Restaurant and food-serving services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 55300000Services · 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 restaurant and food-serving services

3 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 32% (68 notices)
  • Education & universities 18% (39 notices)
  • Central government 14% (30 notices)
  • Other public bodies 5% (11 notices)
  • Police, fire & emergency 4% (9 notices)
  • Not classified 26% (55 notices)
Contracting authorityTypeNoticesLast 12 monthsOpen now
LONDON LUTON AIRPORT OPERATIONS LIMITEDnot classified1100
Forestry Englandnot classified500
NI Assemblynot classified500
Belfast City CouncilLocal authorities400
Forestry CommissionOther public bodies420
Metropolitan Police ServicePolice, fire & emergency400
Carmarthenshire County CouncilLocal authorities321
National Highways LimitedCentral government311
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial ServiceCentral government311
Forestry England for and on behalf of the Forestry Commissionnot classified300

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 145 of 213 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
East of England31 · 21%
South West England22 · 15%
North West England21 · 14%
Greater London20 · 14%
South East England18 · 12%
West Midlands15 · 10%
Northern Ireland14 · 10%
North East England14 · 10%
Wales (Cymru)13 · 9%
East Midlands11 · 8%
Yorkshire and the Humber10 · 7%
Scotland9 · 6%

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 86% (183 notices)
  • Framework 8% (18 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 6% (12 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 35% (75 notices)
  • Route not published 28% (60 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 22% (47 notices)
  • Selective 14% (30 notices)
  • Direct award 0% (1 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 47% (23 notices)
  • Below threshold 53% (26 notices)
Typical tender window35 daysrobust · n=51median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (110) · 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=30
  • 1 bid 47% (14)
  • 2–3 37% (11)
  • 4–6 17% (5)
  • 7 or more 0% (0)
Contract value, net
p25 £504,215median £1,009,865p75 £3,615,126
interquartile range of 58 awards · p90 £9,060,000
Typical bids per lot2robust · n=23middle half 1–3
Competed63%robust · n=110open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs44%robust · n=48of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Awards won by SMEs65%robust · n=40single-supplier awards with a declared scale
Won locally68%robust · n=31winner registered in the delivery region
Abandoned3%robust · n=110cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot8robust · n=824 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 139 awards to 94 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 20% of contract awards in the last 36 months

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 61 of 213 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

Proactis / ProContract15 notices · 25%
JAGGAER / BravoSolution9 notices · 15% · 1 open
Sell2Wales7 notices · 11% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing1 notices · 2%

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 5530. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 9 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 5530. 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.