Care contract tenders in Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire spans dense urban commissioning in Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford and some of the most sparsely populated territory in England across the North York Moors and Dales. The contracts reflect that split, and so should your bidding strategy.

Below is who buys care across the region and what tends to come to market. To have opportunities sent to you instead, the Yorkshire edition of our bid bulletin arrives twice a week.

Who commissions care in Yorkshire and the Humber

Fifteen unitary authorities commission adult social care across the region:

- Leeds City Council

- Bradford Council

- Kirklees Council

- Calderdale Council

- Wakefield Council

- Sheffield City Council

- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

- Doncaster Council

- Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

- North Yorkshire Council

- City of York Council

- East Riding of Yorkshire Council

- Hull City Council

- North Lincolnshire Council

- North East Lincolnshire Council

Three integrated care boards cover the region: West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, and Humber and North Yorkshire.

What comes to market here

North Yorkshire Council became a single unitary authority in 2023, replacing the county council and seven districts. That consolidation produced larger, county-wide contracts than the area had previously seen, and providers who had only ever worked at district scale found the shift significant.

The West and South Yorkshire authorities tend to run locality-based home care frameworks with regular refresh points, and dynamic purchasing systems that stay open to new entrants — which makes them a reasonable place to start if you’re new to public contracts.

Supported living is commissioned actively across the region, often with specific lots for autism and learning disability provision following national transforming care commitments.

What Yorkshire commissioners tend to score

Rural and coastal coverage is scored seriously in North Yorkshire, the East Riding and Lincolnshire authorities. If you can evidence sustainable delivery in hard-to-serve areas, say so early and specifically.

In the urban authorities, expect close attention to call continuity and missed visits — both are politically sensitive and commissioners will ask for your actual performance data, not your policy.

Several Yorkshire authorities have adopted ethical care charter commitments around paid travel time and contracted hours. Bids that ignore those commitments tend to be marked down regardless of price.

Hear about Yorkshire opportunities first

Our trackers monitor all fifteen authorities, the three ICBs and the region’s NHS trusts, and send you the three opportunities worth looking at, twice a week.