# Litmus Tender Management System (Litmus (catering and FM consultancy)) · UK E-Sourcing Portal Intelligence

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/platforms/litmus-tms). Official UK public procurement portal intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Portal Summary:** Litmus Tender Management System (operated by Litmus (catering and FM consultancy)) is an electronic tendering system used across the UK public sector. Tracked across 145 published procedures (88 in the last 12 months) by 119 contracting authorities, with 19 live opportunities routing submissions through this gateway right now.

## Key Portal Information

- **Portal:** Litmus Tender Management System

- **Operator:** Litmus (catering and FM consultancy)

- **Primary Domains / Hosts:** `litmustms.co.uk`

- **Live Open Tenders:** 19

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 88

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 145

- **Contracting Authorities (12m):** 76 (119 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 113 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Median Published Estimate (excl. VAT):** £1.1m (n=36)

- **Median Published Estimate (VAT-inclusive only):** £1.5m (n=109)

- **Primary Sectors:** Schools & Colleges, Catering (CPV 55), Cleaning & Facilities (CPV 90)

- **Tenderline Portal Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/platforms/litmus-tms

## How to Bid & Registration Prerequisites

The Litmus Tender Management System (LTMS) has run since 2006 as the secure portal of Litmus, a catering and facilities management consultancy that manages tenders on behalf of schools, colleges and other clients. Suppliers receive invitations and submit their documentation through LTMS, with all data held in a Cyber Essentials accredited environment.

Suppliers are invited to managed tenders by Litmus and respond through LTMS; registration is managed rather than open.

- **Registration Advice:** Managed tender service: suppliers respond to invitations through LTMS

## Competition & Bidding Benchmarks

- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 5 bids (middle half 3–5) (median of 97 contested contract procedures, 36 months)

- **Single-Bid Rate:** 12% of lots drew only one bidder

- **SME Win Rate:** 40% of classified single-supplier awards won by SMEs (resolved supplier size; group/subsidiary awards counted separately, 2 here)

## Live Open Tenders Routing through Litmus Tender Management System

Currently open for bidding with submission on this portal (soonest deadline first):

1. [St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust & Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust ~ Cleaning Tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/st-ralph-sherwin-catholic-multi-academy-trust-our-lady-of-lourdes-catholic-multi-academy-t-ocds-h6vhtk-06aa56): £18,350,000 · Deadline: 27 Nov 2026 · St Ralph Sherwin and Our Lady of Lourdes Trusts

2. [Waverley Education Foundation and Al-Furqan Primary School ~ Catering Tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/waverley-education-foundation-and-al-furqan-primary-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-06cc6a): £3,540,000 · Deadline: 11 Dec 2026 · Waverley Education Foundation

3. [St Francis of Assisi Catholic College ~ Catering Tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-college-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-06c69b): £564,000 · Deadline: 11 Dec 2026 · St Francis of Assisi Catholic College

4. [Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School ~ Catering tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/blessed-hugh-faringdon-catholic-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-06de03): £967,540 · Deadline: 18 Dec 2026 · Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School

5. [Lady Margaret School Sacred Heart High School William Morris Sixth Form ~ Cleaning Tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/lady-margaret-school-sacred-heart-high-school-william-morris-sixth-form-cleaning-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-077ba3): £2,390,000 · Deadline: 8 Jan 2027 · Lady Margaret, Sacred Heart and William Morris Sixth Form

6. [Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence ~ Catering Tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cleeve-school-sixth-form-centre-of-excellence-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-06aabe): £1,560,000 · Deadline: 8 Jan 2027 · Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence

7. [All Saints’ Academy ~ Catering Tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/all-saints-academy-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-06d3f1): £1,815,000 · Deadline: 15 Jan 2027 · All Saints' Academy

8. [Sheffield South East Trust Cluster ~ Catering Tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sheffield-south-east-trust-cluster-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-07bbc0): £22,000,000 · Deadline: 18 Jan 2027 · Sheffield South East Trust Cluster

## Leading Contracting Authorities on Litmus Tender Management System

Top public authorities routing procurements through this portal:

1. [Godalming College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/godalming-college-GB-PPON-PVVT-4656-ZCTR): 3 notices (3 in last 12m) · **3 open**

2. [Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cleeve-school-sixth-form-centre-of-excellence-GB-PPON-PCBW-8344-ZHLQ): 2 notices (2 in last 12m) · **1 open**

3. [Cotham School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cotham-school-urn-137440): 2 notices (2 in last 12m) · **1 open**

4. [Pontarddulais Comprehensive School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/pontarddulais-comprehensive-school-urn-401772): 2 notices (1 in last 12m) · **1 open**

