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title: "DHSC: ASC: Waves 3 - 5 of the Adult Social Care Workforce Employee Survey"
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# DHSC: ASC: Waves 3 - 5 of the Adult Social Care Workforce Employee Survey

Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06cba2

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## Summary

The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) is leading a procurement process to secure services for Waves 3 to 5 of the Adult Social Care Workforce Employee Survey. This public procurement falls under the category of market research services and is particularly significant for stakeholders within the adult social care sector. The location for this initiative is centred around London, specifically in region UKI32, with the procurement stage having reached completion and the contract awarded. The procurement process utilised a limited method without prior publication of a call for competition, with the procedure executed being CCS DPS Further Competition. The awarded contract, valued at £819,592 GBP, was signed on 15 June 2026, and the supplier is IPSOS (Market Research) Ltd, a large-scale company headquartered in London. These surveys are scheduled to be conducted over the calendar years 2026, 2027, and 2028.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in market research and social care analytics to support governmental needs in evidence-based policy development. Companies skilled in designing and delivering comprehensive workforce surveys, particularly those that focus on wellbeing, quality of life, and behavioural insights, will find this project aligns well with their service offerings. The procurement aims to contribute to the Government’s broader objective of developing a National Care Service by providing data-informed insights. With the contract's completion status, interested businesses might look for future opportunities in similar government-backed projects or complementary research initiatives that influence policy and reform in the health sector. The upcoming surveys will require an understanding of the fragmented workforce's needs and challenges, making it ideal for businesses with established best practices in large-scale data analytics and social care knowledge.

## Notice

Provision of designing, delivering, and analysing three further waves (waves 3 to 5) of the Adult Social Care Workforce Survey.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

DHSC are seeking to procure a contractor for waves 3-5 of the Adult Social Care Workforce Survey, to take place in (calendar years) 2026, 2027 and 2028. These waves will continue to gather vital perspectives from a fragmented workforce, generating nationally representative, worker-level findings not captured in other existing datasets. The surveys are expected to cover wellbeing, work-related quality of life, intention to leave, learning and development, bullying, violence and harassment, as well as potentially incorporating new questions based on Government priorities. The data will inform a range of current and future policy areas, strengthening the evidence base for reform, improving understanding of workforce pressures, and supporting the Government's wider ambition of building towards a National Care Service. Waves 3-5 will also build on the first two waves to develop a time series, which will help the sector and Government to understand changes in workforce experience over time, and evaluate the impact of interventions or events that may affect this.

### Procurement Information

The procedure used was CCS DPS Further Competition and it did not require a prior FTS.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066607-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Jun 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £819,592 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 0EU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI32 Westminster |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IPSOS (MARKET RESEARCH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79310000 - Market research services

## Release History

- 15 Jul 2026 at 09:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066607-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ipsos.com
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care
- https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tribunals/high-court/

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