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# Caterlink · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/caterlink-coh-04688681). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** Caterlink is a Large organisation public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 78 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** Caterlink
- **Organisation Scale:** Large organisation
- **Companies House number:** `04688681`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-10770` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 78
- **Primary Sector:** [Catering services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/catering-services-55520000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/caterlink-coh-04688681

## Bidding & Win Rate Record
- **Contested Win Rate:** 40% (2 lots won, 3 lost, 0 pending decision)
- **Total Bid Activity:** 6 lots bid across 5 procurement procedures
- **Framework & DPS Appointments:** 1 panel appointments across 1 framework or DPS lots
- **Buyer Relationships:** Bid with 5 distinct contracting authorities (2 contested without win)

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 25% above published budget estimate (median of 5 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £75m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £2.0m
- **Places on approved provider lists and panels:** 1 on 1 procedures; the lists total £19m, shared with other providers (not this supplier's revenue)

## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west), [West Midlands](https://tenderline.uk/regions/west-midlands), [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london), [Yorkshire and the Humber](https://tenderline.uk/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[Educo](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/educo-GB-PPON-PPVP-3991-WRNY):** 2 procedures
2. **[RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/red-box-consultancy-services-limited-coh-05126781):** 2 procedures
3. **[Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/crescent-purchasing-consortium-limited-GB-PPON-PZPR-8554-XHNX):** 1 procedures (32 awards)
4. **[Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ormiston-academies-trust-oat-coh-06982127):** 1 procedures (7 awards)
5. **[St Christopher's Multi Academy Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-christopher-s-multi-academy-trust-GB-FTS-134193):** 1 procedures (2 awards)

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[London Borough of Merton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-merton-ons-e09000024):** £20m · [School Meals Catering Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-meals-catering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02a5f6)
2. **[South Pennine Academies](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-pennine-academies-coh-07599308):** £5.6m · [South Pennine Academies - Outsourced Catering Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/south-pennine-academies-outsourced-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03c3cf)
3. **[St Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust - Catering Tender](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-academy-trust-catering-tender-GB-PPON-PHNV-3197-BYWL):** £5.6m · [St Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Trust - Catering Tender](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-academy-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05f713) · Awarded: 26 Jun 2026
4. **[Trust.Ed CSAT Alliance](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/trust-ed-csat-alliance-GB-FTS-72415):** £5.2m · [TrustEd CSAT Alliance Contract for Catering Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/trusted-csat-alliance-contract-for-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03985e)
5. **[St Francis and St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Company](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-francis-and-st-clare-catholic-multi-academy-company-coh-08578428):** £4.6m · [St Francis & St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Company Tender for Catering Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/st-francis-st-clare-catholic-multi-academy-company-tender-for-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03cfe1)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 9

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete Caterlink public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/caterlink-coh-04688681#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/caterlink-coh-04688681
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt