Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 55000000·Services · division·19 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 478 lots from 393 competitions run by 374 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 272 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 206 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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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 683 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 241 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 66 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Orbital South Colleges Catering Services: East Surrey College & John Ruskin College | East Surrey College | 27 Nov 2026 | 24d | £1,900,000 |
| Meals on Wheels | Tower Hamlets | 2 Dec 2026 | 29d | £3,000,000 |
| Anglian Learning - Catering Tender | Anglian Learning | 27 Nov 2026 | 24d | £18,650,000 |
Sub-sectors of hotel, restaurant and retail trade…
19 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 2,465 of 2,568 notices in this division carry a class-level code
| Class | Open now | Notices, 12m | Buyers | Bids / lot | SME wins |
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Catering services55520000 | 43 open → | 1,279 | 4 | 21% | |
Canteen and catering services55500000 | 8 open → | 162 | 3 | 23% | |
Hotel meeting and conference services55120000 | 2 open → | 51 | 8 | 37% | |
Hotel accommodation services55110000 | 4 open → | 53 | 6 | 24% | |
Holiday centre and holiday home services55240000 | 1 open → | 26 | 8 | 62% | |
Retail trade services55900000 | 2 open → | 48 | 1 | — | |
Hotel services55100000 | 1 open → | 26 | 2 | 53% | |
Restaurant and food-serving services55300000 | 4 open → | 40 | 3 | — | |
Cafeteria services55330000 | 2 open → | 20 | 2 | — | |
Letting services of short-stay furnished accommodation55250000 | 7 open → | 27 | 8 | — | |
Services provided by bed and breakfast establishments55270000 | 6 open → | 6 | — | — | |
Canteen services55510000 | 1 open → | 11 | — | — | |
Camping-site services55220000 | 2 open → | 3 | 1 | — | |
Camping sites and other non-hotel accommodation55200000 | 1 open → | 6 | 1 | — | |
Bar management services55410000 | 2 open → | 3 | 1 | — | |
Other hotel services55130000 | 2 open → | 1 | — | — | |
Youth hostel services55210000 | 1 open → | 2 | — | — | |
Beverage-serving services55400000 | 4 open → | 1 | — | — |
Show 1 quieter class (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Meal-serving services55320000 | 0 | 7 | 2 | — |
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.
Education & universities34%(851 notices)
851 of 2,529 notices are Education & universities (34%).Local authorities20%(515 notices)
515 of 2,529 notices are Local authorities (20%).Other public bodies14%(360 notices)
360 of 2,529 notices are Other public bodies (14%).Central government11%(269 notices)
269 of 2,529 notices are Central government (11%).Police, fire & emergency2%(49 notices)
49 of 2,529 notices are Police, fire & emergency (2%).Not classified19%(485 notices)
485 of 2,529 notices are Not classified (19%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Central government | 40 | 21 | 0 |
| LONDON LUTON AIRPORT OPERATIONS LIMITED | not classified | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| British Council | Local authorities | 33 | 12 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| Educo | Other public bodies | 29 | 13 | 5 |
| ACE Advice Limited | not classified | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Forestry Commission | Other public bodies | 22 | 6 | 0 |
| RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED | not classified | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Forestry England | not classified | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| RPJ3 Group | Other public bodies | 17 | 11 | 0 |
1,580 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 2,165 of 2,568 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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| Greater London | 3 | 28% | 33% | |
| South East England | 4 | 27% | 50% | |
| East of England | 4 | 30% | 28% | |
| West Midlands | 5 | 18% | 39% | |
| South West England | 4 | 27% | 30% | |
| North West England | 3 | 44% | 50% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 4 | 28% | 25% | |
| East Midlands | 3 | 31% | 15% | |
| North East England | 5 | 39% | 45% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 31% | 52% | |
| Scotland | 3 | 22% | — | |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 69% | 64% |
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.
Contract90%(2,308 notices)
2,308 of 2,568 notices are Contract (90%).Framework8%(198 notices)
198 of 2,568 notices are Framework (8%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(62 notices)
62 of 2,568 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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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.
Selective38%(963 notices)
963 of 2,568 notices are Selective (38%).Open37%(961 notices)
961 of 2,568 notices are Open (37%).Route not published14%(361 notices)
361 of 2,568 notices are Route not published (14%).Limited / restricted6%(152 notices)
152 of 2,568 notices are Limited / restricted (6%).Direct award5%(131 notices)
131 of 2,568 notices are Direct award (5%).
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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 threshold75%(474 notices)
474 of 633 notices are Above threshold (75%).Below threshold25%(159 notices)
159 of 633 notices are Below threshold (25%).
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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 (1,191) · 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 bid16%(76)
76 of 478 lots fall in 1 bid (16%).2–334%(161)
161 of 478 lots fall in 2–3 (34%).4–643%(204)
204 of 478 lots fall in 4–6 (43%).7 or more8%(37)
37 of 478 lots fall in 7 or more (8%).
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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 478 lots from 393 competitions run by 374 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 272 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 206 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
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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.
888 of 1,140 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 51 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.
809 SME bids out of 1,623, on 373 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.
154 of 546 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 312 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.
40 of 1,191 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 146 lots from 71 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 · 1,841 awards to 803 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 22% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| Aspens Services Limited | 98 | 107 | 20 | 95 |
| abm catering limited | 54 | 56 | 9 | 53 |
| Innovate Services | 51 | 61 | 16 | 49 |
| Cater Link Limited | 51 | 60 | 15 | 51 |
| Compass Contract Services (UK) Ltd | 48 | 60 | 27 | 46 |
| Olive Dining | 38 | 62 | 27 | 28 |
| Aramark Ltd | 30 | 30 | 6 | 30 |
| Caterlink | 29 | 32 | 3 | 27 |
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 · 838 of 2,568 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in hotel, restaurant and retail trade…
66 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 55, 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.