Food, beverages, tobacco and related products: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 15000000·Supplies · division·32 classes with notices
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 235 lots from 119 competitions run by 84 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 99 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 136 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 331 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 57 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 21 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Ice Cream Products and Equipment | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | 25 Nov 2026 | 22d | £3,700,000 |
| Cutenhoe Hill Primary School & Nursery _ Luton | Cutenhoe Hill Primary School & Nursery | 4 Dec 2026 | 31d | £478,800 |
| Invitation To Tender for The Supply & Distribution of Hot Pasta & Sauce Bar Concept | Embark Multi Academy Trust | 9 Nov 2026 | 6d | £5,500,000 ceiling |
Sub-sectors of food, beverages, tobacco and related…
32 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 637 of 1,038 notices in this division carry a class-level code
Show 8 quieter classes (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Prepared animal feeds for farm and other animals15710000 | 0 | 10 | 2 | — | |
Tobacco, tobacco goods and supplies15990000 | 0 | 6 | 4 | — | |
Starches and starch products15620000 | 0 | 2 | — | — | |
Animal feedstuffs15700000 | 0 | 10 | 3 | — | |
Malt beer15960000 | 0 | 4 | — | — | |
Crude animal or vegetable oils and fats15410000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Butter15530000 | 0 | 1 | — | — | |
Sugar and related products15830000 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Local authorities34%(350 notices)
350 of 1,027 notices are Local authorities (34%).Central government19%(196 notices)
196 of 1,027 notices are Central government (19%).Education & universities19%(191 notices)
191 of 1,027 notices are Education & universities (19%).Other public bodies8%(83 notices)
83 of 1,027 notices are Other public bodies (8%).NHS & health5%(56 notices)
56 of 1,027 notices are NHS & health (5%).Not classified15%(151 notices)
151 of 1,027 notices are Not classified (15%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Leeds City Council | Local authorities | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| Procurement and Logistics Service | not classified | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Education Authority NI | Education & universities | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) ("NSS") | NHS & health | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council | Local authorities | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| Corporate Officer of the House of Commons | Central government | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Shropshire Council | Local authorities | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| Kirklees Council | Local authorities | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION LIMITED | Other public bodies | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED | Education & universities | 13 | 1 | 0 |
429 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 818 of 1,038 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 54% | 33% | |
| Scotland | 2 | 84% | 93% | |
| Greater London | 2 | 52% | 25% | |
| West Midlands | 2 | 56% | 23% | |
| North West England | 4 | 61% | 56% | |
| South East England | 3 | 42% | 53% | |
| South West England | 3 | 50% | 26% | |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 29% | 75% | |
| East Midlands | 3 | 63% | 30% | |
| East of England | — | 42% | 13% | |
| North East England | — | 54% | 36% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract76%(789 notices)
789 of 1,038 notices are Contract (76%).Framework23%(239 notices)
239 of 1,038 notices are Framework (23%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(10 notices)
10 of 1,038 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open62%(642 notices)
642 of 1,038 notices are Open (62%).Route not published15%(155 notices)
155 of 1,038 notices are Route not published (15%).Selective10%(100 notices)
100 of 1,038 notices are Selective (10%).Limited / restricted9%(95 notices)
95 of 1,038 notices are Limited / restricted (9%).Direct award4%(46 notices)
46 of 1,038 notices are Direct award (4%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold82%(160 notices)
160 of 196 notices are Above threshold (82%).Below threshold18%(36 notices)
36 of 196 notices are Below threshold (18%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (366) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid27%(64)
64 of 235 lots fall in 1 bid (27%).2–337%(87)
87 of 235 lots fall in 2–3 (37%).4–629%(67)
67 of 235 lots fall in 4–6 (29%).7 or more7%(17)
17 of 235 lots fall in 7 or more (7%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 235 lots from 119 competitions run by 84 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 99 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 136 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
243 of 341 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 25 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
355 SME bids out of 686, on 221 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
147 of 276 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 130 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
14 of 366 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 216 lots from 50 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 1,364 awards to 462 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 13% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| BFS GROUP LIMITED | 24 | 32 | 12 | 24 |
| Bidfood | 20 | 27 | 1 | 19 |
| Henderson Foodservice Limited | 17 | 60 | 2 | 7 |
| Brake Bros Ltd | 15 | 28 | 2 | 11 |
| TIFFIN SANDWICHES LIMITED | 14 | 23 | 4 | 14 |
| CASTELL HOWELL FOODS LIMITED | 12 | 40 | 2 | 10 |
| Harlech Foodservice Limited | 11 | 22 | 3 | 10 |
| Turner Price Limited | 9 | 15 | 1 | 7 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 508 of 1,038 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in food, beverages, tobacco and related…
21 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 15, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 2 Nov 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.