Closed tender

DHSC:ASC Fair Pay Agreement Negotiation Support Package

Details

Buyer: Department of Health and Social Care
Published: 29 May 2026
Submission: 29 June 2026
Source: uk:atamis:dhsc

Tender 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.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published29 May 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date29 June 2026

About the buyer

Department of Health and Social Care is a public sector buyer in United Kingdom publishing tenders and awards on Stotles. Explore their procurement activity and find more opportunities like this one.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-of-health-and-social-care.gov