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Public sector contracts from Durham County Council
321 of its contracts end in the next 18 months. Get its new tenders, and see who holds the work now.
- 486
- Awards, last 12 months
- 2,431
- Awards since 2021
- 1,636
- Distinct suppliers
- £95k
- Median contract value
- 321
- Ending in 18 months
Hatched quarters fall only partly inside the next 18 months. Busiest whole quarter: Q1 2027.
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- 138 contracts end in the next 6 months
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 237 new suppliers in the last 12 months
486 contract awards published in the last 12 months, broadly level with 552 the year before, and 2,431 since 2021 from 1,636 suppliers.
Durham County Council at a glance
The median published contract value is £95k (2,085 contracts state a value).
Its most active procurement category is health and social care.
Lookers Group appears most frequently, holding 46 awards.
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321 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
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Latest activity
What Durham County Council has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
6 Nov 2026 (2 days ago)
29 Oct 2026 (10 days ago)
Tender published
Durham County Council - Appointment of an Independent Person to the Pension Fund
Closes 27 Nov 2026
23 Oct 2026 (2 weeks ago)
Contract award
Community Infection Prevention and Control Service
Awarded to COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
13 Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)
Tender published
002468 - Contract for Fleet Equipment Maintenance and Potential Repair
Closes 17 Nov 2026
8 Oct 2026 (4 weeks ago)
29 Sept 2026 (5 weeks ago)
Contract award
Maintained Schools Web Filtering Solution via the NHSSBS DWS2
Awarded to Switchshop Limited
28 Sept 2026 (5 weeks ago)
27 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
25 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
23 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
22 Sept 2026 (6 weeks ago)
Contract award
Partition and Ceiling Works Coulson Street Phase 3
Awarded to DTJ DRYWALL SYSTEMS LIMITED
16 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
15 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
15 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
14 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
14 Sept 2026 (7 weeks ago)
9 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
3 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
2 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
Contract award
Hire of Temporary Remote Monitored CCTV Systems/Services and Temporary Manned Guarding
Awarded to SHIELD SECURITY SERVICES (YORKSHIRE) LIMITED
2 Sept 2026 (2 months ago)
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Most frequent suppliers
- Lookers Group46 awards
- North East Truck and Van Limited31 awards
- Switchshop LTD26 awards
- Motus Commercials Derby26 awards
- Pinkney Building Contractors Ltd21 awards
- Quantum Power Connections Ltd18 awards
- KOMPAN Scotland Limited18 awards
- Highway Construction Services LTD17 awards
- CIVICA UK Limited16 awards
- SOFTCAT PlC15 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
751 of 1,498 awards
89 of 1,229 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Durham County Council recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME or voluntary sector organisation. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Durham County Council with a profile452
- " Transoft Solutions UK Limited"2
- - Hymans Robertson LLP1
- A Buckler Haulage LTDSME5
- A T Little & Sons Ltd (T/A Browns Books)1
- ABL Health Limited2
- Academia LTD2
- ACCESS UK Ltd6
- Action Deafness LtdCharity2
- Adare SEC Limited1
- Adferiad Recovery LimitedCharity2
- ADT Fire Security2
