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Social care & community
Public sector contract notices in social care & community, from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Social care and community services: residential and nursing care, domiciliary and supported living, day services, support for children and families, and the community and voluntary sector services councils commission. CPV codes 8530, 8531 and 9851.
Most of this is commissioned by local authorities and integrated care boards, often as a framework or an approved provider list that a new provider can apply to join, and sometimes as a dynamic market that never closes. CQC or Ofsted registration, as appropriate to the service, is normally a condition of bidding rather than something to be negotiated afterwards. Contracts are frequently priced per hour or per placement against a rate the buyer sets, so the question to answer early is whether the rate works for you, not whether you can deliver.
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Social care & community notices
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Generic Floating Support Services for the Vale of Glamorgan Council
Vale of Glamorgan Council wants a generic floating support service to prevent homelessness for people aged 55+, those with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, chronic illness, and residents of a new Penarth Extra Care Scheme. The service covers 180 units and delivers flexible housing-related support to help at-risk people access information, advice and resources.
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Small-firm friendly
All-Age Carers Service
Liverpool City Council is recommissioning an all-age carers service providing information, advice, assessment and practical support for unpaid carers across the city. The service covers adult carers, young carers, parent carers and sibling carers.
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Small-firm friendly
Provision of an Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Early Intervention and Recovery Support Service
North Ayrshire Council is commissioning a service covering alcohol and drug prevention, early intervention, and recovery support. The contract runs for 3 years from May 2027 with an optional 24-month extension.
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Small-firm friendly
Neighbourhood Support Housing Services LOT 3: 16 and 17 Year olds Accommodation and Support Service
Bury Council is seeking a provider to deliver accommodation and intensive support services for 12 units housing 16 and 17-year-olds at risk of homelessness or in care. The service must address complex trauma, behavioural needs, and support care leavers and unaccompanied asylum seekers.
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Small-firm friendly
GLA Third Party Resident Support
Support service for vulnerable and digitally excluded residents participating in the Warm Homes Local Grant Programme across London. Work includes resident engagement, casework, assistance with programme navigation, and signposting to other services.
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Small-firm friendly
Wirral Restorative Justice & Mediation Service
Wirral Council wants a provider to deliver restorative justice and mediation services across the borough. The service will handle referrals from multiple sources, resolve conflicts, repair harm, and reduce anti-social behaviour and community tensions.
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Small-firm friendly
London's VRU Boys, Young Men and Future Fathers Support Services
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime wants to commission support services for London boys and young men, focusing on critical thinking, digital literacy, and healthy identity development as a counter to online misogyny and harmful narratives. The service will provide trusted relationships, positive role models, and offline peer spaces.
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PROVISION OF GENERAL SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES
Bridgend County Borough Council is recommissioning general supported living services across the borough, funded by Adult Social Care and Housing Support Grant. Services must run 24/7 and support individuals to live independently in their communities.
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Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 3 Rd 4
London Borough of Newham is establishing a Pseudo-Dynamic Purchasing System (PDPS) framework for commissioning externally provided care, accommodation and support services for children looked after and care leavers. Lot 3 covers Provision of Supported Lodgings.
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Small-firm friendly
Morley Road Supported Accommodation
Doncaster Council wants to provide supported accommodation at a property on Morley Road. The contract is worth £94,140.
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Reopening (1) of the Flexible Framework for Care at Home and Housing Support Services
Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership is reopening its flexible framework for care at home and housing support services. They want to bring new providers onto the framework to maintain capacity across Renfrewshire.
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AT1482 Supported Accommodation 16 & 17, 18-25 Years in Luton
Luton Council is establishing an open framework for Ofsted-registered supported accommodation services for young people aged 16-17, and non-registered services for care leavers aged 18-25. The framework will run across 5 lots split between the two age groups.
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Small-firm friendly
Provision of a Specialist Huntington's Disease Service
North Ayrshire Council and three partner organisations need a specialist Huntington's Disease service combining guidance and counselling. The service will cover North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and Ayrshire and Arran.
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Small-firm friendly
Proc-26-121- License to Occupy and Business Opportunity for Wraparound Care Provision at St Marys Catholic School
St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Wrexham is seeking a Care Inspectorate Wales-registered provider or applicant to establish and operate a wraparound childcare service on the school site. The provision must be independently run but work closely with the school and reflect its Catholic ethos.
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APX058 - Framework for the Provision of Agency Nursing, Care, Support and Ancillary Staff
Apex Housing Association is setting up a framework to buy temporary nursing and care staff on an as-needed basis. They will appoint up to three suppliers per lot based on competitive ranking.
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Children and Young People's Residential Placements Flexible Procurement System (Round 19)
The North West Local Authorities are establishing a Flexible Procurement System to commission children's residential placements. Providers will work with local authorities to deliver high-quality accommodation and support for looked-after children.
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Small-firm friendly
Children Who Use Harm
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority seeks a provider to deliver a trauma-informed intervention programme for children and young people aged 10-17 who display harmful behaviours towards family members, including abuse towards parents or carers. The service will support the whole family with assessment, therapeutic intervention, behaviour change work, and safeguarding coordination across South Yorkshire.
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Small-firm friendly
NEET Prevention & Reduction Service
Manchester City Council is seeking an integrated service to prevent and reduce the number of young people classified as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), with support for ages 13-25 including care leavers and those with Education, Health and Care Plans. The service will use a preventative, intelligence-led model with referral and signposting to specialist services.
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Small-firm friendly
Developing Healthy Relationships - Children & Young People - Grant Round
Grant funding of up to £150,000 for projects teaching children and young people about healthy relationships and personal safety. The funding is part of West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner's Safer Communities Plan priorities.
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Framework for the Provision of Trailblazer Programme Support Services and Activities
Swansea Council is establishing a four-lot framework to commission providers delivering community-based activities and support for economically inactive residents. The programme aims to improve health, wellbeing, confidence and readiness for employment, training or volunteering, funded by Welsh Government's Trailblazer scheme.
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Small-firm friendly
Individual Placement & Support Service (IPS)
Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley are jointly procuring a single provider to deliver intensive employment support to adults in drug and alcohol treatment who are currently unemployed. The service offers tailored help to access sustainable paid work.
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Small-firm friendly
Stage One Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) Aldbanks Supported Living CBC-2074-CFP-SK
Central Bedfordshire Council is appointing a provider to deliver supported living services at Aldbanks for adults with eligible care and support needs. This is stage one of a two-stage competitive flexible procedure; the four highest-scoring suppliers will progress to submit full tenders.
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Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment
Birmingham City Council wants a written needs assessment on domestic abuse across the city, covering prevalence, agency responses, and service gaps. The work requires analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data across prevention, support and crisis stages, and mapping of pathways through criminal justice, children's services, health, housing, education and adult social care.
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Small-firm friendly
Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service
Bolton Council wants a provider to deliver free, impartial information, advice and support about Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) to families and young people. The service covers education, health and social care matters.
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Small-firm friendly
Connect to Work Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) Programme
Caerphilly County Borough Council is recruiting organisations to deliver the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) model under the DWP Connect to Work programme. The service supports disabled people and those with complex barriers to find and sustain employment using the place-train-and-maintain model.