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Food and catering supplies contracts in the UK public sector
UK public sector buyers awarded 373 food and catering supplies contracts in the last twelve months, with a median published value of £400k. 319 end in the next 18 months, 35 of them within three months.
Food and drink products supplied to schools, hospitals, prisons and care settings. Distinct from catering services, and often split into lots that a regional supplier can realistically bid for.
- 373
- Contracts, last 12 months
- 2,300
- Contracts since 2021
- 581
- Buyers active here
- £400k
- Median contract value
- 319
- Expiring in 18 months
Categories are derived from the CPV codes buyers publish on each award notice. Figures cover January 2021 onward and are comprehensive from 2023. The median is used rather than a total, because one framework ceiling would otherwise describe the whole category.
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319 food and catering supplies contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Each has an end date already published in its award notice. The incumbent knows the date. Most competitors find out when the re-tender appears, by which point the specification is written.
- 35
- within 3 months
- 109
- within 6 months
- 238
- within 12 months
- 319
- within 18 months
By year: food and catering supplies ending in 2026 · food and catering supplies ending in 2027 · food and catering supplies ending in 2028 · food and catering supplies ending in 2029
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Who buys food and catering supplies
- The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services ("NSS")) Scotland83
- The University Caterers Organisation Ltd (TUCO Ltd)57
- YPO49
- Leeds City Council45
- NHS Supply Chain41
- Supply Chain Coordination Limited37
- Procurement and Logistics Service37
- Education Authority NI34
- The Education Authority32
- TUCO Ltd32
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Working in CPV codes? Food and catering supplies is CPV division 15, with every code beneath it and how often UK buyers use each one.
Common questions
Food and catering supplies procurement, in short
Who buys food and catering supplies in the UK public sector?
581 public sector organisations have awarded food and catering supplies contracts since 2021. The most active are The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services ("NSS")) Scotland (83 contracts), The University Caterers Organisation Ltd (TUCO Ltd) (57 contracts), YPO (49 contracts).
How much is a typical food and catering supplies contract worth?
The median is £400k, across the 2,160 contracts of 2,300 that publish a value. A median rather than an average, because a single framework worth hundreds of millions would otherwise make the typical contract look far larger than it is.
When do food and catering supplies contracts come up for renewal?
319 contracts in this category have an end date inside the next 18 months. End dates are published in the original award notice, so they are visible long before any re-tender is advertised, which is usually the point at which the specification is already written.
How do I find new food and catering supplies tenders?
Notices are published across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, each with its own search. Tender Radar reads all four each weekday morning and scores new notices against your profile, alongside the contracts in this category approaching renewal.
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Food and catering supplies contracts in the UK public sector [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/contracts/food-and-catering-supplies (Accessed: 7 November 2026).