Published date: 30 June 2025

Last edited date: 30 June 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 15 May 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£0 to £187,000

Procurement reference

002285 / 25-C031 / OPEN2025834

Published date

30 June 2025

Closing date

15 May 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

23 June 2025

Contract end date

22 June 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Durham County Council require the use of a purpose made AI tool for social workers to be utilised within AHS & CYPS to automate documentation using natural language processing and machine learning.

This specific tool will record audio, transcribe the audio and produce a specialist summary based on a template designed to support Durham County Council's requirements.

The system will be user friendly and simple to use for Social Workers with a varying technical skills and comfort.

The system is a fully secure web based system that will not need any specialist software and can be used by any of the Council's devices such as Smart Phone, Laptops, Tablet and Hybrid Machines.

Therefore a direct award via the G-Cloud 14 framework has been conducted following Beam Up being identified as the sole provider of this system in a search, this will also retain continuity with the current standard tool being used by Social Workers in England.

Award information

Awarded date

23 June 2025

Contract start date

23 June 2025

Contract end date

22 June 2026

Total value of contract

£187,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Beam Up Ltd.

Address

Shoreditch Exchange, Senna Building, Gorsuch Place, London, E2 8JF

Reference

Companies House number: 10637337

Value of contract

£187,000

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

The contract award value is made up of the following split, which is not a definite / guaranteed spend, but rather 'up to' based on anticipated transactions.

£112,000 AHS
£75,000 CYPS

About the buyer

Contact name

Christine Lundy

Address

County Hall
DURHAM
DH15UQ
England

Telephone

03000260000

Email

christine.lundy@durham.gov.uk