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title: "Personal Assistant (PA) Workforce Pathway"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f3a6"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Sheffield City Council"
published: "2026-09-07"
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# Personal Assistant (PA) Workforce Pathway

Buyer: Sheffield City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f3a6

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## Summary

Sheffield City Council commissioned the Personal Assistant (PA) Workforce Pathway, a health and social care service designed to build a sustainable workforce of personal assistants. The work supports recruitment, development and retention through community-led recruitment infrastructure, peer outreach, promotion and network building grounded in lived experience. Its purpose is to help people who self-direct their care to do so more effectively and confidently, while supporting safe, independent and rewarding lives through integrated, local and personalised services. The service also supports the council’s responsibility to provide information and advice about social care and universal services, including to people who fund their own support. The procurement is for services delivered in Sheffield for the council’s health and social care activity.

The procurement is complete and one supplier was selected: Embrace Wigan and Leigh. Sheffield City Council used a below-threshold limited competition under the light-touch regime. The contract was signed and started on 1 August 2026, runs to 31 July 2027, and is active. Its value is £92,500 excluding VAT and £111,000 including VAT. The award covers one lot and was made on 1 August 2026. The published outcome identifies health and social work services as the classification for the requirement. The selected supplier is recorded as an SME. This was a single-supplier award rather than a multi-supplier or multi-lot arrangement.

This procurement demonstrates demand for specialist workforce development in personal-assistant services within community-based health and social care. A credible future competitor would need to recruit, develop and retain care workers, and provide practical infrastructure rather than only direct care delivery. Relevant capability includes community-led recruitment, peer outreach, promotion and network building, with a strong understanding of lived experience and self-directed care. Suppliers should be able to engage people who fund their own support as well as people with identified care needs, and connect local, integrated services with clear information and advice. Experience supporting independence, confidence and personalised care would be particularly relevant. Community organisations and SMEs with trusted local networks may be well placed to compete for this type of requirement.

## Notice

The aim of the Sheffield PA Workforce Pathway is to establish a sustainable workforce system that supports recruitment, development and retention of PAs through community-led recruitment infrastructure, peer outreach, promotion and network building grounded in lived experience, enabling people to self direct their care more effectively and with confidence. Health & Social Care aims to help people with identified needs to live safe, independent, and rewarding lives through integrated, local and personalised services and support. The department also has a responsibility to provide information and advice about social care and universal services to the public, including those who fund their own support.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084489-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Aug 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £92,500 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Sheffield City Council |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode area | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 2HH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Embrace Wigan & Leigh |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 7 Sep 2026 at 14:41 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084489-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084489-2026
  7th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://sheffield.gov.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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