Buyer / local-council

Durham County Council tenders

Live opportunities and awarded contracts from Durham County Council, aggregated from 600+ UK procurement sources and updated daily.

Durham County Council currently has 29 live tenders open to suppliers. We hold 1,144 published contract awards from this buyer, so you can see who has won its work before, where the buyer named a supplier. It buys most often in Construction & Works, Healthcare & Medical and Transport & Logistics. Set up a free alert to be told the next time it publishes something that matches what you do.

29
Live tenders
170
Tenders (12 mo)
1,144
Awarded contracts
1,450
Total notices
Procurement profile

What Durham County Council buys

Construction & Works27%
Healthcare & Medical21%
Transport & Logistics18%
Research & Consultancy17%
IT & Software17%
Contract intelligence

Typical contract size

£89k
Median contract value
£3m
Average value
£384m
Awarded (12 mo)

Based on 739 award notices with values recorded.

Procurement activity

Durham County Council procurement over time

Monthly procurement notice count from this buyer (opportunity notices only, awards excluded). Seasonality is typical: many buyers pause tendering activity in August and December.

Live now

Live Durham County Council tenders

003726 - Internal Audit Management Software

Darlington, North East£170,000Deadline 5 Nov 2026

003819 - Traffic Data Collection

Darlington, North East£200,000Deadline 30 Oct 2026

003452 - HM Coroners Community Removals list

Darlington, North East£1,500,000Deadline 30 Apr 2028

004051 - Food Festival Curator

Darlington, North East£80,000Deadline 23 Oct 2026

003271 - Online Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application provider

Darlington, North East£1,250,000Deadline 29 Oct 2026

003756 - Appropriate Adult Service.

Darlington, North EastDeadline 21 Oct 2026

003708 - Provision of Manned Security Guard Services at NETPark

Darlington, North East£395,000Deadline 28 Oct 2026

NCD594 Fire Strategy

Darlington, North East£50,000Deadline 14 Oct 2026

Former Changing Rooms, Westgate, Bishop Auckland

Darlington, North EastDeadline 30 Nov 2026

003755 - Cash Collection & Cash in Transit Services

Darlington, North EastDeadline 26 Oct 2026
Contract awards

Recent awards by Durham County Council

  • Switchshop Limited
    1 Oct 2026

    Maintained Schools Web Filtering Solution via the NHSSBS DWS2

  • Angel Trust - A Charity For The People
    30 Sept 2026

    Health, Wellbeing and Night Hub

  • CONSERVEFOR LTD
    £365,81830 Sept 2026

    Grasshill Common Peatland Restoration Project

  • Dinsdale Moorland Specialists Ltd
    £395,49330 Sept 2026

    Murton MOD Area Victor West Peatland Restoration Project

  • Switchshop Limited
    29 Sept 2026

    Maintained Schools Web Filtering Solution via the NHSSBS DWS2

  • John Flowers Ltd
    £296,56025 Sept 2026

    Wolsingham Primary School Roofing Works

Retender pipeline

Contracts expiring at Durham County Council

Current contracts approaching expiry — likely to be re-tendered. Upgrade to Business to see the predicted re-tender date and track them on your pipeline.

About Durham County Council procurement

Durham County Council is a local authority that publishes procurement notices through the UK public tender system. TenderSignal monitors Durham County Council's contract notices, framework agreements, and open competitions across 600+ procurement portals and data sources, giving suppliers a single place to track the opportunities they publish. In total, we have recorded 1,450 procurement notices from Durham County Council, including 1,144 awarded contracts. They issued 170 new notices in the past 12 months, with 29 tenders currently open for bids.

What Durham County Council procures

Durham County Council's procurement activity covers Construction & Works, Healthcare & Medical, Transport & Logistics and several other categories. Suppliers in these markets will find a mix of invitations to tender (ITTs), requests for proposals (RFPs), restricted procedures, and framework call-off opportunities in the notices published. Based on 739 award notices with values recorded, the median contract value is £89k, with an average of £3m. Total awarded contract spend in the last 12 months reached £384m.

How to find Durham County Council tenders

TenderSignal aggregates Durham County Council's tender opportunities continuously, surfacing new contract notices as soon as they are published. Their sourcing activity spans Durham, North East, England, DURHAM and other areas. Suppliers can register for a free account to receive weekly alerts for new opportunities from Durham County Council and similar buyers, or daily on Pro. Pro subscribers also receive AI-scored relevance ratings, buyer contacts on hard-to-find tenders, and full access to the awarded contract history, making it straightforward to research the competition and assess which public procurement opportunities are worth pursuing.

Durham County Council tenders: frequently asked questions

How do I find Durham County Council tenders?

Every Durham County Council notice we collect is listed on this page, gathered from the portals it publishes on. You can also set a free alert and be emailed when it publishes something new.

Does Durham County Council have any contracts open now?

Yes. Durham County Council has 29 live tenders accepting responses. The most recent 12 are listed above with their deadlines.

Who wins Durham County Council contracts?

The awards on this page name the winning supplier where the buyer published it, along with the contract value and dates, so you can see who you would be bidding against.

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