CPV 55000000
Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services — UK government contracts
40
Contracts indexed
£1.5b
Known total value
What UK government contracts fall under CPV 55000000?
Division 55 covers hotel, restaurant and catering services — school and hospital meals, hospitality for events, canteen operation and residential accommodation services. Food as goods is division 15; this division is the service of feeding people.
Schools and multi-academy trusts (catering contracts, typically 3–5 years), councils (school meals frameworks, civic catering), NHS trusts (patient dining, retail catering), universities and the MoD are consistent buyers.
Tendarix indexes 40 contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, each with a plain-English AI summary.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
37 contracts worth £1.5b in disclosed value were published for Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (CPV 55000000) in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Recent contracts
Pan TfL Catering & other Food and Beverages Services
Virano Managed Service Catering Framework
Catering Services
1
GCC006633CPU - Provision of Courier Services for the Delivery of Prepared Meals and Related Sundry Products
Appointment of a Development Management Organisation
Provision of Catering Services
C002022 Provision of a virtual platform to support the Public Services Delivery Scotland annual conference
£150kCA18230 - Nova Education Trust Tender for Catering Services
£10983kCatering Services
Inverness Town House Catering
£250kSchools Catering Service
Further Competition via YPO Food Deal DPS 000985 Category 9 - Catering Provision for HAF Programme
Provision of Emergency Homeless Accommodation Request for Information - 722-NYC-CD
CA18139 - Saint Bede's Catholic High School tender for catering services
£709kSupply of Meat
£0kEmergency Planning - Accommodation & Travel
Catering Services for the OPCC & HIWFRA
£0kSun Pavilion Catering Contract
Catering Service at Paisley Museum Re-Imagined
How to win hotel, restaurant and retail trade services tenders
School catering is won on food quality within a hard price-per-meal envelope: sample menus costed against school food standards, take-up growth plans and investment offers (kitchen equipment, servery refurbishment) decide evaluations. Show allergen management maturity and real staff-transfer (TUPE) experience — mismanaging either is the classic new-entrant failure buyers screen for.
Frequently asked questions
What does CPV code 55000000 cover?
Division 55 covers hotel, restaurant and catering services — school and hospital meals, hospitality for events, canteen operation and residential accommodation services. Food as goods is division 15; this division is the service of feeding people.
How many Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services contracts are published in the UK?
Tendarix has indexed 40 UK public-sector contracts in this category from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council websites, with a combined known value of £1.5bn. New notices are added daily as buyers publish them.
Who buys Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services in the public sector?
Recent buyers on Tendarix include The North Yorkshire Council, Hull City Council, PHP Law LLP. Schools and multi-academy trusts (catering contracts, typically 3–5 years), councils (school meals frameworks, civic catering), NHS trusts (patient dining, retail catering), universities and the MoD are consistent buyers.
How do I win Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services tenders?
School catering is won on food quality within a hard price-per-meal envelope: sample menus costed against school food standards, take-up growth plans and investment offers (kitchen equipment, servery refurbishment) decide evaluations. Show allergen management maturity and real staff-transfer (TUPE) experience — mismanaging either is the classic new-entrant failure buyers screen for.