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Care and healthcare tenders in the UK

Care tenders are the contracts councils, the NHS and other public bodies put out to buy care from independent providers: home care and domiciliary care, supported living, nursing and residential care homes, reablement, extra care, mental health support, and Ofsted registered children's services such as children's homes, fostering and supported accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds.

This feed brings health and social care notices from across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland into one free search, from the first market engagement notice to the award.

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Live care tenders from councils and the NHS

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Every kind of care tender, in one feed

Councils and the NHS use different names for the same service, so a provider can miss a tender by searching the wrong word. Here is what each one covers, who regulates it, and how many notices the feed holds today.

Counts include notices at every stage, from market engagement to award. Most notices fall under other health and social care until a service is confirmed.

Care tenders by region

How to read a tender notice, and what to do next

Each card shows where the contract is in its life. The providers who win usually start months before the tender opens, at the coming up stage.

  1. 01

    Coming up

    A pipeline or market engagement notice. The buyer is planning the contract and often wants providers' views.

    Do this: Answer the engagement questions, go to the event and start gathering evidence now.

  2. 02

    Open

    The tender notice is live and bids are being taken until the closing date shown on the card.

    Do this: Register on the buyer's portal, download the pack and check you meet every condition.

  3. 03

    Closed

    The deadline has passed and the buyer is scoring bids. Frameworks and DPSs may reopen later.

    Do this: Note when it reopens. Many care DPSs take new providers every few months.

  4. 04

    Awarded

    The contract has gone to one or more providers, published in an award or contract details notice.

    Do this: Read who won and the term. That is when you plan for the re-tender.

The rules behind the notices

  • Procurement Act 2023

    The rules for council contracts since 24 February 2025: tender notices, the open and competitive flexible procedures, and contract award notices.

  • Light touch regime

    Most social care is bought under lighter rules, above £663,540 including VAT from 1 January 2026, which lets councils design their own process.

  • Provider Selection Regime

    NHS health care services have been bought this way since 1 January 2024, often by direct award to the current provider.

The Procurement Act 2023 for care providers

Tender success stories

Tenders we have helped care providers win

Councils across England awarded these contracts to providers whose bids we wrote. Each letter is the council's own.

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Results from bids we wrote with each provider, as told in their success stories. Each letter opens the council's own notice. Living Plus Care Services shared a registered office with us and, until September 2026, a director, so its results are not an independent endorsement.

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Tender writing for care providers

Found a tender in the feed? We write bids with care providers across home care, supported living, care homes, children's services and NHS community work, from framework applications to block contracts. One fixed fee per tender, agreed before we start.

  1. 01

    Bid or no bid

    We read the notice and pack with you: the lots, the conditions, the scoring split and whether it suits your registration and area.

  2. 02

    Evidence and figures

    Your outcomes, staffing, training, complaints and case studies gathered early, so answers are built on real examples.

  3. 03

    Quality answers

    Method statements written to the scoring guide and word limits, for home care, supported living, care homes, children's services or NHS work.

  4. 04

    Price and social value

    A price that pays your staff and still scores, plus social value commitments you can report on.

  5. 05

    Compliance check and upload

    Every form, declaration and attachment checked against the instructions before it goes on the portal.

  6. 06

    Interview and mobilisation

    Interview practice for your managers, then a mobilisation and TUPE plan once you win.

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Fixed fee

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+ VAT per tender, agreed before we start

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Watch before you bid

The registration checks that fail bids before they are read, winning without references, and getting paid once the contract starts.

The wrong regulator costs you the contract: tender eligibility checks

The checks councils run before reading a word of your bid, starting with registration for the right service.

How new care providers can win council and NHS tenders with no references

Routes into public contracts for providers without a track record, and how to evidence your team's experience.

Council won't pay your care invoice? How to get paid

The 30 day payment rule for public contracts and what to do when a council pays late.

Related guides and tender sectors

Some of the providers we have worked with

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What care providers say about working with us

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Care tender questions, answered

