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title: "Workforce Development Services for Care Providers in Suffolk"
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# Workforce Development Services for Care Providers in Suffolk

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/workforce-development-services-for-care-providers-in-suffolk-ocds-h6vhtk-056147). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The overarching requirement of this service is to support the care market regarding the forecast of the future needs of Suffolk customers. To increase awareness of good practice, have a stable workforce, encourage a positive culture with increased staff retention. And work closely and positively, with all stakeholders to improve market capacity and better equipped to develop and be sustainable. Impacts could include changes to geographical boundaries, significant increases and/or decreases in the goods and/or services required due to the change in size/scope of any successor authority or the MCAA. Published lot titles: Support Activity; Training Provision.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Suffolk County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/suffolk-county-council-ons-e10000029)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 December 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH14
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/workforce-development-services-for-care-providers-in-suffolk-ocds-h6vhtk-056147#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-056147`

## 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/workforce-development-services-for-care-providers-in-suffolk-ocds-h6vhtk-056147#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** Tenders must be submitted electronically at www.suffolksourcing.uk.
Instructions for using the Suffolk Sourcing System are either included with the tender documents or can be found by clicking on the "Guidance for Suppliers" link which can be accessed from the Suffolk Sourcing home page via "All Opportunities".
All correspondence must be communicated via the Suffolk Sourcing System at www.suffolksourcing.uk using the Correspondence function at any time up to and including 14/11/25.
Any questions after this date may not be answered.

## Description
The overarching requirement of this service is to support the care market regarding the forecast of the future needs of Suffolk customers. To increase awareness of good practice, have a stable workforce, encourage a positive culture with increased staff retention. To work with the council to identify and address gaps in the Suffolk social care workforce skills and training to enable them to deliver a range of care and support, from promoting independence to complex care. And work closely and positively, with all stakeholders to improve market capacity and better equipped to develop and be sustainable.
Suffolk County Council has joined the government's Devolution Priority Programme (DPP), a fast-track programme towards devolution and local government reorganisation.
Under the DPP it is proposed that:
a)  a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA) for Norfolk and Suffolk is established, with strategic powers and headed by an elected mayor ("Devolution").
b) the existing two-tier council structure in Suffolk is abolished and replaced with one or more unitary councils covering the current geographical boundary of Suffolk ("LGR").
It is possible that both, one or neither of these changes will happen. These changes are declared as known risks as we do not yet know the implications of Devolution and/or LGR.
As a result of LGR and Devolution, contract modifications may be necessary to novate, transfer or disaggregate the contract from the one you entered into to one or more successor authorities or the MCAA.  Impacts could include changes to geographical boundaries, significant increases and/or decreases in the goods and/or services required due to the change in size/scope of any successor authority or the MCAA. This may also change the scope of the contract
Interested Parties should refer to the Invitation to Tender and Contract Terms for the Known Risks.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Support Activity
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,018,000
- **Description:** Focus on being the trusted source of information, advice, guidance and networking that raises the standards of adult social care
•	Organise and lead at least 2 large Care Market events alongside other smaller events and achieve at least 70% attendanc...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Training Provision
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £982,000
- **Description:** Focus on the supply of training provision, deliver an online platform to provide training, that raises the skills of adult social care.
•	Delivery of a training portal that is accessible to the whole care market
•	Maintain / upgrade and develop a tra...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 25/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F070136-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-26T07:36:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-03T01:17:52.112Z
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