Hotels, catering and retail contracts expiring in London: 44 worth £136m
Public sector hotels, catering and retail contracts held by buyers in London that have a published end date. Approach the buyer while the incumbent still holds it, rather than meeting the work for the first time when it goes out to tender.
Expiring next
- Retail Operations Model Articulation and Activation ConsultancyPost Office LimitedEnds 27 Nov 2026, £152k
- Venue Hire and Catering Services for King's Birthday Party for British Consulate General Hong KongForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeEnds 30 Nov 2026, £96k
What this market looks like
44 hotels, catering and retail contracts in London carry a published end date, worth £136m between them. They are held across 27 buyers, and the typical one is worth £550k.
25 of them expire within twelve months, and 17 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 57% of this market back in play inside a year.
57 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 15% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
14 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so a large part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.
The most active buyers are BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) (13), HARRIS FEDERATION (4), Post Office Limited (2).
The contracts here are most often held by INTERNATIONAL HOUSE TRUST LIMITED (5), MOBILE TESTING SOLUTIONS LTD (3), COMPASS CONTRACT SERVICES (U.K.) LIMITED (2).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP-10183a Hornchurch Academy Trust Facilities Management Open Framework London | HORNCHURCH ACADEMY TRUST | £83m | 07 Jun 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| EE-0021 BPET Catering London | BELLEVUE PLACE EDUCATION TRUST | £4.5m | 31 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Protect and Prepare Capability Testing (Role Player) London | Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime | £2.4m incl. VAT | 31 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Provision of Patient & Retail Catering Services - Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust (Interim Arrangement) London | Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | £5.8m | 25 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Provision of a Billback Service for Accommodation and Conference Services for East Midlands Railway Limited London | TRANSPORT UK EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED | £660k incl. VAT | 02 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme 2026 London | London Borough of Newham | £550k incl. VAT | 15 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Contract 10 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £1.0m incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Contract 2 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £551k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| The Compass Partnership of Schools - Catering Services London | The Compass Partnership of Schools | £11m | 13 Feb 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Contract 3 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £442k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Retail Operations Model Articulation and Activation Consultancy London | Post Office Limited | £152k | 27 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| HIL220526 London | THE UNITED KINGDOM SPORTS COUNCIL | £232k incl. VAT | 02 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Venue Hire and Catering Services for King's Birthday Party for British Consulate General Hong Kong London | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | £96k | 30 Nov 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Contract 5 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £260k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| UK_ 810 Events Management, British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £763k incl. VAT | 05 Oct 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Contract 4 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £208k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Mystery Shopper Financial Services London | Post Office Limited | £21k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Contract 1 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £91k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Contract 11 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £93k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Contract 9 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £92k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Nishkam School West London - Catering Services London | Nishkam School West London | £3.1m | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| St Catherines Primary - catering London | St Catherine Catholic Primary School | £65k | 31 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Lot 1 Central London | HARRIS FEDERATION | £3.7m | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Contract 12 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £46k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Contract 6 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £45k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Lot 2 East London | HARRIS FEDERATION | £3.0m | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Lot 4 Southeast London | HARRIS FEDERATION | £2.9m | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Contract 7 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £40k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Coordination of the Holiday Activity and Food Programme from 2026 London | London Borough of Hammersmith and Fuham (LBHF) | £2.8m incl. VAT | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Contract 8 London | BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) | £33k incl. VAT | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Supply of Sandwiches, Salads, Platters and associated products London | ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY, TWICKENHAM | £98k | 16 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| PP-10157 Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School Catering London | Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School | £1.0m | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Stanmore College Catering Tender London | Stanmore College | £1.7m | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Catering Services Tender London | LONDON GATEWAY PORT LIMITED | £452k | 22 May 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| PB0098 - Cygnet Square London | Peabody Trust Ltd | £58k | 13 Sept 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Lot 3 South London | HARRIS FEDERATION | £1.3m | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Catering Services for Eastbury Community School London | Eastbury Community School | £1.2m | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Pinner Wood School Catering Tender London | Pinner Wood School | £819k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Venue Hire London | North East London NHS Foundation Trust | £37k | 01 Oct 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Marlborough Primary School Catering Tender London | Marlborough Primary School | £637k | 31 Dec 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
4 more in this view
The full list, the named incumbent on every line and the computed re-tender window are on the expiry radar.
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Regions come from the buyer's published NUTS code, which is the location of the buying authority rather than always the place the work happens. Contract end dates are published by buyers on contract details notices. Re-tender windows are computed estimates, not announcements.