Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Care Quality Commission · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Choice Support SME, National Voices SME
- Value
- £8,742,856
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Sector
- Business services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff (CPV 79620000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Mar 2026
- Published7 Apr 2026Published 12 days after the contract date
Description
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and social care in England. We make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and we encourage care services to improve. We monitor, inspect and regulate services and publish what we find. Where we find poor care, we will use our powers to take action. CQC has a legal duty under the Health and Social Care Act to involve people in the way it works. The Health and Social Care Act 2008, specifies that CQC can 'arrange for any of its functions to be exercised by, or with the assistance of, service users and carers'. The Experts by Experience contracts are key mechanisms used by CQC to achieve this. Lot 1 CQC Experts by Experience Services: this lot is for support to regulatory activity conducted by subject matter experts with lived experience of specific healthcare or social care needs. Lot 2 CQC Public Engagement Network: this lot is for developing and…
About the suppliers
Choice Support: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08971493).
National Voices: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03236543).