SectorUpdated 6 Sept 2026

Catering contracts & hospitality tenders

Live UK public sector opportunities in catering & hospitality, collected daily from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales.

41
future deadlines at snapshot
510
awarded, 12 months
£6.7bn
recorded value, 12m
810
ending within 12m of snapshot
1,372
buyers, 5 years

The UK public sector published 3,417 recorded catering & hospitality awards over the last five years, worth a recorded £19bn across 1,372 public buyers. 41 opportunities had future bid deadlines at the snapshot date, and 15% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 810 recorded contracts in this market end within the 12 months after the snapshot date.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, values describe contracts, not verified payments. Updated 6 Sept 2026.

Opportunity examples

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Supply of Food Service- Frozen, Ambient, Chilled and Fresh
FTSAnchor Hanover GroupCloses 27 Nov 2026
£88.4m
£9.0m
Generations Multi Academy Trust ~ Catering Tender
FTSGenerations Multi Academy TrustCloses 25 Sept 2026
£5.3m
Greenhouse Gas Calculator system
FTSTUCO LtdCloses 29 Feb 2028
£2.7m
18/1368 Fresh Meat - Supply and Delivery
PCSMoray CouncilCloses 25 Sept 2026
£1.9m
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Frameworks & DPS in this market

snapshot examples with future recorded deadlines
YPO - 000985 YPO New Food Deal
FTSYPOCloses 27 Oct 2028
£350m
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Who wins this work

top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 years
2Caterlink155 wins
£587m
£149m
£259m
5Bidfood105 wins
£2.3bn
6Aramark64 wins
£160m
£124m
8Brakes52 wins
£67.4m
£11.9m
10Olive Dining48 wins
£118m

Who buys it

top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 years
£2.7bn
4Home Office11 awards
£1.1bn
£443m
£390m
£364m
£171m
£140m
£138m
£128m

Awards by year

recorded awards per year
2020202120222023202420252026*2028*
Recorded awards*current year part-year

Recent awards

latest recorded awards, 12 months
Fresh Fish
FTSProcurement and Logistics ServiceAwarded 28 Aug 2026
£2.6m
Provision of Catering Services
CFNHS Blood and TransplantAwarded 28 Aug 2026
£2.5m
FTSBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole CouncilAwarded 27 Aug 2026
£250k
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Catering & Hospitality procurement, answered

computed from published notices

How many catering & hospitality contracts were open at the snapshot date?

41 catering & hospitality opportunities were recorded with future bid deadlines across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales as of 6 Sept 2026. This is a dated snapshot, not a live count. Check each official notice for changes; a free scan checks current opportunities against your business.

Who buys catering & hospitality services in the UK public sector?

1,372 public buyers awarded recorded catering & hospitality contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are Nottinghamshire County Council, Ministry of Justice, London Borough of Hounslow.

Which catering & hospitality frameworks and DPS were advertised at the snapshot date?

14 framework and DPS routes were advertised at the snapshot date for catering & hospitality work, including YPO - 000985 YPO New Food Deal and Term Extension of the National Highway's Social Enterprise Dynamic Purchasing System. BidSkim badges framework and DPS routes in your matched feed and flags the ones you can still join.

How many catering & hospitality contracts are coming up for renewal?

810 recorded contracts in this market carried an end date within 12 months of the snapshot date, worth a combined £1.1bn where a value was published. Renewal timing signals, incumbents and predicted return windows are part of BidSkim Predict.

Market snapshot

6 Sept 2026
Recorded awards, 5 years
3,417
Recorded value, 5 years
£19bn
Buyers active, 5 years
1,372
Ending within 12m of snapshot
810
Via framework or DPS, 12m
15%

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About this data. Built from published notices on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, classified by CPV code and entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are listed separately, excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Counts refer to the snapshot date; opportunity examples with past or same-day recorded deadlines are hidden. Official notices may contain amendments, cancellations or access restrictions. Last updated 6 Sept 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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