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DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Workforce Programme 2026

Administrative healthcare services
Administrative services of agencies
Administrative social services
+5 more
UK
Published value
£72,309,774
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Department of Health & Social Care: "DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Workforce Programme 2026". Published status: planning. Published value: £72,309,774. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health & Social CareScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£72,309,774
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department of Health & Social Care
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department of Health & Social Care. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Wavemaker LimitedTop vendor: 97.8% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 76 active published awards; 5 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Wavemaker Limited1 win£244,700,000
The Breastfeeding Network1 win£4,978,957
Severn Trent Water Limited1 win£320,841
Population Health Ltd1 win£150,495
Yorkshire Water Limited1 win£59,425
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health & Social Care
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published9 Jun 2025, 10:27 BST
Last source update9 Jun 2025, 10:27 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdministrative healthcare services, Administrative services of agencies, Administrative social services, Data services, Education and training services, Health and social work services, Health training services, Supporting services for the government
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04fca6
What is being bought
Purpose This market engagement event will provide an opportunity for prospective bidders to learn more about the background to the proposed procurement and the process of responding to Invitations to Tender (ITTs). The event will also provide you with an opportunity to ask the department any key questions you may have about the procurement, as well as meet other interested organisations bidding for aspects of the procurement. Dates for upcoming market engagement events: London • 23rd June 2025 • 10:30-12:30 • 39 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 0EU Leeds • 25th June 2025 • 10:30-12:30 • Quarry House, 3 Marsh Lane, Leeds, LS2 7PA RSVP Please email sam.shad@DHSC.gov.uk by latest Tuesday17th June at 15:00pm to confirm attendance at either event. Please include: • You full name • Your work email (for confirmation of attendance) • Your organisation • Your job title • Any accessibility requirements or reasonable adjustments Due to restrictions on numbers, please RSVP at your earliest convenience to ensure your place. We may have to decline if we reach capacity. Please only send one individual per organisation, per event. In your RSVP, please specify which event you wish to attend (if you wish to attend both, please state so in your response). Organisations are permitted and encouraged to attend both the London and Leeds events. Should further places become available, we will email out to offer additional spaces. For those who are unable to attend, but wish to view the presentation, please confirm in writing and we will circulate the presentation. Once the tender goes live, all premarket engagement documentation including presentations and responses to clarification questions will be uploaded to the supplier document folder on the e-portal for suppliers to access at any time. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are seeking to secure the provision of a comprehensive Adult Social Care (ASC) workforce support programme. The work in this procurement aligns with our overall strategy to attract and retain a sufficient and skilled workforce to provide the right care for the evolving needs of the population.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    9 Jun 2025, 10:27 BST
  2. Published value updated to £72,309,774
    9 Jun 2025, 10:25 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    9 Jun 2025, 10:25 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    17 Apr 2025, 13:30 BST
  5. Published value updated to £60,000,000
    3 Apr 2025, 13:04 BST
  6. Status changed to planning
    3 Apr 2025, 13:04 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    3 Apr 2025, 13:04 BST
  8. Buyer information updated
    3 Apr 2025, 13:04 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    9 Jun 2025, 10:27 BST
  2. Procedure published
    9 Jun 2025, 10:27 BST
  3. engagement
    20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    The Department for Health and Social Care wish to invite interest suppliers to an in person Market Engagement Event. This market engagement event will provide an opportunity for prospective bidders to learn more about the background to the procurement and the process of responding to Invitations to Tender (ITTs). The event will also provide you with an opportunity to ask the department any key questions you may have about the procurement, as well as meet other interested organisations bidding for aspects of the procurement. There will be 2 events with in person attendance only, Please see below key dates, location and times for the events. London - 23rd June 2025 10:30-12:30 39 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 0EU Leeds - 25th June 2025 10:30-12:30 Quarry House, 3 Marsh Lane, Leeds, LS2 7PA Suppliers are welcome to attend one or both events. Due to restrictions in numbers, only one person from each organisation is permitted to attend. For further information about the background of the procurement and instructions to attend the engagement event can be found within the Info pack attached to this notice. Please email Sam.Shad@dhsc.gov.uk no later than 17th June at 3pm to confirm your attendance. Please include the following: You full name Your work email (for confirmation) Your organisation Your job title Any accessibility requirements or reasonable adjustments. Please see the attached document for further information. We look forward to welcoming you to the engagement event.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department of Health & Social Care

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PMQG-9965-CHZR
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published