- AEBI SCHMIDT UK Limited1
- AECOM Limited14
- Affinity Trust LtdCharity1
- Agrovista UK Limited1
- Ainsty Timber Marketing LTD1
- Air Products PLC1
- Airco Refrigeration and Airconditioning Limited1
- Akari Care Limited6
- Alcium Software Limited1
- Align Property Partners Limited4
- Alliance Leisure Services Limited2
- Allianz Insurance PLC1
- Allium UK Holding Limited1
- ALLPAY Limited2
- Allstar Business Solutions LTD3
- Allwag Promotions Limited1
- Alpha Health and Social Care Services LimitedSME1
- Anchor Hanover Group2
- APM Cleaning and Repair Limited2
- AR Demolition Limited2
- Arcus Global Limited1
- ASKEWS and HOLTS LIBRARY SERVICES LTDSME2
- Atkins Limited4
- ATKINSREALIS UK Limited14
- ATM LimitedSME1
- AVC Wise Limited1
- BAM Nuttall Limited3
- Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited1
- Baydale Control Systems Limited1
- BCE Northern LimitedSME12
- BEAM Up Ltd1
- Bell Truck and Van10
- Bendcrete Leisure LTD2
- Bibliotheca Limited1
- BIFFA Waste Services Ltd2
- Billinghurst George and Partners2
- Blachere Illumination UK Limited2
- Bolinda UK LTD1
- Bond Solon Training Limited1
- Bowmer + Kirkland Limited1
- BOXXE LImited2
- Bramble Hub LTD6
- Brambledown Landscape Services Limited1
- BRIMS Construction Ltd1
- Brodies LLP1
- BROXAP Ltd1
- BT Group PLC1
- Bucher Municipal Limited1
- Bus Shelters Limited2
- BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES Limited4
- CACI Limited1
- Calor Gas Limited2
- CAPITA Business Services Limited2
- Capita PLC1
- Capita Property And Infrastructure Limited1
- Capital UK Electrics LtdSME1
- Care UK Community Partnerships Limited4
- Causeway Technologies Limited3
- CCS Media Limited1
- CDPSoft Limited1
- CDW UK Limited4
- CDW- Limited2
- CEL Homecare LimitedSME1
- Centrica Business Solutions UK Limited1
- CFH Docmail Limited1
- Changing Lives Limited1
- Chase Services Group LTD1
- Cheviot Trees Ltd1
- CHG-MERIDIAN UK Limited7
- Children North East2
- Chiptech International Limited2
- Chubb Systems Limited1
- Churchill Contract Services Limited1
- CIPFA Business Limited1
- CIPFA Limited1
- City Electrical Factors LTD3
- City Science Corporation Limited1
- CIVICA UK Limited16
- Clarke's Environmental LimitedSME1
- Cleansing Service Group Limited1
- Cleveland Land Services (Guisborough) Limited5
- Cloverleaf Advocacy 2000 LimitedCharity1
- Comfort Call Limited5
- Community Integrated Care LtdCharity2
- Compass Contract Services (UK) Limited1
- Complete Detection Systems Limited1
- COMPUTACENTER UK Ltd2
- Connect Health Limited1
- Corona Energy Retail 4 Limited1
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust14
- Coyle Personnel Limited1
- Creative Support Limited3
- Cromwell Polythene Limited2
- Crossling Limited9
- Crown Care Holdings LimitedSME1
- Cundall Johnston and Partners LLP3
- Cyber Media Solutions Limited1
- DA Languages Limited1
- Dale Care Limited3
- De Lage Landen Leasing Limited5
- Deerness Fencing And Landscaping LtdSME2
- DELL Corporation LTD13
- Dennis Eagle LTD4
- Desk Top Publishing Micro Systems LTD1
- DFP Services Limited1
- Dovetail and Slate Limited1
- Durham County Council1
- East Durham College3
- ECON Engineering Ltd3
- Economic Research Services Limited1
- EDF Energy Customers PLC1
- Edmundson Electrical Limited6
- Eibe Play Limited1
- Elliott Baxter & Company Limited1
- Elysium Healthcare Limited1
- Endorphins Group LTD2
- ESH Construction Limited11
- ESRI (UK) Limited2
- Externiture Limited2
- F. R. Sharrock Limited5
- Fabrikat (Nottingham) Limited2
- Fairhurst Group LLP1
- Fairhurst LLP2
- Faithful + Gould Limited3
- Family Action LtdCharity3
- FCS Software Solutions Limited1
- FG Library Products Limited2
- Finning (UK) Limited1
- Ford Motor Co. Ltd Self Billing3
- Ford Motor Company Limited1
- Forvis Mazars LLP1
- Fosse Contracts Limited1
- Foundation of LightCharity4
- G4S Cash Solutions (UK) Limited2
- GAP Group Limited1
- Gateshead Council3
