SELECT LIST OF PRIMARY PROVIDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF DOMICILIARY CARE SERVICES AND REABLEMENT

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Durham County Council

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

061939-2026

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 85000000

Published tags

award, contract

Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

Durham County Council (the Council) has a duty to provide services for vulnerable residents who are eligible for care and support according to the national criteria introduced by the Care Act 2014. This opportunity is for the provision of Domiciliary Care Services and Reablement. The domiciliary care element is applicable to children, young people and adults and the Reablement element is applicable to adults aged 18+ only. The Council is committed to the delivery of high quality Domiciliary Care Services and Reablement and wishes to work in partnership with Independent Sector Providers, who can demonstrate and deliver quality Services which achieve and maintain 'value for money' and positive outcomes for Service Users enabling them to live independently and safely in their community. Services are to be delivered across 10 Demand Zones. Please note that each zone is ranked as per the titles of the contracts detailed in this notice. The Council makes no guarantee to any provider on the New Contracting Arrangement that they will be awarded any individual placements, and no guarantee is made in respect of any volume of work under any such agreements, or in aggregate under the New Arrangement. Therefore although all contracts have a cost attached in this notice however this cost will vary and payment will be made for each individual placement as per the contract specification. The new arrangement has an overall contract value for all zones of £300 million.

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Observed notice trail

How the published record developed

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1. Planning notice observed

   6 Aug 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   046625-2025

   Published tags

   planning

2. Tender notice observed

   3 Dec 2025

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   079261-2025

   Published tags

   tender

3. Award notice observed

   16 Mar 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   023780-2026

   Published tags

   award, contract

4. Award notice observed

   1 Jul 2026

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Jul 2026.

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Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Zone 1 Rank 1

  Buyer: Durham County CouncilSupplier: VESTRA HOMECARE LTD

  End date in notice

  31 Mar 2031Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £300,000,000Value from the linked contract

  Official source

  Open the official Find a Tender notice for Zone 1 Rank 1

  About this figure

  • This value appears on 29 awards in the same procurement, so it is not included in summary totals.
  • This figure comes from the linked contract record. Overall totals continue to use the separately published award value.

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  Source

  Find a Tender

  Award or lot reference

  1

• Zone 3 Rank 4

  Buyer: Durham County CouncilSupplier: PREMIER COMMUNITY CARE LIMITED

  End date in notice

  31 Mar 2031Date from the linked contract

  Value shown in notice

  £10,344,828Value from the linked contract

Related evidence

Published terms and linked processes

• Renewal information is statedLot 1

  2 allowable extensions of a period of 12 months each are available subject to commissioner approval, performance, funding and achievement of KPIs.

  Published 3 Dec 2025.Open supporting notice 079261-2025

No exact source-published process relationship was found.