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Telecare contracts

UK public sector · 212 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
212
Last 12 months
Median contract
£229k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£156m
208 of 209 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
87
Suppliers
52

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most telecare contracts took 52% of them (111 of 212).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £229k, is 2.1 times the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • North East had the most contracts: 31, or 15% of the total.

Who buys telecare

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

  1. 1NORTHERN HOUSING CONSORTIUM LIMITED100 contracts
  2. 2Thirteen Housing Group Limited4 contracts
  3. 3Coventry City Council3 contracts
  4. 4Progress Housing Group3 contracts
  5. 5Alliance Homes3 contracts
  6. 6Newcastle City Council3 contracts
  7. 7Mid Devon District Council3 contracts
  8. 8Northumberland County Council3 contracts
  9. 9Portsmouth City Council3 contracts
  10. 10Darlington Borough Council2 contracts

Top telecare contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Tunstall Healthcare38 contracts
  2. 2Careium22 contracts
  3. 3Legrand22 contracts
  4. 4Chiptech International20 contracts
  5. 5Appello10 contracts
  6. 6Secureshield Ltd10 contracts
  7. 7Taking Care9 contracts
  8. 8Everon7 contracts
  9. 9Enovation7 contracts
  10. 10Chubb Fire & Security7 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

36Q4 2025*60Q1 202654Q2 202662Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 197 · Scotland 7 · Wales 7 · Northern Ireland 1

North East31South East30West Midlands24North West22East Midlands21London14Yorkshire and The Humber13South West13East of England11Wales7Scotland7Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated18

What is included

Telecare for people living at home or in housing schemes: alarm hubs, pendants, fall detectors and home sensors, the alarm receiving platform or 24/7 monitoring centre behind them, response and proactive check-in services, and the move of these services from analogue to digital lines. Bought as equipment, as a platform or as a full technology-enabled care service.

  • Digital telecare alarm hubs, pendants, fall detectors and GPS locators
  • Home environment and activity sensors
  • Alarm receiving centre (ARC) monitoring and call handling for residents
  • Telecare monitoring platforms and software
  • Responder and proactive daily check-in services for tenants
  • Analogue-to-digital telecare switchover
  • Technology-enabled care partner services that advise on, integrate and monitor care technology
  • Hardwired and digital warden call and scheme alarm systems in sheltered and extra-care housing

What is not included

  • NHS remote patient monitoring and virtual wards -> it.lob.remote-patient-monitoring
  • Lone worker alarms for staff -> it.hw.lone-worker-devices
  • Assistive technology packages for disabled students -> it.hw.assistive-technology-equipment
  • Hospital nurse call -> con.elec.nurse-call-systems
  • Home care visit scheduling and carer call monitoring -> it.lob.homecare-scheduling-and-monitoring
  • Fire and intruder alarm monitoring -> not IT (security services)

Often bought by the same buyers