Durham County Council

Upcoming opportunities

• Day Services Framework

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 20 Nov, 202615 daysSource Find a Tender

  Durham County Council is seeking to establish arrangements for the provision of accessible, flexible and person-centred day services for adults with assessed care and support needs. The services will support individuals to maintain their independence, wellbeing and inclusion within their local communities.

• Development of a Specialist Therapeutic Children's Home for Children with Complex Mental Health, Disability and High-Risk Needs

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 6 Nov, 20261 daySource Find a Tender

  Market Engagement for the development of a specialist therapeutic Children's Home for children with complex mental health, disability and high-risk needs in County Durham. The Council is exploring a service model that may: • Operate as an Ofsted-registered children's home. • Provide up to three highly individualised pl

• 003325 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for a Pensions Administration System

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 9 Oct, 2026Value £1.60mSource Find a Tender

  Durham County Council Pension Fund (the Fund) is exploring the market for a modern, secure and fully integrated Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) administration solution to support the delivery of pension services to members and participating employers. The Fund is seeking to understand the capabilities currently

• 003761 - Seasonal Waste Composition Analysis of Durham County Council Municipal Waste

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 9 Oct, 2026Source Find a Tender

  Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore the market options for a contractor that will deliver a comprehensive waste composition analysis of DCC’s municipal waste streams across four distinct seasonal periods within a 12-month programme. The study will look at the physical composition of municipal waste, iden

• Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for The Provision of FCA Regulated Debt Advice Services in County Durham

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 30 Oct, 2026Source Find a Tender

  Durham County Council (DCC) is undertaking a market engagement exercise to inform its consideration of future arrangements for the provision of regulated debt advice services for County Durham residents. The information gathered will help DCC understand market capacity, capability and delivery approaches, and will be u

• 003625 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the Provision of Meals at Aycliffe Secure Centre

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 9 Oct, 2026Value £2.00mSource Find a Tender

  Durham County Council is seeking market engagement in relation to a future contract for the provision of a fully managed catering service at Aycliffe Secure Centre, a secure children's home accommodating up to 34 young people aged 10-18 years. The service will operate seven days per week, 365 days per year and will inc

• 003843 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Virtual Reality (VR) Headsets

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 9 Oct, 2026Value £15.00kSource Find a Tender

  The Council is inviting suppliers to participate in preliminary engagement to gain insight from the market with the purpose of making any potential future exercise, well framed, feasible, focused and of likely interest to the market. Durham County Council (DCC) is looking to explore the market options for Virtual Reali

• Specialist Supported Housing for People with Complex Needs (Adults and or Young People with Learning Disability / Autism)

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 23 Sept, 2026Source Find a Tender

  Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore the market options for Specialist Supported Housing for People with Complex Needs (Adults and or Young People with Learning Disability / Autism) Durham County Council is seeking to engage with Registered Housing Providers, developers and other market partners, in Count

• 003918 - Contract for AI Enabled Reaction Software to support the effective delivery of Subject Access Requests (SARs)

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 18 Sept, 2026Value £100.00kSource Find a Tender

  Procurement of an AI-enabled redaction solution to support Subject Access Request (SAR) handling. The solution is intended to improve the efficiency, consistency, auditability and resilience of the redaction process, reducing manual effort and supporting the management of complex file types. Any implementation would op

• 002621 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for 24/7 Managed Security Operations and a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 18 Aug, 2026Value £4.20mSource Find a Tender

  In October 2025, Durham County Council issued a UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (2025/S 000-063329) and written PME questionnaire on the Open Portal (OPEN20251753) for Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Solution for Endpoint and Email Protection with 24/7 Security Operations Centre (SOC) Services. This enga

• Delivery Partner for Development of Fifth Street as part of the Durham County Council Horden Master Plan

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 17 Aug, 2026Source Find a Tender

  Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Delivery Partner for Development of Fifth Street as part of the Durham County Council Horden Master Plan Durham County Council are inviting suppliers to participate in this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) to gain insight from the market with the purpose of making any potential fu

• 002749 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Business Durham Business Support Intelligence Platform (BSIP)

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 21 Jul, 2026Value £120.00kSource Find a Tender

  Business Durham aims to procure a provider who can design and implement an information system that will meet Business Durham's data requirements now and for the future. The project brief has been designed by a working group with representation from the four pillars of Business Durham plus marketing, business services a

• Contract for Digital Advertising

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 8 Jul, 2026Source Find a Tender

  Durham County Council (DCC) is exploring the potential to undertake a future procurement exercise to appoint a third-party provider for the delivery and management of the existing digital advertising infrastructure across the county, comprising of 15 double sided bus shelter units. The council would also like to unders

• Preliminary Market Engagement - Events and Activities Countywide

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 7 Jul, 2026Value £300.00kSource Find a Tender

  Preliminary Market Engagement for Events and Activities across the County of Durham

• 003257 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for a Digital Road Management Platform

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 26 Jun, 2026Value £600.00kSource Find a Tender

  The Highway Network Management Team at Durham County Council (DCC) is responsible for overseeing and managing the county's road network, supporting both operational delivery and strategic network planning. The service delivers a range of activities including coordination of 40,000+ street works activities per year, net

• Select List of Alternative Education Provision

  Location: North East

  UpcomingPublished 9 Jun, 2026Value £40.00mSource Find a Tender

  A select list of alternative provision placements for vocational and academic placements

• 003271 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for an Online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application provider

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 1 Jun, 2026Value £1.20mSource Find a Tender

  Durham County Council (DCC) is a large public sector organisation, employing over 14,000 employees across services and maintained schools. In the 2025/26 financial year, we completed approximately 2,400 Enhanced and Standard DBS checks. DCC undertakes DBS checks on all employees in posts identified as requiring a DBS c

• Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the re-procurement of an Appropriate Adult Service

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 26 May, 2026Source Find a Tender

  The council are inviting suppliers to participate in preliminary engagement to gain insight from the market with the purpose of making any potential future exercise, well framed, feasible, focused and of likely interest to the market. This preliminary market engagement questionnaire is to seek potential providers views

• 003415 - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Digital Bus Passes (Home to School Transport)

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 29 May, 2026Source Find a Tender

  Durham County Council (DCC) are looking to explore a digital alternative to physical Home to School Transport bus passes to reduce costs, improve efficiency, strengthen fraud controls, and enhance user experience. The Council currently issues 7,000 physical passes involving manual processing, printing, and posting. Thi

• Rotational Speed Indication Devices

  Location: North East

  UpcomingEngagement closes 14 May, 2026Source Find a Tender

  Durham County Council is reviewing options for the potential future provision of speed indicating devices (SIDs) across the county