Care & Healthcare

Every pound saved on procurement
is a pound spent on care.

UK care providers spend hundreds of millions annually on energy, laundry, consumables, and catering — almost none of it through a competitive procurement process. The financial pressure on social care is relentless. The procurement opportunity within it is largely untouched. Bundle IQ pools care sector buying power to deliver prices that individual providers can never negotiate alone. Free to join. No obligation. Compliance built in.

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17,000+
Registered care providers in England alone — the most underserved procurement market in the UK
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12–20%
Typical saving through collective buying vs individual auto-renewal
Compliance first
Every tender specifies CQC, infection control, and regulatory requirements as mandatory
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£0
Cost to care providers. Always. Suppliers compete for your business.
The problem

The most financially pressured sector in the UK has the most neglected procurement.

Care home managers are responsible for resident welfare, staff management, CQC compliance, safeguarding, and the continuous operational demands of 24-hour care. Procurement is the task that falls to the bottom of the list every week — not because it does not matter, but because every other task feels more urgent. Bundle IQ exists to take that task off the list entirely.

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Auto-renewal on every contract
Energy, laundry, consumables, and catering supply contracts renew automatically at prices the supplier sets. A 60-bed care home spending 15% above market rate across these categories is paying £12,000–19,500 more than it needs to — every year.
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No buying power alone
Large care groups tender contracts centrally and achieve pricing that independent care homes cannot. A pool of 25 independent care homes creates exactly that scale — without requiring any individual home to invest management time in running a procurement process.
Compliance is not optional
Care sector procurement cannot just be about the lowest price. Infection control standards, CQC requirements, IDDSI compliance for catering, thermal disinfection for laundry — every Bundle IQ care sector tender specifies compliance requirements as prerequisites, not considerations.
Live buying pools

Four pools. Open now. Free to join.

24 providers joined
Care Energy
Electricity & gas · care homes, nursing, supported living
£980k pipeline spendCloses 31 Jul
🛁18 providers joined
Laundry & Linen
Contract laundry · resident linen · staff uniforms
£720k pipeline spendCloses 31 Aug
🧤21 providers joined
Consumables & PPE
Gloves, aprons, masks, cleaning, infection control
£640k pipeline spendCloses 30 Sep
🍽️16 providers joined
Catering Supply
Fresh, ambient, frozen · IDDSI compliant · specialist dietary
£890k pipeline spendCloses 30 Sep
Provider counts and pipeline spend reflect expressions of interest registered with Bundle IQ. Updated weekly. Each provider contracts individually at the pool price — no joint liability.
All categories

Every major care operational cost. One platform.

How it works

Ten minutes of your time. IQ does the rest.

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Tell IQ what you need
Provider type, category, approximate annual spend. Ten minutes. No commitment required.
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Join the pool
IQ matches you with other providers. Combined spend creates buying power no individual home has alone.
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IQ runs the competition
Qualified suppliers compete. IQ evaluates on compliance first, then price. No non-compliant supplier is ever recommended.
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You see the number
Switch or stay — always your call. But now you know what the market offers — and what your current contract is actually costing.
Compliance & risk
CQC inspection readiness, infection control, and safeguarding

Care sector procurement is never only a cost exercise. CQC inspection frameworks examine supply chain adequacy — whether providers can demonstrate resilience, compliance, and appropriate supplier vetting. Infection control standards specify product requirements for cleaning chemicals and disinfectants. IDDSI compliance for catering suppliers. Staff uniform laundry thermal disinfection standards. Bundle IQ builds these requirements into every care sector tender as non-negotiable prerequisites. A supplier who cannot demonstrate compliance is not recommended regardless of price.

Read: Every pound spent on above-market care procurement is a pound not spent on care →
Every IQ tender includes
✓ Compliance requirements as prerequisites
✓ Supplier financial health check
✓ Certificate currency verification
✓ Full audit trail — brief to payment
✓ IQ Protection escrow
Also read: Your procurement team is managing 60% of your spend →

Find out what your contracts are actually costing.

Join a buying pool. Free for care providers. IQ handles the process. Compliance built in throughout.