Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited, trading as ESS Government Services: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards
Companies House: Private Limited Company·Birmingham ·West Midlands·Main market: Catering services
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How many tenders this supplier has won.
Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.
Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.
Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.
Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
Where they wini
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
89 lot-level observations (87 awarded lots, 98%, plus 2 envelope awards without lot links; pending awards included) · top CPV classes
5552 Catering services49 observations · 67% · 47 lots + 2 envelope9091 Cleaning services7 observations · 10% · lots5550 Canteen and catering services5 observations · 7% · lots7131 Consultative engineering and construction services4 observations · 5% · lots5532 Meal-serving services3 observations · 4% · lots1586 Coffee, tea and related products2 observations · 3% · lots7999 Miscellaneous business-related services2 observations · 3% · lots1500 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products1 observations · 1% · lotsi
How much this supplier has won, by published values.
Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.
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What one of this supplier’s wins is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Authority | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Managed Outsourced Solution for Education Catering | Hampshire County Council | 30 Jun 2025 | 5 yrs · up to 7 yrs | £82,693,390 ≈ £17m/yr |
| Catering and Banqueting Services at the QEII Centre | MHCLG (on behalf of the QEII Centre) | — | — | £80,000,000 † |
| School Catering Services for East Sussex County Council | East Sussex County Council | 2 Mar 2026 | 5 yrs · up to 7 yrs | £72,800,000 ≈ £15m/yr |
| Hull University Teaching Hospitals ~ Retails Food Service Tender | Hull University Teaching Hospitals | — | — | £64,064,346 † |
| Retail and Event Catering Services at Imperial War Museums (IWM) | Imperial War Museum | — | — | £37,000,000 † |
Where they deliveri
Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
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Where this supplier has delivered.
Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.
Where the work was, not where the company is based.
ITL1 delivery regions on the notice · 56 of 59 awarded procedures publish one · a procedure with several regions counts in each
Bidding recordi
Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.
Lots on Procurement Act 2023 award notices naming it as a bidder, split into won and lost. The lot is the contest: three lots of a ten-lot notice is three wins and seven losses.
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Competitions this supplier is known to have bid in.
Lots on Procurement Act 2023 award notices naming it as a bidder, split into won and lost. The lot is the contest: three lots of a ten-lot notice is three wins and seven losses.
Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 16 notices name this supplier, covering 26 lots since 26 Sept 2025 · observed bids, not an estimate
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How often this supplier wins when it bids.
Won divided by won plus lost, counted per LOT on Procurement Act 2023 notices naming every bidder. Framework places are counted separately.
Real bids, but only where the buyer named the bidders.
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Frameworks and DPS this supplier got onto.
Lots appointed out of lots applied for. Kept apart from contract wins because almost every compliant bidder gets a place.
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How many public bodies this supplier has bid to.
Buyers on notices that name it as a bidder, win or lose.
| Notice | Authority | Outcome | Bidders | Published |
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| PP-10191 Success for All Educational Trust Catering | Success For All Educational Trust | won | 7 | 24 Sept 2026 |
| SWFTCS SOFT FM | South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust | lost | 6 | 2 Sept 2026 |
| The Compass Partnership of Schools - Catering Services | The Compass Partnership of Schools | won | 5 | 10 Aug 2026 |
| PP-10183a Hornchurch Academy Trust Facilities Management Open Framework | HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST | appointed to 4 of 5 lots | 75 | 6 Jul 2026 |
| The Provision of Soft Facilities Management Services | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust | undecided | 4 | 29 Jun 2026 |
| Nexus Education Schools Trust - Catering and Cleaning Services | Nexus Education Schools Trust | lost | 6 | 10 Jun 2026 |
| Central Region Schools Trust - Catering Contract | CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS TRUST | lost | 6 | 22 May 2026 |
| PP-10173 Co-op Academies Trust Catering | THE CO-OPERATIVE ACADEMIES TRUST | lost | 7 | 18 May 2026 |
| GLF Schools Catering Contract | GLF SCHOOLS | undecided | 5 | 1 May 2026 |
| ACC Catering Service Concession Tender | Liverpool Experience Campus Ltd | won | 1 | 2 Apr 2026 |
Source: bids.details[].tenderers on Procurement Act 2023 notices (from 2025). PCR 2015 notices name no bidders, so earlier contests are invisible here. Latest ten notices shown.
