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Contract award: Durham County Council - Supported Living Support Services for People with Learning Disabilities or Mental Health Needs Framework (GBP 289,219,320 (gross, incl. VAT))

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 28th September 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by Durham County Council. Procurement: Supported Living Support Services for People with Learning Disabilities or Mental Health Needs Framework. Description: Durham County Council (the Council) has a duty to provide services for vulnerable residents who are eligible for care and support according to the national criteria introduced by the Care Act 2014. The Council is seeking multiple providers that can provide the below named services. This is a flexible Framework where bidders may bid at any time. However, at the sole discretion of the Council, it ma Category: services. Value: GBP 289,219,320 (gross, incl. VAT) (largest of 59 stated award/contract values). Supplier(s): 360 SUPPORTED LIVING LIMITED, AKWAABA CARE AND SUPPORT LTD T/A WELCOME CARE AND SUPPORT, ALPHA HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE SERVICES LTD, Angel Care Staffing Ltd, ANGELS CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED and others.

Publication
UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published
28th September 2026
Original report
find-tender.service.gov.uk

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
United Kingdom
Organisations
None identified
Collected
28th September 2026 · 23:06

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (15.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Impact-Scale Specificity
Possibly the same underlying story as VAT Health — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.