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# Positive Behavioural Support Level 6/7

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/positive-behavioural-support-level-6-7-ocds-h6vhtk-05cdc3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Durham County Council: "Positive Behavioural Support Level 6/7". 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:** [Durham County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/durham-county-council-ons-e06000047)
- **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:** UKC1
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £32,994 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/positive-behavioural-support-level-6-7-ocds-h6vhtk-05cdc3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05cdc3`

## 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/positive-behavioural-support-level-6-7-ocds-h6vhtk-05cdc3#tl-md)

## Description
Positive Behavioural Support Level 6/7 - Northumbria University -  The County Durham Care Academy (CDCA) have been successful in securing funding through the local NHS to fund places for Independent Sector Provider staff working with people with learning disabilities to train in Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) This PBS programme has been developed in conjunction with Northumbria University and Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust.  It enables the development and assessment of practice-based proficiency for PBS specialists/leaders/managers identified in the PBS competency framework (PBS Coalition 2015). The pilot programme was successfully delivered last year, and approval has been granted to roll out the programme across the region.  The requirement for CDCA is for training of 8 people in the 2025/2026 programme £3,800 per person. £30,400 per annum  This is a single supplier negotiation as it is a bespoke course which only delivered by one training provider

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **Northumbria University at Newcastle**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PJMW-5792-YVBL`
  - Value: £32,994 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Positive Behavioural Support Level 6/7 (active)
  - Signed Value: £32,994
  - Signed Date: 24/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F065815-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-16T09:22:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T02:08:50.192Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05cdc3