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003152 - Provision of Cleaning Services at Durham County Council Bus Stations

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BuyerDurham County Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline18 Jun 2026
Value£1,000,000
Published24 Jul 2026

What is being bought

DCC bus station cleaning contracts are currently managed by DCC Building Facilities Management (BFM) team. BFM are no longer able to provide the service. Transport Infrastructure require cleaning contracts for all 5 sites:  Bishop Auckland Bus Station  Consett Bus Station  Durham Bus Station  Peterlee Bus Station  Stanley Bus Station The hours of operation and the duties are dependent on the individual site requirements.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

1

Statusactive
Value£1,068,000

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06490a
Latest release ID070272-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jul 24 2026 12:01:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045543-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Jul 2026award, contract070272-2026
7 Jul 2026award, contract063806-2026
18 May 2026tender045543-2026
5 Feb 2026planning010525-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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18 May 2026 · 045543-2026 · tender
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5 Feb 2026 · 010525-2026 · planning
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