Who they sell toi
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.
Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · award records explode on framework and DPS panels
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
- Education 28% (24 awards)
- Type not classified 24% (21 awards)
- Other public body 23% (20 awards)
- Police & fire 14% (12 awards)
- Central government 7% (6 awards)
- Local authority 3% (3 awards)
| Authority | Procedures | Share | Award records | Last activity |
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| ESPO | 3 | 5.1% | 7 | 5 Jun 2025 |
| The Police & Crime Commissioner for Sussex | 2 | 3.4% | 5 | 3 Mar 2026 |
| UK Hydrographic Office | 2 | 3.4% | 4 | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Liverpool Experience Campus Ltd | 2 | 3.4% | 2 | 9 Dec 2025 |
| Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT) | 1 | 1.7% | 7 | 19 Dec 2025 |
| Coastal Learning Partnership | 1 | 1.7% | 4 | 26 Mar 2026 |
| Reach South Academy Trust | 1 | 1.7% | 4 | 1 Jul 2026 |
| HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST | 1 | 1.7% | 4 | 21 May 2026 |
Share = of the 59 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 26 of 86 awards carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Ends | Published value |
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| Consumables for Soft Services | 30 Jun 2027 | £225,000 |
| Consumables for Soft Services | 30 Jun 2027 | £225,000 |
| Total Facilities Management Framework 2022 - NHS LPP | 7 Jul 2027 | £5,800,000,000 |
| Security and Cleaning Services | 21 Dec 2027 | £24,000,000 |
| Soft Services Hospitality | 28 Feb 2028 | £150,000 |
| Soft Services Hospitality | 28 Feb 2028 | £15,000 |
Recent awards
Latest 30 of 86 award records naming this supplier
| Award / procedure | Authority | Awarded | Award value |
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| PP-10191 Success for All Educational Trust Catering | Success For All Educational Trust | 22 Sept 2026 | £7,202,458 |
| EE-0009 Chelmsford County Girls Catering | CHELMSFORD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS | 28 Aug 2026 | £2,619,936 |
| EE-0017 Tonbridge Catering | TONBRIDGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL | 27 Aug 2026 | £1,170,000 |
| Onsite Catering Services | Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales | 10 Jul 2026 | £1,500,000 |
| Plymouth | Reach South Academy Trust | 1 Jul 2026 | £4,856,600 |
| Exeter | Reach South Academy Trust | 1 Jul 2026 | £1,095,895 |
| Salisbury | Reach South Academy Trust | 1 Jul 2026 | £286,075 |
| Gloucestershire & Wiltshire | Reach South Academy Trust | 1 Jul 2026 | £1,195,415 |
| Cleaning & Associated Services | Middlesex University | 30 Jun 2026 | £1,540,000 |
| The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust ~ Catering Tender | The Rainbow Multi Academy Trust ~ Catering Tender | 17 Jun 2026 | £2,600,000 |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS award and contract releases. An award record is one award × this supplier; a procedure can carry many (panels, call-offs).
- Market observations are awarded lots, or one envelope award when the notice publishes no lot links. Region = delivery ITL1 on the notice, not the supplier’s registered address.
- Authority type: official OCDS UK contracting-authority type when the notice publishes one; otherwise a Tenderline name/id class; otherwise “not classified”. Purchasing hubs with no published type stay unclassified.
- Published value attributable to this supplier alone: £556m across single-supplier awards, framework / DPS ceilings excluded. Coverage is partial and the figure is not turnover, so it is not shown as a headline.
- Contract end dates: published on 26 of 86 awards; 6 end within 18 months.
- Each figure’s own method and sample is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
- Never shown: contact details, reliability or payment scores, affiliations, predicted wins.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (28 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this supplier under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
+4 further identifiers not listed here.
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