How to Align Your Social Care Tender Responses with the NHS Social Value Playbook

July 15, 2025

📋 Why Alignment Matters

With the NHS Social Value Playbook 2025 now in place, social care providers can’t afford to treat social value as an afterthought in tenders. Clear alignment with the Playbook’s expectations is crucial to scoring well and securing contracts.

💡 Key Areas to Focus On

Net Zero Commitments — Provide credible, proportionate actions linked to emissions reduction.
Local Employment — Showcase how you recruit locally and support workforce development.
Reducing Health Inequalities — Demonstrate how your service supports access, inclusion, and better outcomes.
Partnerships with VCSE — Evidence collaboration with voluntary and community sector organisations.
Staff Wellbeing — Detail initiatives that improve recruitment, retention, and wellbeing.

✅ Structuring Your Response

Use the Playbook’s headings where possible to mirror commissioner expectations.
Be specific and measurable — avoid vague promises.
Align your examples with local ICS priorities and NHS Long Term Plan objectives.
Provide evidence of ongoing monitoring and delivery, not just intentions.

💼 Rapid Support Products (fast turnaround options)

⚡ 48-Hour Tender Triage
🆘 Bid Rescue Session – 60 minutes
✍️ Score Booster – Tender Answer Rewrite
🧩 Tender Answer Blueprint
📝 Tender Proofreading & Light Editing
🔍 Pre-Tender Readiness Audit
📁 Tender Document Review

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Updated for Procurement Act 2023 • CQC-aligned • BASE-aligned (where relevant)