Beverage-serving services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 55400000Services · classin Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

Codes and neighbouring classes

The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division

Open tenders in beverage-serving services

3 live at the nightly build · soonest deadline first

Who buys

All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name

Buyer type
  • Local authorities 53% (36 notices)
  • Education & universities 13% (9 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 7% (5 notices)
  • Central government 7% (5 notices)
  • Other public bodies 6% (4 notices)
  • Not classified 13% (9 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
Metropolitan Police ServicePolice, fire & emergency400
NI Assemblynot classified400
Portsmouth City CouncilLocal authorities420
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT OPERATIONS LIMITEDnot classified300
Carmarthenshire County CouncilLocal authorities221
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole CouncilLocal authorities220
Cardiff CouncilLocal authorities200
Dacorum Borough CouncilLocal authorities210
Dorset CouncilLocal authorities200
Redcar and Cleveland Borough CouncilLocal authorities200

47 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 57 of 68 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region

RegionNoticesBids / lotSME winsLocal wins
East of England10 · 18%
Northern Ireland9 · 16%
South East England8 · 14%
South West England8 · 14%
West Midlands8 · 14%
North West England7 · 12%
North East England7 · 12%
Wales (Cymru)7 · 12%
East Midlands5 · 9%
Yorkshire and the Humber5 · 9%
Greater London5 · 9%
Scotland3 · 5%

Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.

How it is bought

Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
  • Contract 88% (60 notices)
  • Framework 7% (5 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 4% (3 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 47% (32 notices)
  • Route not published 32% (22 notices)
  • Selective 18% (12 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 3% (2 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 42% (11 notices)
  • Below threshold 58% (15 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=25median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (35) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared

Bids per lot · n=11
  • 1 bid 18% (2)
  • 2–3 45% (5)
  • 4–6 27% (3)
  • 7 or more 9% (1)
Typical bids per lot2robust · n=11middle half 2–5
Competed100%robust · n=35open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs71%robust · n=34of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Won locally30%robust · n=10winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned6%robust · n=35cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 17 awards to 16 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 27 of 68 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract8 notices · 30%
Public Contracts Scotland (PCS)3 notices · 11% · 1 open
Sell2Wales3 notices · 11% · 1 open
eTendersNI2 notices · 7% · 1 open

Method

What the numbers on this page are and are not

Which notices count?

Every Find a Tender notice that carries a CPV code starting 5540. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 17 Sept 2026.

Competition figures

From the 36-month lot-grain contest statistics: a lot counts where its own CPV codes (or, for single-class notices, the procedure’s) start 5540. Bids per lot come from the award notice’s bid statistics; “competed” means an open or selective route with no direct-award transparency notice; contract values are net, on single-supplier awards, with framework and DPS ceilings excluded. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are reported separately because their “bids” are admissions to a panel.

Why no total value or month-by-month chart?

Sums of notice estimates repeat framework ceilings and mix net with gross. Monthly volumes per sector are not shown yet: the catalogue’s CPV coverage per notice changed in May 2026 (compiled records carry every lot’s codes), so a curve would show the catalogue, not the market.