Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Social Care Wales
Top-five suppliers hold 85% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Social Care Wales buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
79488572Recent contracts
Latest Social Care Wales contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Service Design for Embedding Positive Cultures in Residential Care across Wales - Lot 1: Co-design and Test Leadership Support Programme & Tools for nurturing positive cultures in adult social care services across Wales
Basis Ltd · 2026-07-16
£119K
Service Design for Embedding Positive Cultures in Residential Care across Wales – Lot 2: Programme evaluation and impact assessment of the co-design and testing of a new leadership programme and tools for nurturing positive cultures in adult social care services across Wales
Opinion Research Services Ltd · 2026-07-16
£37K
Fully bilingual (Welsh and English) HR Information System (HRIS)
HealthBoxHR Ltd · 2026-04-20
£79K
Provision of Wellbeing Assistance Programme and Support Services for Individuals Involved in Fitness to Practise and Hearings Processes
Work Stress Management Limited (Trading as Wellbeing Solutions) · 2026-04-19
£20K
Internal Audit Services
Littlechild & Haley · 2026-03-31
£159K
Internal Audit Services
Littlechild & Haley Ltd · 2026-01-29
£159K
Provision of a Creative & Marketing Partner for WeCare Wales www.wecare.wales
COWSHED COMMUNICATION LIMITED · 2025-11-24
£0
A User Led Approach to Developing Social Care Data Standards and Data Sharing Use Cases in Wales
Better Group Limited · 2025-11-17
£228K
A User Led Approach to Developing Social Care Data Standards and Data Sharing Use Cases in Wales
Better Group Limited trading as BetterGov · 2025-11-11
£228K
Delivery of the Workforce Survey for Social Care Workers in Wales (2026-2030)
Cardiff University · 2025-10-13
£218K
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Market analysis
Bidding into Social Care Wales — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
50%
Awards to SMEs
85%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 50% of Social Care Wales’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Social Care Wales
How much does Social Care Wales spend on procurement?
Social Care Wales awarded 12 contracts totalling £3.8M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 11 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £316K.
Who are Social Care Wales's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Social Care Wales by total award value are Ashton Court Group Ltd, Better Group Limited, Better Group Limited trading as BetterGov. The top five suppliers together hold 85% of contract value.
What does Social Care Wales buy from suppliers?
Social Care Wales's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, software package and information systems, health and social work services, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
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How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
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