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DHSC:ASC Fair Pay Agreement Negotiation Support Fund

No classification published
Location not published
Official notice
Published value
£321,000
Submission deadline 29 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department of Health & Social Care: "DHSC:ASC Fair Pay Agreement Negotiation Support Fund". Published status: complete. Published value: £321,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment of Health & Social CareScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
29 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£321,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department of Health & Social Care
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Published history for Department of Health & Social Care. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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
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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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Aug 2026, 08:44 BST
Last source update18 Aug 2026, 08:44 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06a85c
What is being bought
The government’s manifesto committed to establishing Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) in the Adult Social Care (ASC) sector – aimed at improving pay, terms and conditions, and other related employment matters for the ASC workforce, by introducing a new form of sectoral collective bargaining. The Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA) provides the legislative basis for this, and negotiations are expected to start in April 2027. In order to ensure negotiations are as successful as possible, ministers have approved a £321k Negotiation Support Fund (NSF) to support the sector prior to the start of negotiations. This fund is seen as key for mitigating delivery and handling risks associated with this top Government priority for ASC.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    18 Aug 2026, 08:44 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    17 Aug 2026, 11:11 BST
  3. tender value changed
    13 Jul 2026, 12:50 BST
  4. Status changed to complete
    13 Jul 2026, 12:50 BST
  5. Official notice release published
    13 Jul 2026, 12:50 BST
  6. Submission deadline changed to published date
    13 Jul 2026, 12:50 BST
  7. Published value updated to £321,000
    29 May 2026, 09:50 BST
  8. Status changed to active
    29 May 2026, 09:50 BST
  9. Official notice release published
    29 May 2026, 09:50 BST
  10. Submission deadline changed to 29 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
    29 May 2026, 09:50 BST
  11. Buyer information updated
    29 May 2026, 09:50 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    18 Aug 2026, 08:44 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    29 Jun 2026, 15:00 BST
  3. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  4. Contract active
    Signed 14 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · £298,750
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Improvement and Development Agency
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
DHSC:ASC Fair Pay Agreement Negotiation Support Fund
£298,750 · signed 14 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 14 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2027, 23:59 BST
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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  • Department of Health & Social Care
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PMQG-9965-CHZR
    39 Victoria Street, London, UKI32, SW1H 0EU, GB
    joe.smith1@dhsc.gov.uk

  • Improvement and Development Agency For Local Government
    supplier

    GB-PPON: PYRW-6354-VTHM
    18 Smith Square, Westminster, London, London, UKI32, SW1P 3HZ, GB
    joe.smith1@dhsc.gov.uk
Documents (1)
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