Hotels, catering and retail contracts expiring in North West England: 47 worth £317m

47 hotels, catering and retail contracts in North West England carry a published end date, worth £317m between them. They are held across 15 buyers, and the typical one is worth £129k.

6 of them expire within twelve months, and 3 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 13% of this market back in play inside a year.

75 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 11% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.

8 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 (28), Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited (4), Cheshire West and Chester Council (2).

The contracts here are most often held by Compass Contract Services Ltd (4), Miquill Catering Ltd (3), Alliance in Partnership (Class Catering Services Ltd) (3).