Public sector buyer
Durham County Council
Durham County Council has awarded 1,016 contracts worth £2,062,548,334 to 1,143 different suppliers between 2020 and 2026. Most of its award notices are recorded in North East.
From award notices published on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Contracts awarded through other e-tendering portals are not included, so this is a floor, not a total.
What they have awarded, by year
Our award history is not continuous. We hold notices published January 2021 to July 2022, and September 2022 to November 2022, and July 2023 to August 2026, and nothing published between December 2022 and June 2023 — a gap of 7 months. Any period overlapping that gap is understated here, and the change between periods is not a market trend.
- 2024£1,297,093,040 · 344
- 2025£201,896,247 · 297
- 2026£417,765,033 · 184
Years with no bar are years we hold no award notices for this buyer — which may mean they bought nothing, or that we do not have that period. We do not fill gaps in.
What they buy
- Construction159 contracts
- Vehicles154 contracts
- Health & social145 contracts
- Business services125 contracts
- Software85 contracts
- CPV 4463 contracts
- Education62 contracts
- IT services34 contracts
- Architecture & engineering27 contracts
- Repair & maintenance26 contracts
Who wins their work
- Lookers Group40 awards
- North East Truck & Van25 awards
- Motus Commercials Derby14 awards
- North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)12 awards
- Pinkney Building Contractors Ltd12 awards
- CIVICA UK LIMITED7 awards
- Lloyd Limited7 awards
- ATKINSRÉALIS UK LIMITED7 awards
- Switchshop Limited7 awards
- Terry Group Limited7 awards
How contested their contracts are
Of the awards that report it, the average was not calculable, and 16 were awarded to a single bidder — 22% of that sample.
Based on the 72 of 1,016 awards that publish a bidder count — buyers are not required to, and most do not.
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