01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Department of Health & Social Care
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 29 June 2026
Description
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.
This page represents one OCDS contracting process. Notices can be revised over time. Values may be estimates, award values or contract values and should be read with their displayed stage and date.
02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
DHSC:ASC Fair Pay Agreement Negotiation Support Fund
- Awarded
- 6 July 2026
- Award value
- £298,750
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
DHSC:ASC Fair Pay Agreement Negotiation Support Fund
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 13 August 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Department of Health & Social Care
39 Victoria Street, London, UKI32, SW1H 0EU, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PMQG-9965-CHZRImprovement and Development Agency For Local Government
18 Smith Square, Westminster, London, London, UKI32, SW1P 3HZ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PYRW-6354-VTHMCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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