0½ years)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement method
- Direct
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: awardee scale.
Values
- Awards value
- £68,071,639
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Complete
- Awards
- Pending
Not stated in the notice: contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 066756-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05cfde
- 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
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Durham County Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Durham, DH1 5WB · North East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
Questions about Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice)
Who won the Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice) contract?
The award notice does not name the supplier. The full record is in the official notice linked on this page.
How much is the Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice) contract worth?
The awarded value is £68,071,639. The contract runs from 19 October 2025 to 31 March 2026 (0½ years).
Who is the buyer for Learning Disability / Mental Health Supported Living (Service User Choice)?
Durham County Council, based in County Durham, North East.
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