Food and catering supplies contracts expiring in North West England: 49 worth £256m

49 food and catering supplies contracts in North West England carry a published end date, worth £256m between them. They are held across 10 buyers, and the typical one is worth £129k.

9 of them expire within twelve months, and 1 is already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 18% of this market back in play inside a year.

86 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 10% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

5 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.

The most active buyers are Cheshire East Council (27), Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (8), THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED (5).

The contracts here are most often held by HARLECH FOODSERVICE LIMITED (4), DUNSTERS FARM LIMITED (3), Sysco GB Limited (2).