Buyer profile
Care Quality Commission
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Total contracts
520
Known spend
£305m
434 disclosed
Average value
£702,558
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Rocket Exhibitions and Events
2 winslatest 05 Jun 2026£830,000
- 2
Blue Lozenge Limited
2 winslatest 19 Jun 2026£227,278
- 3
The Copyright Licensing Agency Limited
2 winslatest 07 May 2026£136,531
- 4
Diligent Boardbooks Limited
2 winslatest 07 Aug 2026£111,349
- 5
Rock Kitchen Harris Ltd
2 winslatest 09 Feb 2026£92,124
- 6
HITACHI SOLUTIONS EUROPE LTD
£43m
- 7
CHOICE SUPPORT
£7m
- 8
NATIONAL VOICES
£7m
- 9
WR Group t/a "Webrecruit"
1 winlatest 29 May 2026£770,000
- 10
BACK CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
£666,667
What they buy
By CPV categoryIT servicesCPV 72
123 contracts · £60m
Business servicesCPV 79
115 contracts · £8m
R&D servicesCPV 73
69 contracts · £10m
Education & trainingCPV 80
42 contracts · £6m
SoftwareCPV 48
28 contracts · £7m
Health & social workCPV 85
26 contracts · £45m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
20 contracts · £3m
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
15 contracts · £4m
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Recruitment Attraction and Advertising
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Oct 2027).
Oct 2027
40% confident
- MAXQDA Subscription 2025-2028
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (23 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Oct 2027).
Oct 2027
40% confident
- Adobe Licences (CCS ETLA)
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (23 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Mar 2028).
Mar 2028
40% confident
- File Storage, Retrieval and Destruction Services
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (23 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Apr 2028).
Apr 2028
40% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (520)
Digital delivery manager
4 month contract for a Digital Delivery Manager to support the delivery and Management of complex Government Digital Service projects and programmes
CQC staff survey ( our voices continuous feedback) - request FOR information (RFI)
***This is not a call for competition*** The Care Quality Commission (CQC) wishes to engage with the market to inform a new approach to its Staff Surveys. Following this engagement
Generic e-learning content
Contract variation to extend the contract with the Learning Pool for a Healthcare catalogue for Generic E L-earning content for a further 12 months in line with the provisions of t
IT peripherals and assicated services
Call off contract for the provision of IT peripherals and associated services 12 month contract extension
Evaluation research
CQC's impact on the quality of care: working with providers and as part of the wider health and social care system. Extension of contact for 6 months
Personal safety monitoring system
Personal safety monitoring services to be hosted by a 3rd party who would monitor Inspectors visiting high risk premises or people or out of hours. The main feature of such a servi
Head hunter for head of market oversight
This contract is for the undertaking of specialist recruitment search activity on behalf of the CQC Market Oversight Team in order to appoint suitably qualified and experienced ind
NLA media licences
NLA media access is the sole supplier of this requirement. There is not an alternative option other than to cease all forms of media monitoring, which is infeasible and would adver
Accountancy services for independent business reviews and consultancy
As of 6th April 2015, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has had a statutory duty to operate a market oversight scheme to assess the financial sustainability of the most difficult t
Adobe subscription agreement
Adobe Software
Assessment services
6 month contract extension for the Provision of Assessment centre services
Management/leadership and personal development online learning resources - extension
Online learning resources to support just in time self-directed learning
Communications PR partner
CQC require support in developing and implementing a campaign to encourage more people to voice any concerns they have about the standard of care they or a loved-one / someone they
Research & policy development
procure an external supplier, who will deliver the initial phase of this project, known as the "research phase". The successful bidder is likely to be a supplier with specialist kn
Application tracking system
Application Tracking system enables the electronic handling of all candidate applications into CQC, logs shortlisting scores and provides reporting on management information such a
Generic E learning content
Access to an extensive catalogue of e-learning modules which are fully editable as well as access to any new modules added to the catalogue throughout the duration.
Design & discovery for new digital services
This contract variation will cover Informed Solutions' provision of Service Design Support for completion of Alpha and the development of a Private Beta for Registration. Throughou
Facebook workplace
Subscription to Facebook Workplace - • Healthwatch England has a statutory requirement to support the work of 152 local Healthwatch. We currently discharge this requirement in part
HWE mental health transition deliberative research
To procure a research organisation to run a series of deliberative events specifically focused on people aged between 16 and 23 years to enhance our understanding of their experien
Nuix licence renewal
e discovery workstation licences