Awarded 24 Aug 2025
Value
£376k
Same day Child Placement
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 20 Oct 2025
Contract awardedMore details
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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.
Care tenders in Bedford
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Showing 16 to 30 of 43 notices, newest first
Awarded 20 Aug 2025
Value
£292k
Unregulated Residential (Spot) Placement Childrens
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 20 Oct 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 20 Aug 2025
Value
£140k
Placement for Children's Services Case
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 20 Oct 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 24 May 2025
Value
£125k
24 hour Residential Care
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Residential care
- Published
- 20 Oct 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 20 Aug 2025
Value
£172k
Urgent parent and child foster placement required for pregnant mother for when babies were to be born
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 18 Sept 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 13 Aug 2025
Value
Not published
Third Sector Infrastructure Support
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 16 Sept 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 28 Jun 2025
Value
£60k
Optimising Care Project
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 31 Jul 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 4 May 2025
Value
£25k
Water Hygiene Management Legionella Risk Assessments At Various Properties On Behalf Of Bedford Borough Council
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 16 Jun 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsComing up · published 29 May 2025
Value
Not published
Bedford Borough Council Provision of Domiciliary Care within 4 Extra Care Schemes
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Extra care
- Published
- 29 May 2025
Coming up · published 22 May 2025
Value
£2.5m
Extra Care Services
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Extra care
- Published
- 22 May 2025
Awarded 30 Mar 2025
Value
£153k
24 hours supported living
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East of England
- Service
- Supported living
- Published
- 21 May 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 31 Jan 2025
Value
£88k
residential care placement
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Regions
- East of England, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, Greater London, South East, South West
- Service
- Residential care
- Published
- 8 May 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 2 Dec 2024
Value
£107k
Assisted Living residence for over 65 years
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 8 May 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 5 May 2025
Value
£60k
UKSPF funded programme to support the development of the local social economy- including community businesses, cooperatives and social enterprises.
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 6 May 2025
Contract awardedMore detailsAwarded 12 Feb 2025
Value
£84k
Independent Fostering Agency Placement
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Region
- East
- Service
- Health and social care
- Published
- 25 Apr 2025
Contract awardedMore details
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.
- Home care and domiciliary care tenders204noticesHome care, care at home, homecare frameworksVisits to people in their own homes, bought through frameworks and DPSs by zone or lot.Regulator: CQC
- Supported living tenders91noticesSupported living frameworks and DPSsCare and support for adults with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs in their own tenancies.Regulator: CQC
- Residential care and care home tenders286noticesCare home tenders, block beds, care home DPSCare home placements, block-booked beds and spot purchasing frameworks for older and younger adults.Regulator: CQC
- Nursing care and nursing home tenders68noticesNursing home tenders, nursing bedsNursing home placements and beds, often bought with residential care or by the NHS for continuing healthcare.Regulator: CQC
- Reablement tenders126noticesShort-term home care, hospital dischargeShort, goal-based support at home after a hospital stay, usually for up to six weeks.Regulator: CQC
- Extra care housing tenders54noticesHousing with care, assisted livingOn-site care and support in extra care housing schemes for older people.Regulator: CQC
- Children's services and Ofsted tenders151noticesOfsted tenders, children's homes, fosteringChildren's homes, fostering agencies, short breaks and family support for children in care.Regulator: Ofsted
- Supported accommodation for 16 and 17 tenders99notices16+ accommodation, care leaversSupported accommodation for looked after 16 and 17 year olds and care leavers.Regulator: Ofsted
- Mental health support tenders85noticesCommunity mental health, recovery servicesCommunity support, crisis and recovery services from councils, ICBs and NHS trusts.Regulator: CQC
- Learning disability and autism tenders452noticesAutism support, day opportunitiesSupport for people with learning disabilities and autistic people, from day services to complex care.Regulator: CQC
- Healthcare staffing tenders2noticesAgency nurses, care staffTemporary nursing and care staff frameworks.Regulator: CQC
- Other health and social care tenders7,820noticesNHS community services, carers, wellbeingEverything else in health and social care: carers' services, community health, advocacy, prevention and more.Regulator: Varies
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
- Care tenders in London1,249
- Care tenders in South East770
- Care tenders in North West992
- Care tenders in East of England857
- Care tenders in West Midlands744
- Care tenders in South West1,384
- Care tenders in Yorkshire and the Humber1,048
- Care tenders in East Midlands654
- Care tenders in North East1,025
- Care tenders in Wales853
- Care tenders in Northern Ireland41
- Care tenders in Scotland455
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