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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.

Children's services tenders

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Showing 31 to 45 of 147 notices, newest first

Awarded 5 Mar 2025
Value
£30k
Provision of EHC Assessments (Aspire Educational Psychology Services Limited) S486247
Buyer
Norfolk County Council
Region
East of England
Service
Children's services
Council area
Norwich
Contract awardedMore details
Awarded 27 Apr 2025
Value
£50k
Provision of EHCP Assessments - S498734 (Loom Psychology Limited)
Buyer
Norfolk County Council
Region
East of England
Service
Children's services
Council area
Norwich
Contract awardedMore details
Awarded 30 Mar 2025
Value
£443k
Specialist overnight respite for children and young people with life-threatening illnesses or life-limiting illnesses in Norfolk S488315
Buyer
Norfolk County Council
Region
East of England
Service
Children's services
Council area
Norwich
Contract awardedMore details
Awarded 5 Mar 2025
Value
£30k
Provision of EHC Assessments S486257 (RKJ Therapy and Psychology Service Limited)
Buyer
Norfolk County Council
Region
East of England
Service
Children's services
Council area
Norwich
Contract awardedMore details
Awarded 5 Mar 2025
Value
£30k
Provision of EHC Assessments (Shivago Psychology Limited) S486255
Buyer
Norfolk County Council
Region
East of England
Service
Children's services
Council area
Norwich
Contract awardedMore details
Awarded 5 Mar 2025
Value
£30k
Provision of EHC Assessments S486253 (Loom Psychology Limited) S486253
Buyer
Norfolk County Council
Region
East of England
Service
Children's services
Council area
Norwich
Contract awardedMore details
Coming up · published 27 Oct 2025
Value
Not published
Birmingham Virtual School Mental Health and Emotional Well-being Service
Buyer
Birmingham City Council
Region
West Midlands
Service
Children's services
Published
27 Oct 2025
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Awarded 17 Sept 2025
Value
£398k
Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Service in North and West Bristol
Buyer
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
Region
South East
Service
Children's services
Council area
Eastleigh
Contract awardedMore details
Open now · deadline in the notice
Value
£13.8m
Independent Fostering Agencies
Buyer
London Borough of Bexley
Regions
Greater London, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West
Service
Children's services
Published
23 Oct 2025
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Coming up · published 20 Oct 2025
Value
Not published
Diversification of Children's Social Care Market - Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice (updated 20 October 2025)
Buyer
Department for Education
Regions
Greater London, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West
Service
Children's services
Council area
Westminster
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Coming up · published 20 Oct 2025
Value
Not published
Childrens Services - Fostering/Residential Contracts
Buyer
Powys County Council
Region
Wales
Service
Children's services
Published
20 Oct 2025
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Awarded 25 Mar 2025
Value
£90k
Children and Young People Domestic Abuse Advocate
Buyer
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Region
South West
Service
Children's services
Published
20 Oct 2025
Contract awardedMore details
Coming up · published 20 Oct 2025
Value
£450k
Overnight Short Breaks provision for children with a disability
Buyer
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Service
Children's services
Published
20 Oct 2025
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Coming up · published 20 Oct 2025
Value
Not published
Children's Occupational Therapy Service
Buyer
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Region
North West
Service
Children's services
Published
20 Oct 2025
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Awarded 1 Feb 2025
Value
£30k
Mentoring
Buyer
London Borough of Bexley
Region
Greater London
Service
Children's services
Published
20 Oct 2025
Contract awardedMore details

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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.

Care tender types with what is bought, the regulator and the number of notices in the feed
Service, and other names for it	What is bought	Regulator	Notices	Link
Home care and domiciliary care tendersHome care, care at home, homecare frameworks	Visits to people in their own homes, bought through frameworks and DPSs by zone or lot.	CQC	205	Guide and feed
Supported living tendersSupported living frameworks and DPSs	Care and support for adults with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs in their own tenancies.	CQC	89	Guide and feed
Residential care and care home tendersCare home tenders, block beds, care home DPS	Care home placements, block-booked beds and spot purchasing frameworks for older and younger adults.	CQC	285	Guide and feed
Nursing care and nursing home tendersNursing home tenders, nursing beds	Nursing home placements and beds, often bought with residential care or by the NHS for continuing healthcare.	CQC	68	See tenders
Reablement tendersShort-term home care, hospital discharge	Short, goal-based support at home after a hospital stay, usually for up to six weeks.	CQC	126	Guide and feed
Extra care housing tendersHousing with care, assisted living	On-site care and support in extra care housing schemes for older people.	CQC	54	Guide and feed
Children's services and Ofsted tendersOfsted tenders, children's homes, fostering	Children's homes, fostering agencies, short breaks and family support for children in care.	Ofsted	147	Guide and feed
Supported accommodation for 16 and 17 tenders16+ accommodation, care leavers	Supported accommodation for looked after 16 and 17 year olds and care leavers.	Ofsted	98	Guide and feed
Mental health support tendersCommunity mental health, recovery services	Community support, crisis and recovery services from councils, ICBs and NHS trusts.	CQC	84	See tenders
Learning disability and autism tendersAutism support, day opportunities	Support for people with learning disabilities and autistic people, from day services to complex care.	CQC	451	See tenders
Healthcare staffing tendersAgency nurses, care staff	Temporary nursing and care staff frameworks.	CQC	2	See tenders
Other health and social care tendersNHS community services, carers, wellbeing	Everything else in health and social care: carers' services, community health, advocacy, prevention and more.	Varies	7,826	See tenders

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.

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