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Durham County Council Soft Market Testing Exercise Supervised Contact

DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL

Estimated Value

Up to £0

Deadline

23 November 2015

Published

10 November 2015

Type

services

SME SuitableVCSE SuitableGBOther -CPV: 80000000
CategoryEducation & training

Overview

The authority has a statutory responsibility under Section 34 of the Children Act 1989 to promote contact between children and their parents and relevant others. To support this, we would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise.

You are therefore invited to consider the requirements detailed in the attached briefing document, and to respond to the questionnaire. This notice is not an invitation for formal expressions of interest. The contracting authority is issuing this request for information only, in order to assess the reaction of the market and thus make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient

Regulations cited

  • Children Act 1989

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Durham County Council is looking into a potential procurement exercise for 'Supervised Contact'.

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  1. 1

    Active Future Durham

    1 contract wonlatest 4 Apr 2025CH 13313134
  2. 2

    Bella Marie Training Academy Ltd

    1 contract wonlatest 4 Apr 2025CH 11846214
  3. 3

    CNS Sports Stars

    1 contract wonlatest 4 Apr 2025CH 07568342
  4. 4

    Creative Kitchen HQ LTD

    1 contract wonlatest 4 Apr 2025CH 14256668
  5. 5

    Education Plus NE

    1 contract wonlatest 4 Apr 2025CH 10424731

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Durham County Council
Typepublic body
RegionNorth East
Total tenders397
Total spend£2,446,005,890
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Published

10 November 2015

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23 November 2015

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