Due to essential maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 6.00pm on Monday 2 October until 8.00am on Tuesday 3 October: our online council tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. You will also not be able to register to pay council tax online, make a change of address for council tax or cancel single person discount. You are still able to make a payment during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Contracts Register

The register lists all contracts, commissioned activity, purchase orders, framework agreements and other legally enforceable agreements, including waste collection contracts, that exceed £5,000. It is updated quarterly.

Publication of these lists forms part of our commitment to being open and transparent with residents. The reports show a number of columns of data which are explained in the table below:

Column	Field Name	Explanation
A	Organisation name	The name of the organisation
B	Project reference	The reference number assigned to the project
C	Estimated value	The estimated value of the contract
D	Project title	The title of the contract
E	Department	The service area responsible for managing the contract
F	Contract start date	The start date of the contract
G	Contract end date	The end date of the contract
H	Review date	Review of whether or not to be retendered and when it should be retendered
I	Contract period	The contract period in months
J	Extensions	The number of extensions available to the contract
K	Type	The type of procurement exercise undertaken to establish the contract
L	Company name	The name of the company awarded the contract
M	Town	The town the company is addressed to
N	County	The county the company is addressed to
O	Postcode	The postcode of the company
P	Is SME	If the company is a small medium enterprise
Q	Supplier classification	Description of what type of supplier
R	Company registration number	The company registration number

The reports below are available in comma separated variable (CSV) format:

Corporate Procurement

corporate.procurement@durham.gov.uk

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County Hall
Durham
County Durham
United Kingdom
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