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Darlington Borough Council: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities
Darlington Borough Council has published 626 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 28 Oct 2023, worth £414m in total as published. Most of its spending is on health & social care, construction works, education & training. Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.
What Darlington Borough Council buys
Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 28 Oct 2023 to 22 Oct 2026.
| Category | CPV | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health & social care | 85000000 | 484 | £60.4m |
| Construction works | 45000000 | 30 | £313m |
| Education & training | 80000000 | 29 | £5m |
| Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) | 79000000 | 14 | £18.8m |
| Transport services | 60000000 | 12 | £4.7m |
| Architecture & engineering | 71000000 | 10 | £3m |
| Software | 48000000 | 8 | £1m |
| Furniture & furnishings | 39000000 | 4 | £518k |
| Vehicles & transport equipment | 34000000 | 3 | £1m |
| Repair & maintenance | 50000000 | 3 | £1.1m |
| Most used CPV codes | Notices |
|---|---|
85000000 Health and social work services | 502 |
80000000 Education and training services | 29 |
45000000 Construction work | 24 |
79530000 Translation services | 12 |
79540000 Interpretation services | 12 |
48000000 Software package and information systems | 8 |
60120000 Taxi services | 7 |
71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services | 5 |
50000000 Repair and maintenance services | 4 |
39000000 Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products | 3 |
Recent contract awards
The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.
Top suppliers to Darlington Borough Council
Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 28 Oct 2023. 25% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
| Supplier | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Care Line Homecare Limited | 214 | £13.1m |
| Springfield Home Care Services Limited | 175 | £10.8m |
| Chinite Resourcing Limited | 11 | £782k |
| Firstpoint Health Limited | 10 | £1.1m |
| Barchester Healthcare Homes Ltd | 6 | £2.4m |
| Firstpoint Homecare Ltd | 6 | £521k |
| Forest Park School | 5 | £1m |
| Inspire Together Limited | 5 | £310k |
| Darlington Association on Disability | 4 | £185k |
| Cygnet Health Care Limited | 3 | £5.9m |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
12 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.
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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.
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Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to Darlington Borough Council.