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NHS catering tenders from UK public buyers

NHS catering tenders open now: 2. In the 12 months to 23 October 2026, UK public buyers published 46 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to ASSETPROC LIMITED on 28 Apr 2026.

Checked against primary sources3 sources linked below

NHS catering tenders published each month, October 2025 to October 2026: bar chart of 46 UK notices
Notices per month, UK time. All matched by text.

Which NHS catering tenders are open now?

2 notices with a deadline still ahead on 23 October 2026, closing soonest first, all matched by text.

NHS catering tenders matched by text

Each title, buyer or stated region matches this hub’s rule. That is a word match, not a judgment of what is bought.

No stated deadline: 1 tender notice from the last 60 days

These are tender-stage notices whose source gives no deadline and no ended status. They are not counted as open above: check the official record before treating one as live.

Which buyers publish the most catering for NHS buyers notices?

NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board, with 6 notices of 46 in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.

  1. NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board6
  2. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust3
  3. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST2
  4. CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST2
  5. Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust2
  6. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust2
  7. NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board2
  8. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust2

Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 46 notices in the window, read 23 October 2026.

How many catering for NHS buyers notices are published each month?

About 4 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was March 2026, with 12.

3 of the 10 catering for NHS buyers notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (30%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.

Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.

StageNotices
Award21
Tender13
Contract7
Planning5
Stage as the source records it, of 46 notices in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.
Stated valueNotices
Under £25,0000
£25,000 to £100,0003
£100,000 to £500,0002
£500,000 to £2 million1
£2 million or more4
Only the 10 notices that state a GBP value, excluding frameworks, placeholders of £1,000 or less and ceilings of £100 million or more. An estimate in a notice is not a contract value.

Who has won catering for NHS buyers contracts recently?

ASSETPROC LIMITED won 2 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.

The newest award

On 28 Apr 2026, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust recorded an award to ASSETPROC LIMITED for “Provision of Catering Audit Services”, at a recorded value of £34,200.

Read the award notice. Legacy award record; supplier allocation and signed-contract status unverified

SupplierAward notices won
ASSETPROC LIMITED2
2468 LIMITED1
ALLIANCE DISPOSABLES LIMITED1
BFS GROUP LTD TA BIDFOOD1
Care Vending1
Compass Group Holdings1
Elior UK PLC1
Greenworks Coffee1
Distinct notices per supplier, from the newest 28 of 28 award and contract notices in the window. From the legacy award table, which ends on 23 July 2026. A count of awards, never a sum of spend.

What counts as NHS catering tenders here?

Catering tenders published by NHS buyers: the same title rule as the UK-wide catering hub, kept to notices whose buyer the NHS tenders hub recognises by name. Notices from other buyers with the same subject are on the catering hub; the NHS hub lists every subject.

Classified

This hub is chosen by buyer or place, which the catalogue does not describe, so it uses no classification.

Matched by text

The buyer's name contains one of: catering, school meals, vending, café, food service…, hospitality services, nhs, integrated care board, foundation trust, health board. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.

  1. Open the official notice

    Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.

  2. Check the dates

    Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.

  3. Check the route to market

    A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.

  4. Look at who won before

    The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.

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  1. 2 notices open now

    Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.

  2. NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board published 6 notices

    The most of any buyer here, out of 46 in the last 12 months.

  3. ASSETPROC LIMITED won 2 awards

    The most of any supplier in the 28 award and contract notices read for this hub.

  4. About 4 notices a month

    Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 46 in the 12-month window.
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Questions about this page

Short answers, with the figures read for this page.

How many NHS catering tenders are open now?
2 notices with a stated deadline still ahead on 23 October 2026, all matched by text. Another 1 tender notice from the last 60 days states no deadline and is listed separately. The list is read again every day.
Where are these notices published?
On Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, the UK government's two public notice services. Each notice on this site links to its official record there; read that record and its documents before deciding to bid.
How does a notice get into this hub?
By its title, buyer or stated region matching the hub's rule. Classified notices will be added here when they are published to public pages; a text match is never presented as a classification.
Are EU, Scottish and Welsh portals included?
No. Only Find a Tender and Contracts Finder are read. EU (TED) notices are never added to these UK counts, and notices that appear only on Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales or eTendersNI are not here.

Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.

Sources and method

Read at
23 October 2026, regenerated daily
Window
23 October 2025 to 23 October 2026, by publication date
Classification
Not used for this hub
  • A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
  • Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
  • Award records come from the legacy award table, whose newest record is 23 July 2026.
  • UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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