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Semi independent living contracts

UK public sector · 76 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
76
Last 12 months
Median contract
£461k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£144m
70 of 74 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
45
Suppliers
61

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most semi independent living contracts took 24% of them (18 of 76).
  • The median contract, £461k, is 64% above the median across social care contracts (£281k).
  • Wales had the most contracts: 12, or 16% of the total.

Who buys semi independent living

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Darlington Borough Council6 contracts
  2. 2Lincolnshire County Council4 contracts
  3. 3Central Bedfordshire Council4 contracts
  4. 4London Borough of Camden3 contracts
  5. 5Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council3 contracts
  6. 6Bath & North East Somerset Council3 contracts
  7. 7Wirral Council3 contracts
  8. 8North Yorkshire Council2 contracts
  9. 9Manchester City Council2 contracts
  10. 10Nottinghamshire County Council2 contracts

Top semi independent living contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1ROC Group5 contracts
  2. 2LIVEWEST HOMES LIMITED4 contracts
  3. 3Single Homeless Project3 contracts
  4. 4Stori3 contracts
  5. 5Curo Group3 contracts
  6. 6Framework Housing Association2 contracts
  7. 7Llamau2 contracts
  8. 8Taff Housing Association2 contracts
  9. 9Centrepoint Soho2 contracts
  10. 10Great Places Housing Group2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

6Q4 2025*23Q1 202620Q2 202627Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 60 · Wales 12 · Scotland 4

Wales12North East10North West10South West10London8East Midlands7East of England5Yorkshire and The Humber4West Midlands4Scotland4South East2

What is included

Supported accommodation with key work and independent living support for young people aged 16 to 25: looked-after 16 and 17 year olds and care leavers (Ofsted-registered supported accommodation and supported lodgings with host households), unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people, and homeless or at-risk young people in foyers, young people's pathway and young parents' schemes, with staffing from visiting support to 24/7, bought as placements, DPS call-offs, block contracts or housing-related support.

  • 16-plus placements and DPS call-offs
  • 24/7 staffed supported accommodation
  • Formerly unregulated or semi-independent placements
  • Block supported accommodation for care leavers aged 16 to 21
  • Accommodation for care-experienced young people moving to independence
  • Supported lodgings schemes
  • Host household placements
  • Supported lodgings for separated young people and care leavers
  • Foyers
  • Young people's pathway schemes and dispersed flats
  • Supported accommodation for young mothers aged 16 to 25
  • Supported housing for care leavers and at-risk young people bought as a housing service
  • Supported accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

What is not included

  • Children's homes (soc.child.childrens-residential-home-placements)
  • Foster placements (soc.child.foster-care-placements)
  • Parent and child assessment placements (soc.child.parent-and-child-assessment-placements)
  • Care leaver support without accommodation (soc.family.care-leavers-support)
  • Floating support for young people without accommodation (soc.house.floating-support)
  • Adult homeless hostels (soc.house.homeless-supported-accommodation)
  • Welfare support for adult asylum seekers (soc.asylum.asylum-seeker-welfare-and-outreach)
  • Removals for care leavers (another industry: transport-logistics)

Often bought by the same buyers