5. [St Michael's CE High School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-michael-s-church-of-england-high-school-urn-136893): 2 notices (2 in last 12m) · **1 open**

6. [St Ralph Sherwin and Our Lady of Lourdes Trusts](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-ralph-sherwin-and-our-lady-of-lourdes-trusts-GB-PPON-PMXT-6964-LMWV): 2 notices (2 in last 12m) · **1 open**

7. [Wellacre Academy](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wellacre-academy-GB-PPON-PDBJ-8415-LXHM): 2 notices (1 in last 12m) · **1 open**

8. [Bohunt Education Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bohunt-education-trust-coh-07535642): 2 notices (0 in last 12m)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)

Key sectors procured via Litmus Tender Management System:

1. [Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hotel-restaurant-and-retail-trade-services-55000000) (CPV 55): 68 notices (47%)

2. [Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/cleaning-environmental-services-90000000) (CPV 90): 64 notices (44%)

3. [Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79): 5 notices (3%)

4. [IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72): 3 notices (2%)

5. [Clothing, footwear, bags](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/clothing-footwear-luggage-articles-and-accessories-18000000) (CPV 18): 2 notices (1%)

6. [Agricultural, forestry, horticultural services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/agricultural-forestry-horticultural-aquacultural-and-apicult-77000000) (CPV 77): 2 notices (1%)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Key delivery regions for procurements published on Litmus Tender Management System:

1. [West Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/west-midlands): 30 notices (22%)

2. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 29 notices (21%)

3. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 17 notices (13%)

4. [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england): 16 notices (12%)

5. [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west): 16 notices (12%)

6. [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london): 9 notices (7%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers on Litmus Tender Management System

Top winning suppliers on notices routing through this portal:

1. [Cater Link Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/caterlink-limited-trading-as-caterlink-coh-03732298): 6 procedures across 6 contracting authorities

2. [Olive Dining](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/olive-dining-coh-08093774): 6 procedures across 6 contracting authorities

3. [Aspens Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/aspens-services-limited-coh-06561073): 5 procedures (6 awards) across 5 contracting authorities

4. [Purgo Supply Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/purgo-supply-services-limited-coh-08665358): 5 procedures across 5 contracting authorities

5. [abm catering limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/abm-catering-limited-coh-04168334): 5 procedures across 5 contracting authorities

6. [Innovate Services](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/innovate-services-coh-06420662): 4 procedures (8 awards) across 4 contracting authorities

7. [Cleantec Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cleantec-services-limited-coh-04155336): 4 procedures (5 awards) across 4 contracting authorities

8. [Bulloughs Cleaning Services Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bulloughs-cleaning-services-ltd-coh-02101304): 4 procedures across 4 contracting authorities

## 2026 UK Procurement Portals Ranking & Market Profile

- **Edition:** 14 November 2026; fixed 24-month Find a Tender study, separate from live counts above.

- **Activity ranking:** #18 of 18 shared portals by observed procedure volume. No composite quality score.

- **24-month Published Attributable Award Value:** £0.07bn across 112 awards (25 valued; median £1,130k; SMEs won £0.01bn [76.6% of £ spend vs 39.7% by contract count]; middle deadline-to-recorded-award interval 53.5 days; published values are not verified expenditure and retain unresolved source anomalies).

- **Observed procedures:** 138

- **Distinct canonical buyers:** 113

- **Leading primary sectors:** Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (65 procedures); Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental (62 procedures); IT services: consulting, software, internet (3 procedures)

- **Named buyers:** Godalming College (3 procedures); Bohunt Education Trust (2 procedures); Bordesley Green Girls School (2 procedures); Cabot Learning Federation Multi Academy Trust (2 procedures); Castle School Education Trust (2 procedures)

- **PA 2023 competition sample:** 112 lots across 96 procedures (below the 150-procedure league-table threshold).

- Hostnames do not measure accounts. Multi-stage procedures can close initial participation earlier than the final tender deadline. Follow the actual notice and verify registration/workspace reuse.

- [Compare all 18 portals in the 2026 UK Procurement Portals Ranking](https://tenderline.uk/research/uk-procurement-platforms-ranking-2026)

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Portal Dossier:** Historical tender flows, portal hosts, buyer types, and direct submission routes are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Litmus Tender Management System intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/platforms/litmus-tms)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Official procurement notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Platform URL:** https://tenderline.uk/platforms/litmus-tms

- **2026 Portals Benchmark:** https://tenderline.uk/research/uk-procurement-platforms-ranking-2026

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt