Awarded 24 July 2026
SCE0040 - Occupational Therapy Trusted Assessor Learning and Development project
Leicester City Council · East Midlands
Social care training tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
52 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
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Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
Social care training contracts ,
52 contracts across the UK, of any size
Recently awarded
The latest social care training contracts awarded
Awarded 23 July 2026
Centra Training Care Diploma Qualification - Reablement Staff
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham · London
Awarded 23 July 2026
Dementia Care Mapping - Realising Person-Centered Care Training
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust · Yorkshire and the Humber
Awarded 13 July 2026
Champion Development Programme
Nottinghamshire County Council · East Midlands
Awarded 24 June 2026
Provision of Medicines Management and Medical Conditions Training April 2026
London Borough of Enfield · London
Who wins · 24 months to October 2026
Aspect Training Ltd won the most social care training contracts
NHS Tayside won the most by value. Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aspect Training Ltd North East · SME · See every contract | 3 | £177k | 3 | ||
| 2joint | InPharma Ltd Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | £120k | 1 | ||
| 2joint | First Response Training and Consultancy Services Ltd North East · SME · See every contract | 2 | £100k | 2 | ||
| 2joint | Opus Pharmacy Services Ltd South East · SME · See every contract | 2 | £86k | 2 | ||
| 2joint | Northumbria University North East · See every contract | 2 | £80k | 1 | ||
| 2joint | Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust East Midlands · See every contract | 2 | £79k | 1 | ||
| 2joint | Talking Life North East · SME · See every contract | 2 | £67k | 2 | ||
| 2joint | RP Social Care Training Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | £50k | 2 | ||
| 2joint | Dominion Consultancy Group Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | £18k | 2 | ||
| 10joint | NHS Tayside Scotland · See every contract | 1 | £580k | 1 |
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Who buys
Councils award 81% of social care training contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
11 buyers bought social care training more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many social care training contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many social care training contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
CouncilsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham County Council | 5 | £180k |
| 2 | Leicestershire County Council | 4 | £169k |
| 3 | Hull City Council | 3 | £190k |
| 4 | Cumberland Council | 3 | £100k |
| 5 | Kent County Council | 2 | £279k |
| 6 | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | 2 | £153k |
| 7 | EU SUPPLY LIMITED | 2 | £97k |
| 8 | Lincolnshire County Council | 2 | £70k |
| 9 | Cornwall Council | 2 | £37k |
| 10 | London Borough of Enfield | 2 | £37k |
Prices
Half of social care training contracts are worth less than £46k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
CouncilsNHS and healthSchools and collegesOther public bodies
The 10 biggest contracts hold 61% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- University of DundeeNHS Tayside · 9 Mar 2026
- Essex County CouncilProvide CIC · 1 Oct 2025
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustSara Wright · 17 Dec 2024
- Kent County CouncilKent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust · 22 Dec 2025
- University of West LondonWorksafe Training and Consultancy Ltd · 29 Jan 2025
- London Borough of HaveringPrice Training Limited · 25 Nov 2025
- City of London CorporationSECCTA Ltd · 5 Sep 2025
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilAspect Training Ltd · 10 Apr 2026
- EU SUPPLY LIMITEDASCEND LEARNING SOLUTIONS LTD, RP Social Care Training · 7 Jan 2025
- Bury CouncilFirst Response Training and Consultancy Services Ltd · 22 May 2025
Where and when
Yorkshire and the Humber awards the most social care training contracts. January and March are the busiest months.
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
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| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 11 | £626k |
| London | 7 | £853k |
| North East | 6 | £240k |
| East Midlands | 6 | £283k |
| East of England | 3 | £566k |
| South East | 3 | £330k |
| West Midlands | 2 | £47k |
| North West | 1 | £30k |
| South West | 1 | Not published |
| Wales | 1 | Not published |
| Scotland | 1 | £580k |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | Not published |
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Deadlines
Half of social care training tenders close within 27 days of being published
Each dot is a social care training tender published across the UK in the last 24 months, by how many days it was open. 75% closed within a month. Spot one a week late and 26% of the time to respond has gone.
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Key findings
- 27 days
is how long the typical social care training tender is open, from publication to deadline.
Median of 24 UK social care training tenders published in the last 24 months. - 1
new social care training tenders are published across the UK in a typical month.
27 in the last 24 months. - 61%
of the money is in the 10 biggest social care training contracts.
Of 48 contracts with a published value. - 51%
of social care training contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 45 award notices. - 35%
of social care training contracts are awarded in January and March.
18 of 52 contracts.
Questions
How many social care training contracts does the UK public sector award?
52 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 34 public buyers.
How long are social care training tenders open for?
The median social care training tender is open for 27 days from publication to deadline.
How much is a typical public sector social care training contract worth?
The median is £46k, and 92% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector social care training contracts?
Aspect Training Ltd won the most (3). NHS Tayside won the most by value (£580k).
Which buyers award the most social care training contracts?
Councils award 81% of them.
What is included
Care qualifications and skills training for adult social care, care services and personal assistant workforces: Level 3 diplomas outside apprenticeships, Care Certificate induction, multi-subject care course programmes and single-topic care courses such as dementia, medication and moving and handling of people.
- Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care and health and social care qualifications outside apprenticeships
- Council training lots for adult social care and care services staff
- Multi-subject care course programmes (care planning, communication, DoLS, medication, dementia, safeguarding)
- Healthcare intervention and delegated task training for care staff and personal assistants
- Dementia care competence training for frontline care staff
- Dementia awareness tiers
- Medication administration and safe handling of medicines courses
- Medication competency assessment
- People moving and handling
- Hoist and sling use
- Moving and handling train-the-trainer for care settings
- Care Certificate induction (not yet seen)
- Infection prevention and control and positive behaviour support training (not yet seen)
What is not included
- Manual handling of loads (edu.safe.health-and-safety-training-courses)
- Mental Capacity Act and Care Act training bought on its own (edu.care.social-work-and-childrens-practice-training)
- Oliver McGowan and autism training (edu.care.autism-and-learning-disability-training)
- Care apprenticeships (edu.appr.health-care-apprenticeships)
- Workplace NVQ assessment of existing staff (edu.assess.workplace-assessment-and-rpl)
- Non-medical prescribing for clinicians (edu.he.post-registration-and-advanced-practice-education)
- Health and social care courses for school pupils (edu.pupil.vocational-courses-for-school-pupils)
- Hoist and equipment servicing (soc.equip.hoist-and-equipment-servicing)
- Care provision itself (soc.home.domiciliary-home-care)