How to Evidence Safeguarding in Social Care Tenders
Why Safeguarding Still Carries Weight
Safeguarding remains one of the most critical — and heavily scrutinised — areas in social care tenders. Commissioners need assurance that providers don’t just have policies in place but that safeguarding is embedded across culture, practice, and governance.
Whether you’re bidding to deliver learning disability services, domiciliary care, or mental health support, you’ll need to demonstrate robust safeguarding arrangements aligned to Making Safeguarding Personal, national frameworks, and local authority procedures.
What Evidence Should You Include?
To strengthen your safeguarding responses in tenders, consider including evidence across three key areas:
- Policies & Procedures: Up-to-date safeguarding policy, whistleblowing procedures, clear referral pathways, and reporting processes aligned to CQC expectations.
- Workforce Training & Culture: Regular safeguarding training, confidence in raising concerns, learning from incidents, and how safeguarding is discussed through supervisions and team meetings.
- Outcomes & Examples: Evidence of how safeguarding is embedded in everyday practice, with examples of positive safeguarding outcomes, audits, and commissioner feedback.
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Updated for Procurement Act 2023 • CQC-aligned • BASE-aligned (where relevant)