Catering equipment: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 39310000Supplies · classin Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

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 catering equipment

5 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
  • Central government 25% (38 notices)
  • Local authorities 23% (36 notices)
  • Education & universities 20% (31 notices)
  • Other public bodies 11% (17 notices)
  • NHS & health 5% (7 notices)
  • Not classified 17% (26 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
the Education AuthorityCentral government1510
Education Authority NIEducation & universities500
National Highways LimitedCentral government411
Procurement for HousingOther public bodies421
Education AuthorityEducation & universities400
LEIDOS SUPPLY, LIMITEDCentral government400
City of Glasgow CollegeEducation & universities300
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)Central government300
Procurement and Logistics Servicenot classified300
YPOnot classified300

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 110 of 160 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
Northern Ireland31 · 28%
Scotland17 · 15%
Wales (Cymru)14 · 13%
Yorkshire and the Humber12 · 11%
East of England12 · 11%
West Midlands10 · 9%
Greater London9 · 8%
South West England9 · 8%
East Midlands9 · 8%
South East England8 · 7%
North East England6 · 5%
North West England4 · 4%

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 61% (98 notices)
  • Framework 33% (52 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6% (10 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 57% (91 notices)
  • Route not published 21% (33 notices)
  • Selective 13% (21 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 9% (15 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 56% (22 notices)
  • Below threshold 44% (17 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=39median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (61) · 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=31
  • 1 bid 0% (0)
  • 2–3 26% (8)
  • 4–6 48% (15)
  • 7 or more 26% (8)
Contract value, net
p25 £152,500median £440,000p75 £1,149,954
interquartile range of 47 awards · p90 £1,692,600
Typical bids per lot5robust · n=19middle half 4–7
Competed84%robust · n=61open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs54%robust · n=157of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs85%robust · n=33single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally69%robust · n=29winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned3%robust · n=61cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot9robust · n=1743 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 284 awards to 123 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 43% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 58 of 160 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

JAGGAER / BravoSolution9 notices · 16% · 1 open
Proactis / ProContract7 notices · 12%
Delta eSourcing5 notices · 9%
eTendersNI4 notices · 7%
Sell2Wales4 notices · 7%

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 3931. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 18 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 3931. 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.