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Care tenders are contracts that councils, the NHS and other public bodies advertise to buy care from independent providers. They cover home care and domiciliary care, supported living, nursing and residential care homes, reablement, extra care, mental health and learning disability support, and Ofsted registered children's services such as children's homes, fostering and supported accommodation. Most are frameworks or dynamic purchasing systems that a provider joins, with care packages or placements given out afterwards.
Public notices are published on Find a Tender, which has carried most UK notices since February 2025, with Contracts Finder still listing lower value contracts in England and Sell2Wales, Public Contracts Scotland and eTendersNI covering the other nations. This page brings health and social care notices from across the UK into one free search, updated every 30 minutes, which you can filter by service, region and council area.
Yes. You can search, filter and open every tender here without signing up. Each notice links to its own page with the buyer, dates, value, documents and a link to the official notice. If you want help deciding whether to bid or writing the bid, tender writing starts from £1,500 + VAT.
The feed is refreshed every 30 minutes, so a notice usually appears here the same day it is published. Each card shows whether the contract is coming up, open, closed or awarded, and open tenders show how many days are left before the deadline.
NHS trusts, integrated care boards and NHS England publish their notices on Find a Tender and, for lower values, Contracts Finder, then run the process on portals such as Atamis or the NHS Supply Chain systems. Health care services are bought under the Provider Selection Regime, in force since 1 January 2024, which allows direct award to the current provider, so watch for notices of intent as well as tenders. Search NHS, ICB or a trust's name in the feed above.
Choose domiciliary care in the service filter, or a council area, to see every home care notice in the feed. Councils usually buy home care through frameworks or dynamic purchasing systems split into zones or lots, and many reopen to new providers. Our domiciliary care tenders page also explains the rates, scoring and routes councils use.
Coming up means a pipeline or market engagement notice: the buyer is planning the contract. Open means the tender is live and taking bids until the closing date. Closed means the deadline has passed and bids are being scored. Awarded means the contract has gone to one or more providers. The best time to start preparing is when a tender is coming up.
A framework appoints a set of providers for a fixed term of no more than four years, and only takes new providers if it is an open framework, which must reopen during its term. A dynamic purchasing system, often written DPS, lets new providers apply at any time while it runs. The Procurement Act 2023 replaces new DPSs with dynamic markets, but care DPSs set up before February 2025 can keep running until February 2029 at the latest.
For contracts that involve personal care or nursing in England, yes: buyers check that you are registered with CQC for the regulated activity before they read your answers. Children's homes, fostering agencies and supported accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds need Ofsted registration instead. In Wales it is Care Inspectorate Wales, in Scotland the Care Inspectorate and in Northern Ireland RQIA.
Yes. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems that reopen are the usual way in, because they score your policies, staffing plans and approach rather than years of contract history. Some councils ask for a CQC rating or a minimum turnover, so check the conditions before you write. A clear bid with real examples from your team can win against larger providers.
Council contracts follow the Procurement Act 2023, in force since 24 February 2025. Most social care is bought under its light touch rules, which apply above £663,540 including VAT from 1 January 2026 and let councils design their own process. NHS health care follows the Provider Selection Regime instead.
Open tenders are notices that are still taking bids. In the Procurement Act 2023 the open procedure also means a single stage process where anyone can submit a full bid by the deadline, compared with the competitive flexible procedure, which can add shortlisting, interviews or negotiation. Cards marked open in this feed are live, with the closing date and days left shown.
Our tender writing starts from £1,500 + VAT per tender, as a fixed fee agreed before we start. Joining a framework with a short questionnaire costs less than a large block contract with method statements, an interview and a mobilisation plan. Packages for new providers run from £500 to £8,500 + VAT.
Yes. Press Show interest on any card and the form arrives with that tender already filled in. We will look at the notice, tell you honestly whether it suits your service and registration, and what a bid would need.
Any organisation that meets the conditions in the tender documents can bid. For care services that usually means registration with CQC or the regulator in your nation, the right insurance, evidence of financial standing, and the staff and systems to deliver the service. Some tenders add a minimum trading history or rating. There is no size limit, and small and medium-sized care providers regularly win NHS and council contracts.
A framework agreement appoints several providers to an approved list, and individual packages or placements are then given out by direct allocation or a mini-competition. A block contract commits the buyer to a set volume of care from one provider, or a small number, for a fixed period. Frameworks give wider access for providers; block contracts give more certain income but go to fewer providers.
Most council and NHS care tenders allow around four to six weeks from publication to the deadline. With an experienced tender writer, a well-prepared provider can usually finish a bid in two to three weeks, leaving time for review and submission. Preparation matters more than speed: providers who keep their policies, case studies, outcome data and training records up to date respond far faster.
Not always. Newly registered providers that have not been inspected yet can apply for most tenders, although some set a minimum rating, usually Good, as a condition. Without a rating, your bid needs especially strong evidence of your quality systems, policies, governance and staff.
For care and community health services, you usually bid to an integrated care board, NHS trust or council when it publishes a notice on Find a Tender or its own portal. Some contracts are awarded under the Provider Selection Regime without an open competition, so register on the portals of the buyers in your area and watch for notices of intended awards. To sell goods or national services to NHS England, start with its Supplying to the NHS guidance and its Atamis system.
Most care tenders ask for your CQC registration certificate, company documents, employer's and public liability insurance, your latest accounts, your safeguarding policy, your quality assurance framework, staff training records, case studies and references from commissioners or clients. Keep them current so you can respond as soon as a tender opens.
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