CPV 55000000
Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services — UK government contracts
233
Contracts indexed
£8.2b
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 233 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
99 contracts worth £2.4b 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 tenders
C002022 Provision of a virtual platform to support the Public Services Delivery Scotland annual conference
£102kEPT-84737 Montgomery Primary School 879 DPS Lot 1 Catering
£445kTender document
Soft Market Engagement - Christmas Market
Market Engagement for an Emergency Accommodation Framework
Provision of Temporary Emergency Accommodation (East Lothian Council)
Provision of Temporary Emergency Accommodation (East Lothian Council)
C2C Public Inquiry Venue & Accommodation Booking
£0kTravel and Accomodation Booking System
£0kProvision of Visitor & Events Catering at Macduff Marine Aquarium
£1750kSocial Care Agency Workers Flexible Framework Agreement
£100000kBeach Green Kiosk Concession
£0kProvision of Outsourced Catering Services
£11k–209kSupply of Food Ingredients
£900kOutsourced Catering Tender - Ivy Education Trust
Provision of Catering Services
£2478kCA18412 - Learning Community Trust Tender for Catering Services
£539kThe Provision of a Diverse and Sustainable Catering Service
£1090kCatering concession Riverside Park, Glenrothes
Pan TfL Catering & other Food and Beverages Services
£27020kHow 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 233 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 £8.2bn. 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 City of Glasgow College, London Luton Airport Operations Limited, 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.