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Temporary accommodation contracts

UK public sector · 65 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
65
Last 12 months
Median contract
£250k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£238m
61 of 62 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
41
Suppliers
89

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

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most temporary accommodation contracts took 29% of them (19 of 65).
  • The median contract, £250k, is close to the median across social care contracts (£281k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 16, or 25% of the total.

Who buys temporary accommodation

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

  1. 1Oxford City Council10 contracts
  2. 2BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL3 contracts
  3. 3Liverpool City Council2 contracts
  4. 4Nottingham City Council2 contracts
  5. 5ORBIT GROUP LIMITED2 contracts
  6. 6Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council2 contracts
  7. 7Westminster City Council2 contracts
  8. 8North Hertfordshire District Council2 contracts
  9. 9Beyond Housing2 contracts
  10. 10City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council2 contracts

Top temporary accommodation contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Fusion Lets Ltd8 contracts
  2. 2Insurance Claims Accommodation Bureau (ICAB)4 contracts
  3. 3Rent Connect Housing Ltd3 contracts
  4. 4Jigsaw Conferences Limited2 contracts
  5. 5Travelodge2 contracts
  6. 6KPJ Property Services2 contracts
  7. 7Freedom Community Alliance2 contracts
  8. 8TRAVELODGE HOTELS LIMITED2 contracts
  9. 9DOOLE'S LIMITED2 contracts
  10. 10THE SHARED LIVING GROUP LTD2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

18Q4 2025*13Q1 202615Q2 202619Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 64 · Scotland 1

South East16East of England10North East6South West6Yorkshire and The Humber5North West4East Midlands4West Midlands3London3UK-wide or not stated8

What is included

Supply and management of accommodation for homeless households the council owes a duty to: bed and breakfast, hotel, nightly-paid and private rented units, private sector and housing association leasing schemes, property acquisition, and managing agents that let, inspect, manage and hand back leased temporary or supported accommodation, sometimes with light resettlement support.

  • Bed and breakfast placements and frameworks
  • Emergency accommodation in hotels
  • Nightly-paid and emergency accommodation
  • Private rented temporary accommodation
  • Hotel rooms for direct-access short stays by rough sleepers
  • Statutory temporary accommodation with resettlement floating support
  • Short-term lets for households under Ukrainian resettlement schemes
  • Private sector leasing and housing association leasing schemes for temporary accommodation
  • Property acquisition for temporary accommodation
  • Property management of furnished temporary accommodation
  • Housing management agent services for supported housing and registered care schemes

What is not included

  • Staffed hostels, night shelters and assessment hubs (soc.house.homeless-supported-accommodation)
  • Support to residents (soc.house.floating-support)
  • Landlord-only provision of supported or extra care housing (soc.house.supported-housing-property-provision)
  • Home Office asylum hotels and dispersal housing (soc.asylum.asylum-accommodation-and-support)
  • Hotel bookings for staff travel or events (cat.accom.hotel-accommodation-for-staff-and-visitors)
  • Void and repair works (con.repair.void-works)
  • General property management advice (csl.prop.property-estate-management)

Often bought by the same buyers