# Meal-serving services (CPV 55320000) · UK Public Procurement Sector Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/meal-serving-services-55320000). UK public procurement sector intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Sector Summary:** Meal-serving services (CPV 55320000) covers UK public procurement for Meal-serving services. Tracked across 7 published procedures (1 in the last 12 months) across 7 contracting authorities, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Sector Information

- **Sector:** Meal-serving services

- **CPV Code:** `55320000`

- **Classification Level:** CPV Class (4-digit sub-sector)

- **Parent Division:** [Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (CPV 55000000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hotel-restaurant-and-retail-trade-services-55000000)

- **Live Open Tenders:** 0

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 1

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 7

- **Active Contracting Authorities (12m):** 1 (7 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 36 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Tenderline Sector Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/meal-serving-services-55320000

- **Sector RSS Feed:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/meal-serving-services-55320000/feed.xml

## Market Competition & Pricing Benchmarks

- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 2 bids (middle half 1–3) (median of 1 procedures, 36 months, contracts)

- **Typical Contract Value (Net):** £99k (median net contract award; interquartile range £58k–£136k)

- **Deadline to Award Decision:** 29 days (median)

## Other Classes in Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

1. [Catering services (CPV 55520000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/catering-services-55520000): 362 notices/12m

2. [Canteen and catering services (CPV 55500000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/canteen-and-catering-services-55500000): 51 notices/12m

3. [Hotel meeting and conference services (CPV 55120000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hotel-meeting-and-conference-services-55120000): 41 notices/12m

4. [Hotel accommodation services (CPV 55110000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hotel-accommodation-services-55110000): 30 notices/12m

5. [Holiday centre and holiday home services (CPV 55240000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/holiday-centre-and-holiday-home-services-55240000): 25 notices/12m

6. [Hotel services (CPV 55100000)](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/hotel-services-55100000): 16 notices/12m

## Leading Contracting Authorities in this Sector

Top public sector buyers procuring Meal-serving services work:

1. [Bury Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bury-council-ons-e08000002): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

2. [EUROSTAR GROUP](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/eurostar-group-GB-FTS-129344): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

3. [East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-and-north-hertfordshire-nhs-trust-GB-FTS-789): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

4. [Hampshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hampshire-county-council-ons-e10000014): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

5. [Liverpool City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/liverpool-city-council-ons-e08000012): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

6. [Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mid-and-south-essex-nhs-foundation-trust-nhs-raj): 1 notices (0 in last 12m)

7. [Wiltshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/wiltshire-council-ons-e06000054): 1 notices (1 in last 12m)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Distribution of published procurement notices by UK delivery region:

1. [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england): 2 notices (33%)

2. [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west): 2 notices (33%)

3. [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west): 1 notices (17%)

4. [South East England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-east): 1 notices (17%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers in this Sector

Top suppliers by distinct contract procedures won in Meal-serving services:

1. [Triviso Ice Cream](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/triviso-ice-cream-GB-FTS-162877): 1 procedures (4 awards) across 1 contracting authorities

2. [SHOWTIME ICE CREAM LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/showtime-ice-cream-ltd-coh-07969801): 1 procedures (2 awards) across 1 contracting authorities

3. [Compass Contract Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/compass-contract-services-limited-coh-01348894): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

4. [Events Horizon](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/events-horizon-coh-sc522389): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

5. [Inspectrum Food Safety](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/inspectrum-food-safety-coh-14325291): 1 procedures across 1 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Sector Analytics:** In-depth competition distributions, tender value histograms, procurement routes, and historical tender registers are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive Meal-serving services intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/meal-serving-services-55320000)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Compiled from official UK public notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Sector URL:** https://tenderline.uk/sectors/meal-serving-services-55320000

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt