W. V. Howe Limited: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

SMECompanies House: Private Limited CompanyBirminghamWest MidlandsMain market: Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies

Official UK PPONPVLR-2815-LXPVCompanies House00507835 ↗ · ActiveWebsiteshropshire,gov.uk ↗

Where they win
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44 awards (43 for a named lot, 98%, 1 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 44 awards. An award may cover more than one class.

3931 Catering equipment26 awards · 59% · awards naming a lot
3922 Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies13 awards · 30% · 12 awards naming a lot + 1 whole-procedure awards
Attributable award value
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£3.1mOn 4 of 44 award records; the five largest make 100%. Largest rows below.
Typical attributable award
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£210k middle valuemoderate · n=4
Award vs estimate
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Based on 3 wins in its industry (CPV division 39). Small sample.

0% at estimatemoderate · n=3compared within CPV division 39

Where their buyers are
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 28 of 28 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once

South East England7 procedures · 25%
East Midlands6 procedures · 21%
Yorkshire and the Humber4 procedures · 14%
West Midlands4 procedures · 14%
North West England3 procedures · 11%
North East England2 procedures · 7%
Greater London2 procedures · 7%

Bidding record
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Procurement Act 2023 award notices name every bidder · 1 notice names this supplier, covering 4 lots since 27 Oct 2026 · observed bids, not an estimate

Contract lots contested
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0 won · 0 lostFewer than three decided lots: no rate is claimed.
Framework / DPS places
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4 of 4Lots on 1 notice: a place is won per lot.
Authorities bid for
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NoticeAuthorityOutcomeBiddersPublished
98_26 Heavy and Light Catering Equipment - Supply, Maintenance and Kitchen Designframework/DPSESPOappointedall 4 lots bid for3927 Oct 2026

Bidder names come from Procurement Act 2023 award notices, which list every bidder (from 2025). Older notices name no bidders, so earlier contests do not appear here. Latest ten notices shown.

Who they sell to
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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  • Local authority55%(24 awards)
    24 of 44 awards are Local authority (55%).
  • Type not classified27%(12 awards)
    12 of 44 awards are Type not classified (27%).
  • Education16%(7 awards)
    7 of 44 awards are Education (16%).
  • Central government2%(1 award)
    1 of 44 awards is Central government (2%).
AuthorityProceduresShareAward recordsLast activity
ESPOframework/DPS on 4517.9%2419 Mar 2026
Leeds City Council310.7%31 Dec 2025
Surrey County Council310.7%38 Jan 2025
Hampshire County Councilframework/DPS on 127.1%930 Nov 2023
THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITEDframework/DPS on 127.1%710 Jul 2023
Newcastle City Council27.1%211 Feb 2025
Shropshire Councilframework/DPS on 127.1%227 Jun 2024
Ministry of Justice13.6%128 Sept 2022

Share = of the 28 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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51 of 59 awards carry an end date, 9 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 22.

Recent awards

Latest 30 of 44 award records naming this supplier

Contracts Finder adds 15 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.

Award / procedureAuthorityAwardedPublished value
Lot 3. Maintenance Services for Catering EquipmentESPO5 Mar 2026£45,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 15 appointed suppliers
Lot 4. Turnkey Kitchen SolutionsESPO5 Mar 2026£45,000,000
framework ceiling · 1 of 17 appointed suppliers
Lot 1 - Supply of Light Catering EquipmentLeeds City Council1 Dec 2025£73,998
RMCS 042 - Supply & Delivery of Kitchen Disposables & Light EquipmentShropshire CouncilNot published£355,000 †
joint award · 2 suppliers
Light catering equipment, delivered in bulk to warehouses for distributionHampshire County CouncilNot published£500,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 2 appointed suppliers
Light catering equipment, delivered in smaller quantities to individual establishmentsHampshire County CouncilNot published£1,000,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 10 appointed suppliers
Prime cooking equipment, including oven ranges, combi ovens, convection ovens, fryers and hot cupboardsHampshire County CouncilNot published£2,000,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 12 appointed suppliers
Refrigeration, including commercial upright and under-counter refrigeration and commercial upright and chest freezersHampshire County CouncilNot published£1,000,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 12 appointed suppliers
Ware-washing equipment, including front loading, pass through and rack conveyor dishwashersHampshire County CouncilNot published£1,000,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 13 appointed suppliers
General fabrication, including tabling, racking, shelving, cupboards, sink units, ambient unitsHampshire County CouncilNot published£1,000,000 †
framework ceiling · 1 of 12 appointed suppliers
About this data
  • One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
  • Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
  • Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
  • Contract end dates. Published on 42 of 59 awards, estimated from the published duration on 9 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.