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title: "Who pays? Understanding cost misalignment between the NHS and Local Government"
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# Who pays? Understanding cost misalignment between the NHS and Local Government

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/who-pays-understanding-cost-misalignment-between-the-nhs-and-local-government-ocds-h6vhtk-078110). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Local Government Association: "Who pays? Understanding cost misalignment between the NHS and Local Government". Published status: active. Published Value: £16,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT. Published submission portal: app.panacea-software.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 7 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Local Government Association](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/local-government-association-coh-11177145)
- **Published Value:** £16,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 November 2026 at 23:59 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/who-pays-understanding-cost-misalignment-between-the-nhs-and-local-government-ocds-h6vhtk-078110#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078110`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/who-pays-understanding-cost-misalignment-between-the-nhs-and-local-government-ocds-h6vhtk-078110#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [app.panacea-software.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.panacea-software.com%2FLGA-Sourcing%2FeRFX-Suppliers%2FOpenReq.aspx%3FrequirementId%3D605c7480-da44-4e75-a97f-2c2bafe97043)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/who-pays-understanding-cost-misalignment-between-the-nhs-and-local-government-ocds-h6vhtk-078110#participate

## Description
The Local Government Association (LGA) is seeking a supplier to undertake a focused policy research project exploring the interaction between NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and local authority adult social care.
Recent evidence has highlighted growing concerns about the relationship between CHC decision-making, adult social care expenditure and the incentives created by current funding arrangements. ADASS's Spring Survey 2026 found that 75% of Directors of Adult Social Services reported an increase in the number of people presenting to adult social care who were, or previously would have been, eligible for CHC, while 84% reported that Integrated Care Board (ICB) disinvestment in CHC was contributing to adult social care overspending pressures.
Research published by The King's Fund found that CHC eligibility rates have fallen significantly despite no change to the national eligibility framework, alongside substantial variation between different ICB areas.
While CHC provides the primary lens for this project, the LGA is also interested in the wider question of whether current funding and accountability arrangements across health and social care create incentives that transfer costs and risks between organisations rather than supporting whole-system decision making.
The LGA wishes to better understand:
•	How these issues are playing out locally
•	Whether current arrangements create misaligned incentives between organisations
•	The impact on local government, the NHS, people drawing on care and support, and unpaid carers
•	What reforms could improve alignment between health and social care funding and accountability.
This work will inform future LGA policy development and engagement with government, national partners and stakeholders.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 73000000

- **Estimated Value:** £16,000

- **Contract Period:** 10/11/2026 to 19/03/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F093966-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-05T15:09:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T00:55:03.905Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078110