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Durham County Council
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Total contracts
1,716
Known spend
£4bn
1427 disclosed
Average value
£2m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Waythrough
£46m
- 2
Terry Group Limited
£1m
- 3
Michael Coghlan Football Coaching
4 winslatest 05 Aug 2026£967,950
- 4
Karbon Homes Limited
£794,855
- 5
AKARI CARE LIMITED
£196,197
- 6
The Care and Support Group Ltd
3 winslatest 23 Jul 2026£289m
- 7
ESSENTIAL CARE & SUPPORT LTD
£289m
- 8
Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust
3 winslatest 19 Dec 2025£232m
- 9
TK Access Solutions Limited
£4m
- 10
Hodgson Sayers Ltd
3 winslatest 10 Jun 2026£4m
What they buy
By CPV categoryConstruction worksCPV 45
202 contracts · £270m
Health & social workCPV 85
199 contracts · £994m
Business servicesCPV 79
143 contracts · £134m
Transport equipmentCPV 34
120 contracts · £162m
Construction materialsCPV 44
96 contracts · £63m
Education & trainingCPV 80
77 contracts · £37m
SoftwareCPV 48
71 contracts · £13m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
57 contracts · £6m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Roofing Works at St Annes CE Primary School
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (8 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2027).
Mar 2027
40% confident
- General Inspections 2025/26 - Batch 1
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Apr 2027).
Apr 2027
40% confident
- Bishop Auckland (Post Planning Application and RIBA 4 Design) Construction Support
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by May 2027).
May 2027
40% confident
- GB-Durham: TPPL Durham County Council HCC Lot 2 - 1 x Renault Kangoo (31380)
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by May 2027).
May 2027
40% confident
- GB-Durham: TPPL Durham County Council HCC Lot 2 - 2 x 3.5t Cab Tipper (30717)
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by May 2027).
May 2027
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (1716)
Short break opportunities in county durham
short breaks opportunities
Spennymoor green lane - windows & doors - PVCU
Design. measure , supply & install PVCu windows ,doors & curtain walling
Spennymoor green lane-fascias and soffits
Supply and install fascia's and soffits
Local wildlife sites (NI 197)
Re-Survey of Local Wildlife Sites and provision of management advice and support to landowners. This is an ongoing program of resurvey and advice for the 380 LWS as part of Nationa
Spennymoor green lane - windows & doors - aluminium
Supply and install aluminium windows and doors
Spennymoor green lane - scaffold
Supply and erect scaffold
Contract for holdforth railway bridge assessment & repair
Funding has been secured from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, via the Bright Water Landscape Partnership, to open the former railway as a Public Bridleway. This requires firstl
Hackworth depot-reznor heaters
Supply only Renzor level heaters
Peterlee leisure centre- luminaires
Supply only luminaries
Participatory arts services for children & young people
Delivery of specialist arts and creative programmes of work with and for children and young people, families and educators in County Durham - with emphasis on schools work that del
Voids and nominations agreement relating to specific housing properties
Agreement with housing provider (Bernicia) to cover the nomination rights of DCC to the properties within Mulberry House through the payment of voids at housing benefit levels prio
Framework for the supply of crowberry empetrum nigrum for bare peat restoration across the north pennines, the yorkshire dales national park and the forest of bowland AONB.
Durham County Council is seeking to appoint a single supplier for the growing, supply and delivery of approximately 178,000 plug plants of Crowberry Empetrum nigrum plug plants for
Framework for the supply of sphagnum plug plants for peatland restoration in the yorkshire dales national park and forest of bowland AONB.
Durham County Council is seeking to appoint a single supplier for the growing, supply and delivery of approximately 103500 Sphagnum plug plants for the North Pennines AONB Partners
The supply, installation and removal of christmas column and cross street festive decorations at durham city and chester le street
Contract Award Notice
Pelton thornton pocket park play space refurbishment
FURTHER COMPETITION FOR Pelton Thornton Pocket Park Play Space Refurbishment DN407485 UNDER FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT "Play Space Refurbishment ID utilising A- Supply Design and Installa
Green lane CE primary school, barnard castle, DL12 8LG-Curtain wall replacement
Design, Measure, Supply and Installation of Aluminium Windows, Doors and Curtain Walling
Barnard castle montalbo primary school extension works - timber frame
Extension Works
County hall- archive storage
Supply and Installation of archive storage system
Framework agreement for the supply of timber products and associated materials
This Framework will be available for use by Durham County Council, and the following additional Contracting Authorities, where they have entered into a Procurement Service Level Ag
Peterlee leisure centre- structural steel framing
Supply and erect structural steel frame