Darlington Borough Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

NHS ODS: LOCAL AUTHORITYONS register: Local-authority-districtSocial housing register: Local authorityLocal authorityNorth East EnglandDarlington

Official UK PPONPCRZ-3744-WXXZ

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 202 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract98%(198 notices)
    198 of 202 notices are Contract (98%).
  • Framework2%(4 notices)
    4 of 202 notices are Framework (2%).
Procedure route
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  • Direct award67%(136 notices)
    136 of 202 notices are Direct award (67%).
  • Limited / restricted16%(33 notices)
    33 of 202 notices are Limited / restricted (16%).
  • Route not published8%(16 notices)
    16 of 202 notices are Route not published (8%).
  • Open6%(13 notices)
    13 of 202 notices are Open (6%).
  • Selective2%(4 notices)
    4 of 202 notices are Selective (2%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

2.5robust · n=60% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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Based on 5 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

35 daysrobust · n=5
Notice amendments
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Based on 202 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

010 of 202 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

6.5% below estimateindicative · n=2

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Care Line Homecare Limitedframework/DPS on 323513.6%23223821 Jan 2030
Springfield Home Care Services Limitedframework/DPS on 318810.9%1851995 Nov 2026
North East Autism Society281.6%72829 Aug 2024
Reach-Out Care Ltd181%0186 Apr 2024
Darlington Association on Disabilityframework/DPS on 1171%51729 Oct 2026
ALD Group Ltd160.9%01623 Aug 2023
Chinite Resourcing Ltdframework/DPS on 1140.8%131415 Sept 2026
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE HOMES LIMITEDframework/DPS on 1120.7%11220 Jan 2025

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 26% of 1,730 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 801 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£348mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 140 of 140 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 73%; a further 49 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£101k middle valuerobust · n=140Middle half £55k–£1.2m.

Contracts ending
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1,678 of 1,824 contracts carry an end date, 17 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 9 of 221 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 248 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Off Framework Residential Care for Adults and Older People and Older People with Mental Health Needs for ID397042Awarded / complete26 Jun 2026—
Asphalt Rejuvenation 26/27Awarded / complete23 Jun 2026—
Residential placement for 5503077Awarded / complete16 Jun 2026—
ARJO SUPPLY AND SERVICE MAINTENANCEAwarded / complete15 Jun 2026—
EPOS Provision for Darlington HippodromeAwarded / complete12 Jun 2026—
Principal Designer (CDM) Service on the Garage to Home Regeneration ProjectArchitecturalAwarded / complete10 Jun 2026—
Maintenance and 24 Hour Call off/Repairs Service of Doors, Gates and Lifeline EquipmentAwarded / complete9 Jun 2026—
Primary Reintegration ServiceAwarded / complete5 Jun 2026—
Supported Living for ID:279948Awarded / complete28 May 2026—
ID291593 - Day Services PlacementAwarded / complete28 May 2026—

Search all 248 procedures for this authority →

Contracts Finder adds 1,629 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

About this data
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 1,678 of 1,824 published contracts have an end date; 17 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.