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.
Intensive Support - Children / Young People (Highland)
The Highland Council · Awarded to unspecified supplier on 2 Sept 2026
Undisclosed
Opening 1 of the Mental Health Outreach and Social Inclusion Contract
Newcastle City Council · Awarded to Akwaaba Care and Support (t/a Welcome Care and Support) on 31 Aug 2026
£0.01
Call off for Discharge to Assess (DTA) under the North Northamptonshire Council for the Provision of Home Care Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire Council · Awarded to Universal Care Services (UK) Limited on 27 Aug 2026
£208k
BSOL_Transitions Care (West Midlands) Limited_2026-27_IFPCHC
NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · Awarded to Transitions Care (West Midlands) Limited on 26 Aug 2026
£1
BSOL_Purity Nursing Limited_2026-27_IFPCHC
NHS BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL INTEGRATED CARE BOARD · Awarded to Purity Nursing Limited on 24 Aug 2026
£1
Flu Vaccination Campaign
NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board · Awarded to Can Digital Solutions Limited on 23 Aug 2026
Undisclosed
Insourced Autism Assessment Service – Children and Young People (CYP)
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · Awarded to ID MEDICAL GROUP LIMITED on 20 Aug 2026
£399k
Support and Personal Care Dynamic Purchasing System Call-Off Agreement for Stirchley House Enablement Care Block
Borough of Telford & Wrekin · Awarded to GP Homecare Ltd T/A Radis Community Care on 19 Aug 2026
£412k
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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