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust2
- Geoffrey Robinson Limited2
- GETECH lTD4
- GEZE UK Limited1
- Glasdon (UK) Limited1
- GLC Projects LTD2
- Gleeds Cost Management Limited1
- Global Translation Services Limited1
- GM Coachworks Limited1
- GOSS Interactive Limited1
- Graitec Limited2
- Granicus, LLC1
- Gray Healthcare Limited1
- GroundWork North EastCharity4
- Groundwork Services (Durham) Limited2
- H Malone and Sons LimitedSME5
- H W Martin Waste Limited3
- HAGS-SMP Limited14
- Hako Machines Limited2
- Hall Construction Services Limited2
- Harbour Support ServicesCharity6
- Harlow Printing Limited2
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust5
- HC-One Limited8
- HIAB Limited1
- Hickton Consultants LimitedSME4
- Highway Construction Services LTD17
- Hodgson Sayers Limited11
- Home Connections Lettings LimitedSME1
- Home Group Limited4
- Howdens Joinery PLC1
- Humankind CharityCharity9
- HUWS Gray Ltd5
- HW Controls & Assurance LimitedSME1
- Hydrock Consultants Limited1
- Identity Consult Limited6
- IMPOWER Consulting Limited1
- Inc Dot Com Limited1
- Inform Holdings Limited1
- Infoshare+ Limited1
- Ingleford Scaffolding Limited4
- INSIGHT DIRECT UK Limited6
- Inspire North1
- Instarmac Plc1
- Integrated Water Services (IWS) Ltd1
- Intelligent Data Collection LimitedSME1
- ITL (North East) LimitedSME1
- J & B Recycling Limited2
- J T Dove Limited6
- Jacobs LTD1
- Jacobs U.K.LTD6
- JACOBS UK Ltd1
- John Flowers Limited6
- Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co Ltd1
- JT Dove Limited11
- KAINOS Software Ltd1
- Kiely Bros. Limited3
- Kier Construction Limited Build UK1
- Kier Construction LTD1
- Killgerm Chemicals Limited1
- Kingfisher UPVC Windows and Doors Limited3
- KOMPAN Scotland Limited18
- KONICA MINOLTA Business Solutions UK Ltd2
- kpmg LLP1
- Land Use Consultants (LUC) Ltd1
- Language Empire Limited1
- Learning Curve Group LTD1
- Learning Pool LTD1
- Lifeways Community Care Limited1
- Light and Energy Distribution Limited1
- Lighting and Illumination Technology Experience Limited1
- Limelight Signs Limited2
- Link Group Ltd1
- Link Maker Systems Limited1
- Link Treasury Services Limited2
- Lloyd Limited12
- Local Partnerships LLP1
- Lookers Group46
- Lucion Services Limited1
- Lyreco UK LTD1
- M&J Group (Construction and Roofing) LTD3
- Maintel Europe Limited4
- Mangar International Limited1
- MARSH Ltd3
- Marston (Holdings) Limited3
- Marton Care Homes Ltd7
- Marvellous Security Services Limited1
- Marwood Electrical Company LimitedSME2
- Mason Clark Associates Limited1
- Maven Public Sector1
- Maydencroft LimitedSME5
- Mazars LLP Limited1
- McCarrick Construction Company LtdSME5
- MEL Research Limited1
- Mental Health MattersCharity1
- Mercer Limited1
- MGL Demolition Limited7
- MGM LimitedSME1
- MidCo Care Limited1
- Miles Macadam Limited1
- Mind Of My Own Ltd1
- MITIE Property Services (UK) Limited2
- MoreLife (UK) Limited1
- Motus Commercials Derby26
- MRI Software LIMITED1
- MTI Technology LTD1
- Multevo Limited1
- Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners Limited1
- NEC Software Solutions (UK) Limited3
- Newcastle University1
- NHS North of England Commissioning Support Unit (hosted by NHS England)2
- NIchol Associates Ltd1
- Nisbets PLC1
- Nissan Motor (GB) Limited1
- Normans (Burton Upon Trent) LTD2
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust2
- North East Autism SocietyCharity2
- North East Truck and Van Limited31
- North of England Commissioning Support15
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust2
- Northern Construction Solutions Ltd1
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust1
- Northumbria University5
- Novus Property Solutions Limited1
- NYAS2
- Oakes Energy Services LimitedSME1
- ONCALL Interpreters LTD1
- Optimum Skills LimitedSME6
- OPUS Building Services Ltd8
- ORACLE Corporation UK Ltd2
- Orangebox Training Solutions Limited1
