CareBid helps small care providers find council and NHS tenders that suit them, decide honestly whether each one is worth bidding for, and get a near-finished draft without paying consultant day rates.
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Good fit for small providersWhy: buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for Accommodation-Based Supported Living (Acre Road)London Borough of Haringey
Good fit for small providersWhy: multi-provider DPS/framework/list/lots; buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Adults and Children's Home Support ServicesLondon Borough of Sutton
Good fit for small providersWhy: children/young people only; multi-provider DPS/framework/list/lots; buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for Children in Care & Care Leavers Flexible DPSLondon Borough of Camden
Good fit for small providersWhy: buyer marks SME-suitable; contract under £5m
View official notice for Camden Respite RoomsReal listings copied from a past alert. Always check the official notice for current details.
Independent, CQC-registered care providers who don't have time to check tender portals every week. Pick your service to see how the alert filters, with an honest fit flag on every listing.
Example listings from a past CareBid alert, covering home care, supported living, learning disability and autism, mental health, day services, and children's and care leaver services.
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Good fit for small providersWhy: buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for Accommodation-Based Supported Living (Acre Road)London Borough of Camden
Good fit for small providersWhy: buyer marks SME-suitable; contract under £5m
View official notice for Camden Respite RoomsLondon Borough of Haringey
Good fit for small providersWhy: multi-provider DPS/framework/list/lots; buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Adults and Children's Home Support ServicesLondon Borough of Sutton
Good fit for small providersWhy: children/young people only; multi-provider DPS/framework/list/lots; buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for Children in Care & Care Leavers Flexible DPSLondon Borough of Hackney
Good fit for small providersWhy: children/young people only; buyer marks SME-suitable; contract under £5m
View official notice for Independent Visitors ServicePortsmouth City Council
Good fit for small providersWhy: multi-provider DPS/framework/list/lots; buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for Day Opportunity Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities - Open FrameworkRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Good fit for small providersWhy: multi-provider DPS/framework/list/lots; buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for Mental Health RecoveryHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Good fit for small providersWhy: NHS/ICB buyer; multi-provider DPS/framework/list/lots; buyer marks SME-suitable
View official notice for HPFT - Social Care in the CommunityLondon Borough of Newham
Possible fitWhy: children/young people only
View official notice for Commissioning Homes for Children Looked After & Care Leavers PDPS - Lot 4 Rd 7Tower Hamlets
Large/clinical, less likelyWhy: clinical/health-led service; single contract over £20m; substance-misuse specialism
View official notice for HAC6052 Integrated Adult Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Treatment and Recovery ServiceThese are examples only, copied from the alert for the week of 27 October 2026. Values are the buyer's estimated total. Tenders are public information; CareBid is independent and not affiliated with any council or NHS buyer.
Every week the alert is built from the UK government's own procurement services.
The UK government's service for public procurement notices.
find-tender.service.gov.uk ↗The UK government's service listing public sector contract opportunities.
contractsfinder.service.gov.uk ↗Every listing links straight to the official notice, so you can check the details yourself.
Counted automatically from the data behind the alert for the week of 27 October 2026. The figures change every week.
Listings come from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, each with a link to its notice.
Each one is marked Good fit, Possible fit or Large/clinical, less likely, and says why.
Deadlines are taken from the official notice, and anything closing within 7 days is flagged.
We review every alert ourselves before anything is sent.
CareBid is a small, independent service based in Fulham, London.
Every week we check Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and email you a short list of open opportunities that are realistic for a provider like yours, filtered to your services and area, with London first.
A free tender-fit review by email: tell us about your service, areas and capacity, and we'll send two live tenders that fit, with deadlines and an honest view on whether each is worth the effort.
If you decide to bid, we draft the answers, working from your own evidence, and a person reviews every answer before you see it.
We use AI tools to speed up research and first drafts, and every answer is written and checked by us.
You tell us by email about your service, areas and capacity. We then send you two live tenders that fit, with deadlines and an honest bid/no-bid view.
Working from your CQC report, policies and a short interview, we draft the quality answers, social value and method statements to the buyer's questions and word limits.
We review every answer before you see it. You add final details, sign off and submit on the council portal. The bid stays yours.
Each tender in the weekly alert comes with:
We started CareBid because small care providers often miss council tenders that would suit them, and rarely have a bid team to respond when they do find one. Our work is finding the right opportunities, checking them carefully and helping you put together a strong, honest bid.
We check the sources each week, flag what fits and why, and read everything before it reaches you.
You deal with us directly, not a call centre: [email protected]A fixed price per bid, not consultant day rates, and most of it is only paid if your bid is shortlisted. You can stop the alert at any time.
Open opportunities that suit you, every week.
or £49 a month for all of England
For one tender. Most of the fee is only due if you're shortlisted.
plus £500 only if your bid is shortlisted
Ongoing support, billed monthly. No minimum term.
Tender-fit review: free. Two live tenders with an honest bid/no-bid view, by email.
Ask for a free reviewFounding clients: our first 10 clients keep these prices for 12 months. Prices are confirmed in writing before any work starts.
No. Nothing is invented. Every claim in the draft comes from your own evidence, and we read and check every answer before it reaches you. Where evidence is missing, we'll list the gaps for you to fill rather than paper over them.
No, and nobody honestly can. We'll tell you when a tender isn't worth the effort.
You do. You add final details, sign off and submit on the council's portal. The bid stays yours.
Not yet. CareBid is new, and the first providers are on a free month now. When there's real feedback, we'll share it here, with their permission. Until then, the sample alert and the official notices it links to are there for you to check.
CareBid is starting with providers in South West London. The weekly alert can cover one region or all of England, with London tenders listed first.
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