Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Durham County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Waythrough
- Value
- £12,000,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 025427-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2026
- Published19 Mar 2026Published 1 day after the contract date
Description
The contract is for the provision of posts and interventions that are funded by the Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery and Housing Support components of the ringfenced funding within the Public Health Grant for drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery. The services will be fully integrated with the County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (CDDARS). This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The intention is to award a contract using the most suitable provider process. The approximate value is £12,000,000 The contract period is 1/4/2026 - 31/3/2029 This is a new service with an existing provider The decision makers is the Corporate Director Adult & Health Services.
About the supplier
Waythrough: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01820492).