NEPO502 - Educational Products

Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)

Award under framework

Sectors: Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages (30)Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products (39) Delivery: North East (UKC14)

Awarded value£400,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 6 Aug 2026

Awarded to Harrow Business Services Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Call off from NEPO502 Framework for Lot 3 - Educational Products

This is a corporate contract on behalf of all Service Areas, Schools and SLA Partners. Each service area to use own budget to purchase items. Items to be catalogued and available via Punchout as part of the Oracle Fusion Self Service Procurement.

Estimated spend includes DCC estate, schools and SLA partners.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East

30192000 Office supplies 39162000 Educational equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award under framework
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Call-off under a framework
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 13 Aug 2026, 10:03 BST
Last source update: 13 Aug 2026, 10:19 BST
Authority reference: OPEN12082026124838
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-077086
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: North East (UKC14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e345 Find a Tender

Related procedures1

Call-off under framework NEPO502 Office Educational and Catering Supplies

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Aug 2026

Contract award notice published
13 Aug 2026, 10:03 BST
UK6
Contract details notice published
13 Aug 2026, 10:19 BST
UK7
Contract signature expected
13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £400,0001 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Aug 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Harrow Business Services LtdSME1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2030	£400,000	6 Aug 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Harrow Business Services LtdSME
Signed
13 Aug 2026
Value
£400,000
Period
1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2030
Status
active
4 agreed KPIs: Deliveries on time · Deliveries in full · Item availability …
- Deliveries on time
- Deliveries in full
- Item availability
- Item Quality

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

HARROW BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07470615GB-PPON: PPVB-2574-HXWY 4 Charter Court, Stephenson Road, Colchester, East of England, CO4 9BPContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender13 Aug 2026, 10:19 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender13 Aug 2026, 10:03 BST