- Orona Limited1
- OverDrive Global Limited1
- P + HS Architects LimitedSME1
- Paramount Ceilings And Partitions Ltd15
- Parity Medical Ltd1
- Pell Frischmann Consultants Limited5
- Pell Frischmann Limited1
- Penna PLC1
- Penshaw View Training LimitedSME3
- Pentagon Sport LimitedSME1
- People Places Lives (PPL) Ltd1
- Personnel Hygiene Services Limited1
- Peters LimitedSME2
- Peugeot Motor Company PLC2
- Phoenix FuturesCharity2
- Phoenix Software LTD3
- Pinkney Building Contractors Ltd21
- Pioneering Care PartnershipCharity10
- Place Informatics LimitedSME1
- Play & Leisure LTD4
- PluralSight, LLC1
- Policy in Practice LTD1
- Portakabin LTD1
- Portland Consulting EngineersSME1
- POST OFFICE Ltd1
- Potts Print (UK) LimitedSME4
- Precision Resource Group Limited1
- Premier Paper Group Limited1
- Premier Traffic Management LimitedSME2
- PRISM Infosec Ltd1
- Prism UK Medical Limited1
- Proludic LTD1
- ProQuest LLC1
- Purcell Architecture LTD2
- Q-FREE (Bristol) UK LimitedSME1
- Quadient UK Limited3
- Quantum Power Connections Ltd18
- Rainton Construction Limited2
- Ramora Limited1
- Reed Talent Solutions Limited1
- REMONDIS Limited1
- Renault UK Limited2
- Rhodar Industrial Services Limited1
- Richmond FellowshipCharity1
- Rickerby Limited10
- Ricoh Limited2
- Rider Levett Bucknall UK LTD1
- Rigby Taylor Limited1
- Rimini Street Limited2
- RJ Lift Services LTD1
- Robert Kirkland (Blyth) LtdSME1
- Rocket Science (UK) Limited1
- Rothwell Plumbing Services Limited1
- Route One Infrastructure Limited1
- RPS Consulting Services LTD1
- Ryder Architecture LTD1
- Safe StrIp UK Limited1
- SafeLives LimitedCharity1
- Sanctuary Care Limited7
- Scarab Sweepers Limited2
- Seymour Civil Engineering Contractors Limited13
- Shaping Cloud Limited1
- Shield Security Services (Yorkshire) LimitedSME1
- Showsec International Limited1
- Siemens Financial Services Limited5
- Signis Limited3
- Silktide LimitedSME1
- Simply Moving and Sleeping LimitedSME1
- Skills For Care LimitedCharity3
- Skyguard Limited T/A PeopleSafe1
- Social Value Portal LTD3
- Societe Generale Equipment Finance Limited4
- SOCOTEC UK Limited1
- SOFTCAT PlC15
- Solmek Limited3
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust6
- Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) PLC9
- Spektrix Limited1
- Sport Works Limited5
- Springs Roofing LimitedSME10
- SQW Limited1
- SRCL Limited t/a Stericycle2
- SSG Support Services Group LTD4
- ST Astier LtdSME6
- St. Anne's Community ServicesCharity2
- Stanford Coachworks & Mobility Services Limited4
- Stone Technologies LTD4
- Stopford Information Systems Limited1
- Story Contracting Limited3
- Sunter LimitedSME5
- Sutcliffe Play LTD1
- Swanton Care and Community Limited1
- Swarco UK Ireland Ltd2
- SWECO UK Limited3
- Switchshop LTD26
- Symology Limited1
- T.Manners & Sons LimitedSME8
- Taziker Industrial Limited2
- TECHNOGYM UK Limited1
- Terberg Matec UK Limited2
- Terra Firma Environmental Limited4
- Terry Group Limited7
- Tetra Tech LTD1
- The Care and Support Group Ltd4
- The Cyrenians LtdCharity1
- The Forward TrustCharity3
- The Human Support Group Limited1
- The Keyholding Company LTD1
- The National Youth Advocacy ServiceSMECharity1
- The Nelson TrustCharity3
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4
- The Shaw Trust LimitedCharity4
- The Skills Network Limited3
- Thompson Commercials Limited1
- Thompsons of Prudhoe Limited2
- Thrive Tribe LTD2
- TK Access Solutions Limited7
- Tolent Construction Limited1
- Toyota (GB) PLC2
- TP Leasing Limited5
- Trapeze Group (UK) LTd1
- Triage Central Limited3
- Trident Maintenance Services LTD1
- Triple Point Lease Partners5
- TRN (Train) Limited3
- Trojan Consultants LTD1
- Tunstall Healthcare (UK) LTD2
- Turner and Townsend Infrastructure Limited1
- Turner Townsend1
- Turning Point (Services) Limited2
- UK Landscapes Limited2
- UK Telematics Limited2
- Ulverscroft LimitedSME1
- UMI Commercial LimitedSME1
