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title: "Darlington Safeguarding Partnership - Independent Scrutineer"
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# Darlington Safeguarding Partnership - Independent Scrutineer

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/darlington-safeguarding-partnership-independent-scrutineer-ocds-h6vhtk-05e8f1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Darlington Borough Council: "Darlington Safeguarding Partnership - Independent Scrutineer". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Darlington Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/darlington-borough-council-ons-e06000005)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC13
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £108,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/darlington-safeguarding-partnership-independent-scrutineer-ocds-h6vhtk-05e8f1#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e8f1`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/darlington-safeguarding-partnership-independent-scrutineer-ocds-h6vhtk-05e8f1#tl-md)

## Description
Provide independent scrutiny to the Safeguarding Partnership ensuring that it fulfils its statutory responsibilities set out in the Children Act 2004 and as amended by the Children and Social Work Act 2017, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 Statutory Guidance along with S43 requirements outlined in the Care Act 2014 and other related guidance to work collaboratively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults in Darlington.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Resilient Safeguarding Consultancy Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-167519`
  - Value: £108,000 † (inc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £108,000
  - Signed Date: 01/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F077136-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-26T10:58:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T14:36:33.246Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e8f1