FTS UK public procurement

Adult Social Care (ASC) Workforce Support Programme 2026

Department of Health & Social Care

CompleteOCDS ID ocds-h6vhtk-055fdf
Tender value£52,633,8987 awards · 3 contracts

01 Procurement

Tender overview

Updated 19 May 2026
Buyer
Department of Health & Social Care
Status
Complete
Procurement method
Competitive flexible procedure
Category
services
CPV classification
Not supplied
Tender period
Not supplied — 15 August 2025

Description

The Authority wishes to implement support for the adult social care workforce to deliver against the Authority’s objectives for adult social care Lot 2 awards a contract for quality assurance service of training and qualifications for the ASC workforce and signpost high-quality training to the sector that is aligned to DHSC’s CWP. This will require the supplier to take over delivery of the QACL Service and work with existing qualification regulators (for example Ofqual), Awarding Organisations, Training Providers, the ASC sector, and those with lived experience.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

7 shown
Pending

Adult Social Care (ASC) Workforce Support Programme

Awarded
19 November 2025
Award value
£52,541,973
Suppliers
2
Signed contract
Not supplied
Pending

DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Workforce Programme Lot 1

Awarded
19 November 2025
Award value
£25,635,798
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
Not supplied
Pending

DHSC: ASC: Adult Social Care Workforce Programme Lot 2

Awarded
19 November 2025
Award value
£2,975,107
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
Not supplied
Pending

DHSC: ASC: Workforce Programme - Lot 3

Awarded
9 November 2025
Award value
£905,000
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
Not supplied
Active

Adult Social Care (ASC) Workforce Support Programme 2026

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
Not supplied
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
23 April 2026
Active

Adult Social Care (ASC) Workforce Support Programme 2026

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
Not supplied
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
10 May 2026
Active

Adult Social Care (ASC) Workforce Support Programme 2026

Awarded
Not supplied
Award value
Not supplied
Suppliers
1
Signed contract
17 May 2026

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

7 parties
Buyer

Department of Health & Social Care

39 Victoria Street, London, UKI32, SW1H 0EU, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PMQG-9965-CHZR
Supplier

Skills for Care Ltd

West Gate, 6 Grace Street, Leeds, UKE42, LS1 2RP, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PVRT-6359-JCPY

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

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