What counts as a restaurant and food serving tender?

Restaurant and food serving tenders cover restaurant and cafe concessions, on-site dining operations and canteen or cafeteria services run for a public sector site. They include leases to run a cafe or restaurant inside a public building or visitor attraction, plus day-to-day food serving contracts for staff, students or residents.

Who buys restaurant and food-serving services in the public sector?

Councils, universities and visitor attractions such as parks and heritage sites are regular buyers, alongside school trusts and care providers running their own dining services. Awards are commonly let as concessions or fixed-term service contracts.

Can small caterers and restaurant operators bid for these contracts?

Yes. Many notices are concessions or leases suited to independent operators as well as national catering groups. Buyers set out the space, opening hours and service style expected in the tender documents.

How do I find restaurant and food serving contracts before they are formally tendered?

Read estates and facilities strategies, park and visitor site plans, campus development plans and expiry dates for existing concessions, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

What CPV codes cover restaurant and food serving tenders?

Restaurant and food serving notices carry 55520000 (Catering services), 55524000 (School catering services) and 55523000 (Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions).

Restaurant and Food Serving Tenders and Contracts

See open restaurant and food serving tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.

Restaurant and food serving procurement covers staff restaurants and canteens in government offices and police headquarters, and cafe and restaurant concessions on university campuses. School dining also comes up, as do ice cream, mobile catering and bar concessions in parks, gardens and council buildings. Concessions at forest and garden visitor sites come up as well.

Concessions and licence agreements are a common route, and a staff restaurant is often bundled with coffee shops, vending and hospitality in one contract. Demand comes from universities, police forces, government departments, councils, school trusts and schools.

853 results

Expired contract, expired 29 June 2018Published 11 July 2018
Poltair Park Cafe - Modular Building
Cornwall CouncilSupplier(s) Not AwardedOther building completion workAwarded 26 February 2018
£50,000
Closed tender, closed 23 July 2018Published 10 July 2018
SPS00750- TYNE RIVERSIDE COUNTRY PARK CAFE AND INFORMATION CENTRE
Northumberland County Council
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 18 July 2018Published 27 June 2018
Ice Rink Cafe Concession 2018-22
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Value not stated
Stale Pre-tender, closed 25 September 2018Published 25 June 2018
Tegg's Nose Cafe - Concession - Market Engagement Event
Cheshire East CouncilMiscellaneous food products and dried goods
£650,000
Closed tender, closed 13 August 2018Published 18 June 2018
Museums Sheffield Cafe Operator
Sheffield Galleries and Museums TrustCatering services
£525,000
Closed tender, closed 13 July 2018Published 13 June 2018
Service Concession Contract for the provision of Parks Cafes' Catering Services
Cheshire East Council
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 13 July 2018Published 13 June 2018
Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
Cheshire East CouncilFood, beverages, tobacco and related products
£1,100,000
Awarded contractPublished 11 June 2018
Catering Concessions at Tipperary and Cork Racecourses
Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)Catering services
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 4 July 2018Published 8 June 2018
BHCC JB Stanmer Park Restoration Principal Contractor
SE Shared ServicesRestoration work
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 23 July 2023Published 7 June 2018
WCC - Dynamic Purchasing System - Provision of Mobile Catering Concessions at Council owned Properties
Warwickshire County CouncilCatering services
£15,000
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Awarded contract, expiring in 13 monthsPublished 31 May 2018
Retail trade services
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation TrustSupplier(s) TnS Catering Management LimitedRetail trade servicesAwarded 1 January 2018
£1
Closed tender, closed 12 June 2018Published 25 May 2018
Provision of a Catering Event Organiser to Provide and Fully Manage Mobile Catering Concessions at a Little Mix Concert
Gateshead CouncilRepair and maintenance services
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 18 May 2018Published 21 May 2018
GB-Basildon: Operation of Mobile Catering Concession Norsey Wood Nature Reserve
Basildon Borough CouncilCatering services
£10,000
Closed tender, closed 1 June 2018Published 18 May 2018
Summer Festival 2018 - Catering Concessions
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough CouncilSewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 25 May 2018Published 8 May 2018
Concession Tender for the Provision of Catering at Bingley Music Live Festival
City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilPrepared and preserved fish
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 25 May 2018Published 8 May 2018
Concession Tender for the Provision of Catering at Bingley Music Live Festival
City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilMiscellaneous food products and dried goods
Value not stated
Closed tender, closed 29 June 2018Published 4 May 2018
Greenwich Park Catering Concession
The Royal Parks LimitedCatering services
£2,300,000
Closed tender, closed 13 June 2018Published 3 May 2018
BBC Contract Catering Services (CF)
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Canteen and catering services
£9,100,000
Closed tender, closed 13 June 2018Published 30 April 2018
Canteen and catering services
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)Canteen and catering services
£9,100,000
Awarded contract, expiring in 15 monthsPublished 20 April 2018
Invitation to tender for the provision of Hospital Retail Catering Units
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation TrustSupplier(s) TnS Catering Management LimitedRetail trade servicesAwarded 1 January 2018
Value not stated

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about catering concession, cafe concession, staff canteen, restaurant concession, food and beverage concession, school dining, cafe operator, visitor centre cafe, park cafe, food concession, refreshment kiosk in the UK public sector.

What counts as a restaurant and food serving tender?
Restaurant and food serving tenders cover restaurant and cafe concessions, on-site dining operations and canteen or cafeteria services run for a public sector site. They include leases to run a cafe or restaurant inside a public building or visitor attraction, plus day-to-day food serving contracts for staff, students or residents.
Who buys restaurant and food-serving services in the public sector?
Councils, universities and visitor attractions such as parks and heritage sites are regular buyers, alongside school trusts and care providers running their own dining services. Awards are commonly let as concessions or fixed-term service contracts.
Can small caterers and restaurant operators bid for these contracts?
Yes. Many notices are concessions or leases suited to independent operators as well as national catering groups. Buyers set out the space, opening hours and service style expected in the tender documents.
How do I find restaurant and food serving contracts before they are formally tendered?
Read estates and facilities strategies, park and visitor site plans, campus development plans and expiry dates for existing concessions, which show work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the buyers behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.
What CPV codes cover restaurant and food serving tenders?
Restaurant and food serving notices carry 55520000 (Catering services), 55524000 (School catering services) and 55523000 (Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions).

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Poltair Park Cafe - Modular Building

SPS00750- TYNE RIVERSIDE COUNTRY PARK CAFE AND INFORMATION CENTRE

Ice Rink Cafe Concession 2018-22

Tegg's Nose Cafe - Concession - Market Engagement Event

Museums Sheffield Cafe Operator

Service Concession Contract for the provision of Parks Cafes' Catering Services

Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

Catering Concessions at Tipperary and Cork Racecourses

BHCC JB Stanmer Park Restoration Principal Contractor

WCC - Dynamic Purchasing System - Provision of Mobile Catering Concessions at Council owned Properties

Retail trade services

Provision of a Catering Event Organiser to Provide and Fully Manage Mobile Catering Concessions at a Little Mix Concert

GB-Basildon: Operation of Mobile Catering Concession Norsey Wood Nature Reserve

Summer Festival 2018 - Catering Concessions

Concession Tender for the Provision of Catering at Bingley Music Live Festival

Concession Tender for the Provision of Catering at Bingley Music Live Festival

Greenwich Park Catering Concession

BBC Contract Catering Services (CF)

Canteen and catering services

Invitation to tender for the provision of Hospital Retail Catering Units

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