002794 - Preliminary Market Engagement - Welfare Rights Service

Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)

ServicesLight touch regime

Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64)Financial and insurance services (66)Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North East (UKC14)

Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice

Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2029 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for Welfare Rights Service to gather feasibility only - this is not for organisations to express interest in delivering the service.

CPV: Financial consultancy services · Guidance and counselling services · Health services · Telecommunications services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Planned 3 yrs

Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 (3 yrs)

Delivery: North East

64200000 Telecommunications services 66171000 Financial consultancy services 85100000 Health services 85312300 Guidance and counselling services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Light touch regime
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 23 Oct 2025, 08:46 BST
Last source update: 23 Oct 2025, 08:46 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-067651
Latest notice: Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV): Financial consultancy servicesGuidance and counselling servicesHealth servicesTelecommunications services
Delivery area: North East (UKC14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05d209 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

23 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 3 dates

Planning notice published370 days ago
23 Oct 2025, 08:46 BST
Market engagement355 days ago
7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Preliminary Market Engagement Document with relevant background/context and questions can be found on the NEPO Open Portal.
www.open-uk.org ↗ (www.open-uk.org ↗)
Reference: OPEN20251841
Contract starts211 days ago
1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Preliminary market engagement notice published
23 Oct 2025, 08:46 BST
UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Durham County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMPB-8772-VYWM Corten House, Dunholme Close, Durham, North East, DH1 5WBContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender23 Oct 2025, 08:46 BST