SectorUpdated 6 Sept 2026

Social care tenders

Live UK public sector opportunities in social care, collected daily from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales.

57
future deadlines at snapshot
946
awarded, 12 months
£8.5bn
recorded value, 12m
760
ending within 12m of snapshot
532
buyers, 5 years

The UK public sector published 10,402 recorded social care awards over the last five years, worth a recorded £21bn across 532 public buyers. 57 opportunities had future bid deadlines at the snapshot date, and 2% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 760 recorded contracts in this market end within the 12 months after the snapshot date.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, values describe contracts, not verified payments. Updated 6 Sept 2026.

Opportunity examples

future recorded deadlines · verify current status at source
£164m
Specialist Prevention and Intermediate Care
FTSCornwall CouncilCloses 16 Oct 2026
£16.5m
FTSWorcestershire County CouncilCloses 28 Sept 2026
£14.4m
FTSManchester City CouncilCloses 2 Oct 2026
£12.3m
FTSBrighter Futures for ChildrenCloses 1 May 2027
£10.5m
Adult Carers and Young Carers Support Services
PCSSouth Lanarkshire CouncilCloses 11 Sept 2026
£5.7m
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Frameworks & DPS in this market

snapshot examples with future recorded deadlines
Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services Flexible Framework Agreement
FTSScotland ExcelCloses 29 Sept 2028
£951m
47 additional framework and DPS routes recorded at the snapshot date
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Who wins this work

top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 years
£460k
£180k
£181k
£62k
7Cera Care154 wins
£146m
8Care MK151 wins
£134k
£144k

Who buys it

top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 years

Awards by year

recorded awards per year
2020202120222023202420252026*2034*
Recorded awards*current year part-year

Recent awards

latest recorded awards, 12 months
£6.0bn
Mentoring Provision
FTSWorcestershire County CouncilAwarded 4 Sept 2026
£204k
FTSNorth East London NHS Foundation TrustAwarded 4 Sept 2026
£14k
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Social Care procurement, answered

computed from published notices

How many social care contracts were open at the snapshot date?

57 social care opportunities were recorded with future bid deadlines across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales as of 6 Sept 2026. This is a dated snapshot, not a live count. Check each official notice for changes; a free scan checks current opportunities against your business.

Who buys social care services in the UK public sector?

532 public buyers awarded recorded social care contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are Hampshire County Council, NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.

Which social care frameworks and DPS were advertised at the snapshot date?

49 framework and DPS routes were advertised at the snapshot date for social care work, including Framework Agreement for Adult Care and Nursing Homes and Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services Flexible Framework Agreement. BidSkim badges framework and DPS routes in your matched feed and flags the ones you can still join.

How many social care contracts are coming up for renewal?

760 recorded contracts in this market carried an end date within 12 months of the snapshot date, worth a combined £733m where a value was published. Renewal timing signals, incumbents and predicted return windows are part of BidSkim Predict.

Market snapshot

6 Sept 2026
Recorded awards, 5 years
10,402
Recorded value, 5 years
£21bn
Buyers active, 5 years
532
Ending within 12m of snapshot
760
Via framework or DPS, 12m
2%

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About this data. Built from published notices on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, classified by CPV code and entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are listed separately, excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Counts refer to the snapshot date; opportunity examples with past or same-day recorded deadlines are hidden. Official notices may contain amendments, cancellations or access restrictions. Last updated 6 Sept 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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