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust1
- University Of Northumbria at Newcastle1
- Urban Intelligence Limited1
- Urbis Schreder Limited2
- Vaisala LTD1
- Vale Engineering (York) Limited4
- VALTECH Limited1
- Velocity UK Limited3
- Vickers Construction Limited1
- Vision for Education Limited1
- Vistech Services Limited7
- Voicescape Limited3
- VPS (UK) Limited1
- Waterman Environmental Services Limited1
- Watling JCB Limited1
- WayThroughCharity7
- We Are With You LtdCharity3
- Welfare Call (LAC) LTD1
- Whale Tankers Limited2
- Wicksteed Leisure LTD14
- Willmott Dixon Construction Limited3
- Winvic Construction Limited1
- Wireless CCTV Limited3
- WJ North LTD2
- Wolseley UK Limited10
- Workers’ Educational AssociationCharity1
- WPC Software Limited1
- WSP Limited2
- WSP UK LImited2
- XAIS-PTS Limited1
- Xerox UK LTD1
- XMA LImited7
- YUNEX Limited1
- Zellis UK LIMITED1
- Zest Eco Limited1
- Zurich Municipal PLC2
- Centrepoint SohoCharity3
- Savills (UK) Limited2
- Sanctuary Personnel Limited1
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes Durham County Council classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 85000000Health and social work services426
- 45000000Construction work213
- 79000000Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security164
- 80000000Education and training services110
- 48000000Software package and information systems84
- 44000000Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)70
- 34136000Vans30
- 34134200Tipper trucks29
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Durham County Council, in short
Who does Durham County Council award contracts to?
Across 2,431 contracts recorded since 2021, Durham County Council has used 1,636 different suppliers. The most frequent are Lookers Group (46 contracts), North East Truck and Van Limited (31 contracts), Switchshop LTD (26 contracts).
What does Durham County Council buy?
Its most active procurement categories are health and social care, construction works, education and training. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do Durham County Council contracts come up for renewal?
321 contracts awarded by Durham County Council have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 12 Nov 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does Durham County Council spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £95k, across the 2,085 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
How can I be alerted to new Durham County Council tenders?
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Buyers like Durham County Council
Other local authorities based in the North East with a page18
Same type of body, by the address on their own notices. Most published awards first.
How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 9 November 2025 to 8 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards have stayed broadly level. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 8 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 499, 552 and 486. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- 138 contracts end in the next 6 months: Published end dates between 8 November 2026 and 8 May 2027, each contract counted once.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 237 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 9 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 3 Nov 2026 (5 days ago).
- Values: value figures cover the 2,085 of 2,431 contracts where a value was published. Values are never added up: framework ceilings and values repeated across lots would make a total meaningless.
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 8 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Durham County Council [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/durham-county-council (Accessed: 8 November 2026).
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