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Supported living contracts

UK public sector · 110 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
110
Last 12 months
Median contract
£358k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£285m
94 of 103 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
47
Suppliers
632

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most supported living contracts took 16% of them (17 of 110).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £358k, is 27% above the median across social care contracts (£281k).
  • Yorkshire and The Humber had the most contracts: 37, or 34% of the total.

Who buys supported living

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

  1. 1East Riding of Yorkshire Council27 contracts
  2. 2Staffordshire County Council8 contracts
  3. 3NHS North West London ICB5 contracts
  4. 4Leicester City Council4 contracts
  5. 5Oldham Council4 contracts
  6. 6Darlington Borough Council4 contracts
  7. 7Durham County Council3 contracts
  8. 8Bridgend County Borough Council3 contracts
  9. 9Coventry City Council3 contracts
  10. 10Kirklees Council3 contracts

Top supported living contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Affinity Trust5 contracts
  2. 2Sherbutt Home Care Services Limited5 contracts
  3. 3Voyage Care4 contracts
  4. 4Priory4 contracts
  5. 5Creative Support3 contracts
  6. 6Dimensions UK3 contracts
  7. 7Lifeways3 contracts
  8. 8Pathfinders Community Support Ltd3 contracts
  9. 9DACY CARE LTD3 contracts
  10. 10Home Group3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

18Q4 2025*28Q1 202635Q2 202629Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 92 · Scotland 10 · Wales 8

Yorkshire and The Humber37West Midlands12Scotland10North East9Wales8East of England7North West6East Midlands6South East6London2South West1UK-wide or not stated6

What is included

Registered personal care and support for adults living in their own tenancies, in shared houses, clusters or single flats, mainly people with learning disabilities, autism or physical disabilities, with the landlord separate, and hourly outreach and enablement support that helps adults with disabilities or complex needs build skills, networks and independence in the community without accommodation. Bought through frameworks, block hours and individual placements.

  • Supported living frameworks and call-offs
  • Individual supported living placements, including NHS continuing healthcare funded and out-of-borough placements
  • Specialist supported living for autistic adults with complex needs
  • Shared and one-to-one support hours in supported living schemes
  • Community care and support with or without accommodation
  • Bespoke high-ratio supported accommodation packages
  • Low-level community support to build skills and social networks
  • Targeted outreach to help people with learning disabilities use mainstream services

What is not included

  • Mental health supported accommodation and mental health supported living schemes (soc.supp.mental-health-supported-accommodation)
  • Community mental health support (soc.supp.community-mental-health-support)
  • Registered care home placements (soc.res.specialist-residential-care-working-age-adults)
  • Landlord-only property provision (soc.house.supported-housing-property-provision)
  • Housing-related support without personal care (soc.house.floating-support)
  • Home care visits to people in their own homes (soc.home.domiciliary-home-care)
  • Stand-alone positive behaviour support input (soc.supp.positive-behaviour-support)
  • Shared Lives arrangements (soc.supp.shared-lives)
  • Day centres and group day opportunities (soc.supp.day-opportunities)
  • Community navigators for the general population (soc.prev.social-prescribing)

Often bought by the same buyers