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 well under an hour 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.
KCAH DATRIG
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames · Awarded to Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness (KCAH) on 21 May 2026
£133k
BSOL_Dale Topco Limited_2026-27_IFPCHC
NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · Awarded to Dale Topco Limited on 19 May 2026
£1
Early Support Emotional Health & Wellbeing Service in Lancashire
Lancashire County Council · Awarded to Spring North Ltd. on 14 May 2026
£3.6m
The Elderly Oral Health Programme
Rochdale Borough Council · Awarded to RIS Products on 14 May 2026
£25k
SCC Independent Alternative Provision Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for children and young people with additional needs and disabilities - Admission Round 4
Surrey County Council · Awarded to ABC Education Limited on 14 May 2026
£9.5m
Family Healthy Weight Service
Durham County Council · Awarded to Morelife (UK) Ltd on 13 May 2026
£2.3m
Integrated Infant Feeding Peer Support Service - Hackney
London Borough of Hackney · Awarded to unspecified supplier on 13 May 2026
Undisclosed
LSL/MED/0193 The supply and support of alter G anti-gravity treadmills
Leidos Supply Limited · Awarded to Sports Med Products Ltd on 12 May 2026
£700k
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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