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.
CA17067 - RFQ2025/52 - NMANDD PEACEPLUS "Thriving Together" Community Led Shared History and Culture Programme Martin Waddell Project
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) · Awarded to KIERON BLACK on 27 Apr 2026
£13k
CA17462 - RFQ 2025/73 - PEACEPLUS Community Led Shared History Culture Programme Sacred Spaces of Slieve Gullion
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD) · Awarded to ORIEL EVENTS on 27 Apr 2026
£16k
Short Breaks for 1078285
East Riding of Yorkshire Council · Awarded to Barnardos on 19 Apr 2026
£23k
Supported Living Care and Support - Call-Off from BMC1227 Framework -Awarded to Priory Group Limited
EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE COUNCIL · Awarded to Priory Group Limited on 19 Apr 2026
£182k
Homecare Service Placement - ID275802 - Lot 1
Darlington Borough Council · Awarded to SPRINGFIELD HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITED on 16 Apr 2026
£50k
Homelessness & Rough Sleeping Lived Experience Forum
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Awarded to Expert Link on 16 Apr 2026
£38k
Homecare Service Placement - ID399914 - Lot 1
Darlington Borough Council · Awarded to SPRINGFIELD HOME CARE SERVICES LIMITED on 15 Apr 2026
£72k
Homecare Service Placement - ID 5000421 - Lot 2
Darlington Borough Council · Awarded to CARE LINE HOMECARE LIMITED on 14 Apr 2026
£47k
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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