Sector · UK public sector
Tenders in Prepared meals
Live UK public-sector tender data, scoped to Prepared meals. 8 awards we have tracked, with the suppliers winning and how the spend distributes.
8
awards tracked
£14.9m
total contract value
£1.9m
average award size
12.5%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by Prepared meals
CA17689 - WHT - The supply of Delivered Ready Prepared Meals 2024
Awarded to Apetito on 23 Apr 2026 · Whittington Health
£4m
Supply of Frozen Ready Meals GHC
Awarded to APETITO LIMITED on 31 Mar 2026 · Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
£799k
Supply of Frozen Ready Meals GMS
Awarded to Apetito Limited on 31 Mar 2026 · GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS SUBSIDIARY COMPANY LIMITED
£1m
Supply of Specialist Prepared Ready Meals
Awarded to Maple Fine Foods Limited on 29 Jan 2026 · Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust
£331k
Supply of Pasta and Pizza Meal Concepts
Awarded to Tugo Foods Limited on 2 Oct 2025 · Leeds City Council
£40k
Contingency Provision of Patient Ready Meals
Awarded to APETITO LIMITED on 27 Aug 2025 · Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£200k
Provision of Delivered Ready Prepared Meals
Awarded to Apetito Limited on 31 Jul 2025 · Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
£1.9m
Provision of Delivered Ready Prepared Meals
Awarded to Apetito Limited on 31 Jul 2025 · Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£6.6m
Sector pulse
Who procures in Prepared meals, and where the value sits
Prepared meals accounts for 8 tracked awards worth £14.9m in the period we monitor. The average award here is £1.9m. Prepared meals is procured mainly by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Whittington Health and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. The biggest spender is Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, with 1 award totalling £6.6m. Geographically the work is weighted towards Yorkshire and The Humber. Only 12.5% of awards go to SMBs, so this category is dominated by larger suppliers. Volume is softening versus the prior month.
Who is buying in Prepared meals
Biggest single award
£6.6m
Provision of Delivered Ready Prepared Meals
Won by Apetito Limited on 31 Jul 2025
Busiest month
Jul 25
2 awards published, totalling £8.5m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: softening.
Where the awards land
- Yorkshire and The Humber38%
- East Midlands25%
- North East,North West,Yorkshire and The Humber,East Midlands,West Midlands,East of England,London,South East,South West25%
- Any region13%
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
Apetito Limited
3 awards · £9.5m total
APETITO LIMITED
2 awards · £999k total
Apetito
1 award · £4m total
Maple Fine Foods Limited
1 award · £331k total
Tugo Foods Limited
1 award · £40k total
Related buyers
The buyers driving demand in Prepared meals.
How Bidwell helps
Win more of the Prepared meals pipeline
SMB share in Prepared meals sits at 12.5%, below the wider public-sector average. The category gets won by the systems integrators with full bid teams, and that is exactly the gap Bidwell closes. We catch every UK tender that maps to Prepared meals, score it against your knowledge base, and draft a tailored response in around 30 minutes so a smaller team can compete on volume.
Start 7-day free trial →
Stop spending weeks on paperwork.
Set up takes 15 minutes. First tender draft inside the hour.
No credit card. Cancel any time. From £15 per month.