Hotel meeting and conference services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 55120000Services · 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 hotel meeting and conference services

2 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 43% (30 notices)
  • Central government 26% (18 notices)
  • Education & universities 12% (8 notices)
  • Other public bodies 9% (6 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 1% (1 notices)
  • Not classified 9% (6 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
British CouncilLocal authorities1680
National Highways LimitedCentral government411
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineEducation & universities211
North West Ambulance Service NHS TrustCentral government210
Sheffield City CouncilLocal authorities200
UK Research and InnovationCentral government200
AHDB (Defra Network eTendering Portal)not classified100
APUC LIMITEDnot classified100
BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITEDOther public bodies100
BRITISH COUNCIL(THE)Local authorities110

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 29 of 69 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
Wales (Cymru)6 · 21%
Scotland5 · 17%
West Midlands5 · 17%
North East England4 · 14%
North West England4 · 14%
Yorkshire and the Humber3 · 10%
Greater London3 · 10%
East of England2 · 7%
South East England2 · 7%
South West England2 · 7%
East Midlands1 · 3%
Northern Ireland1 · 3%

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 74% (51 notices)
  • Framework 20% (14 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6% (4 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 57% (39 notices)
  • Selective 22% (15 notices)
  • Route not published 14% (10 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 7% (5 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 56% (14 notices)
  • Below threshold 44% (11 notices)
Typical tender window32 daysrobust · n=26median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (40) · 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=10
  • 1 bid 30% (3)
  • 2–3 20% (2)
  • 4–6 30% (3)
  • 7 or more 20% (2)
Contract value, net
p25 £98,484median £361,996p75 £1,850,000
interquartile range of 12 awards · p90 £17,150,000
Typical bids per lot4robust · n=10middle half 2–6
Competed90%robust · n=40open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Abandoned10%robust · n=40cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot4robust · n=714 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 59 awards to 46 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 28 of 69 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

EU-Supply Complete Tender Management7 notices · 25% · 1 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution6 notices · 21% · 1 open
Sell2Wales3 notices · 11%

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 5512. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 1 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 5512. 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.