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Cymraeg

Adult Social Care (ASC) Workforce Support Programme 2026

  • First published: 20 May 2026
  • Last modified: 20 May 2026
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-055fdf
Published by:
Department of Health & Social Care
Authority ID:
AA86574
Publication date:
20 May 2026
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

The Authority wishes to implement support for the adult social care workforce to deliver against the Authority’s objectives for adult social careLot 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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Scope

Procurement reference

C361780

Procurement 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.

Contracting authority

Department of Health & Social Care

Identification register:

  • GB-PPON

Address 1: 39 Victoria Street

Town/City: London

Postcode: SW1H 0EU

Country: United Kingdom

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMQG-9965-CHZR

NUTS code: UKI32

Contact name: Anila Kreku

Email: anila.kreku@dhsc.gov.uk

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Supplier

Skills for Care Ltd

Identification register:

  • GB-PPON

Address 1: West Gate, 6 Grace Street

Town/City: Leeds

Postcode: LS1 2RP

Country: United Kingdom

Website: http://skillsforcare.org.uk/

Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVRT-6359-JCPY

NUTS code: UKE42

Email: information.team@skillsforcare.org.uk

Type:

  • Large
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Contract

DHSC:ASC:Workforce Support Programme Lot 2

ID: 7

Is the total value above threshold?

Above threshold

Date the contract will be signed (estimated)

18 May 2026, 00:00AM

Contract dates (estimated)

18 May 2026, 00:00AM to 31 March 2029, 23:59PM

Extension end date (if all the extensions are used): 31 March 2031

Can this contract be extended?: Yes

Renewal description:

Contract Term could be extended in 12 months increments for up to 2 years.

Does this contract include options?: Yes

Options description:

Possible option to extend to 31 March 2031

Documents

Key performance indicators

Access to Quality Assured training provider list.

ID: 0447

Description

YOY increase in access to the QA’d training provider list.

Measurement Period: Annually with Quarterly update reports.

Reporting frequency: 3

Lots

Divided into 1 lots

Lot number: 2 Status: Complete

Documents

ID

conflictOfInterest

Document type

Conflict of interest

Description

Not published

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
75122000 Administrative healthcare services Administrative services of agencies
75120000 Administrative services of agencies Administration services
85321000 Administrative social services Social services
72300000 Data services IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
80000000 Education and training services Education
85000000 Health and social work services Other Services
80561000 Health training services Health and first-aid training services
79315000 Social research services Market research services
75130000 Supporting services for the government Administration services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

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ID Description
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