Industry · UK public sector
Bid for UK social care contracts without your registered manager writing PQQs
Local authority adult care, children's services, supported living, domiciliary care: SMBs deliver most of this work. Bidwell helps you bid on more of it.
30 min
first-pass response on a typical domiciliary care SQ
3x
more bids per registered manager
100%
of UK adult and children's care notices monitored
The shape of social care bidding
What makes this industry hard to bid in
Social care is one of the largest pools of public-sector spend with SMB delivery: local authority adult care, children's services, supported living, domiciliary care, complex needs, and short breaks. Most provision is delivered by SMBs and the buyers want it that way, because local presence and continuity matter. The bid process, though, is heavy on the same evidence every time: CQC ratings and reports, safeguarding policies, Care Certificate compliance, tailored care plans, social value commitments to local employment, and detailed staffing and rota narrative. The registered manager usually writes bids on top of running the service, which is unsustainable. Bidwell shifts that workload. We watch every adult and children's social care notice on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, score it against your service type, region and complexity, and draft a complete first-pass response in minutes using your stored evidence: CQC reports, safeguarding policies, care plan templates, and past wins. Your registered manager reviews and submits, and the care team stays focused on residents and service users.
What sucks today
- Registered managers writing bids on top of running care
- CQC and safeguarding evidence rewritten from scratch every PQQ
- Domiciliary and complex care notices closing before the team has read them
- Local authority dynamic purchasing systems missed because no-one is watching the portal
What Bidwell does about it
- Notice feed scoped to your service type, region and complexity
- CQC, safeguarding and Care Certificate evidence reused consistently
- Local employment and social value commitments tailored per local authority
- More bids per registered manager without compromising delivery
Live tender feed
Recent social care awards in the UK
Pulled live from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, filtered to social care-relevant CPV codes.
Milton Keynes City Council Mental Health Pathway Framework
Milton Keynes City Council · Awarded to Home Group Limited on 26 Oct 2026
£12.5m
Healthier Minds Wellbeing Service
East Renfrewshire Council · Awarded to unspecified supplier on 22 Oct 2026
Undisclosed
Adult Critical Care Transfer Service (ACCTS)
NHS England · Awarded to CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST on 21 Oct 2026
£27.6m
North Northamptonshire Council - Supported Housing Strategy and Delivery Plan
North Northamptonshire Council · Awarded to Inner Circle Consulting Limited on 19 Oct 2026
£58k
Supported Living Services
Argyll and Bute Council · Awarded to Carr Gomm on 19 Oct 2026
£1
Supported Living Services
Argyll and Bute Council · Awarded to Key Community Supports on 19 Oct 2026
£1
2026 - Aberdeenshire - Discharge to Assess (D2A)
Aberdeenshire Council · Awarded to British Red Cross on 14 Oct 2026
£907k
Insourced Autism Assessment Service – Children and Young People (CYP)
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Awarded to ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED on 14 Oct 2026
£399k
See more in the buyer index or the sector index.
Who runs the bids in social care
Most of our social care customers are sme owners.
Frequently asked
Bidwell vs Social Care, in short
Yes. DPS arrangements for adult care, children's services and supported living are common across local authorities. The drafts pull your registration, CQC, and operational evidence into the DPS-specific question set.
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