Retail trade services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition

CPV 55900000Services · 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 retail trade services

5 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
  • Central government 31% (45 notices)
  • Local authorities 22% (32 notices)
  • Other public bodies 13% (19 notices)
  • Education & universities 7% (10 notices)
  • Charities 3% (4 notices)
  • Not classified 25% (37 notices)

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

Where the work is delivered

Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 109 of 149 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 England35 · 32%
Greater London20 · 18%
Wales (Cymru)15 · 14%
South East England10 · 9%
Northern Ireland10 · 9%
West Midlands9 · 8%
Yorkshire and the Humber8 · 7%
South West England7 · 6%
Scotland6 · 6%
North West England5 · 5%
North East England4 · 4%
East Midlands4 · 4%

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 87% (130 notices)
  • Framework 11% (16 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2% (3 notices)
Procedure route
  • Open 46% (69 notices)
  • Route not published 30% (44 notices)
  • Selective 21% (32 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 3% (4 notices)
Threshold
  • Above threshold 45% (19 notices)
  • Below threshold 55% (23 notices)
Typical tender window33 daysrobust · n=53median, notice to deadline

Competition

Contracts published in the last 36 months (74) · 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=21
  • 1 bid 67% (14)
  • 2–3 24% (5)
  • 4–6 10% (2)
  • 7 or more 0% (0)
Contract value, net
p25 £80,000median £190,000p75 £590,750
interquartile range of 10 awards · p90 £1,890,000
Typical bids per lot1robust · n=13middle half 1–2
Competed100%robust · n=74open or selective route, no direct-award transparency notice
Bids from SMEs62%robust · n=26of bids on lots publishing an SME split
Abandoned5%robust · n=74cancelled, unsuccessful or terminated without an award
Frameworks & DPS: bidders per lot2robust · n=513 vehicle procedures · admission to a panel, not a contest

Who wins

Single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier on notices carrying this code · 64 awards to 47 suppliers

Where to submit

E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 52 of 149 notices name one · each portal page explains registration

In-tend Electronic Procurement19 notices · 37% · 2 open
JAGGAER / BravoSolution9 notices · 17%
Sell2Wales4 notices · 8% · 1 open
Delta eSourcing2 notices · 4%
eTendersNI2 notices · 4%

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 5590. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Earliest notice 2021; latest 15 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 5590. 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.