For caterers, canteen operators and suppliers of communal catering. validait finds catering contracts from schools, hospitals and public authorities and reviews the concept, quality and evidence.
validait searches 54 procurement portals every day, from the EU's Official Journal and the German public procurement data service (Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf) to the platforms of federal states and cities, and filters the results against your company profile. New procedures can arrive in your inbox every morning.
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Market volume and trends, sub-markets, federal states, contracting authorities and procedures, intensity of competition, leading contractors, contract values, European comparison and concrete recommendations. Based on 603 tenders from the EU Official Journal.
Download the study (German)Source: EU Official Journal (TED), own analysis, October 2025 to September 2026, place of performance Germany. Methodology in the study.
Schools, nurseries, hospitals, care homes and public authority canteens regularly re-tender their catering, usually as a framework agreement over several years and in lots by site. For regional caterers, lots are the direct route to reliable, long-term contracts.
Canteen and catering services count as social and other specific services under Section 130 of the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB). A higher EU threshold and a more flexible procedure apply to them, so many contracts are tendered nationally.
Alongside price, contracting authorities often weight menu quality, organic share, regional sourcing and sometimes a tasting. For schools and nurseries, many tenders refer to the quality standards of the German Nutrition Society (DGE). Anyone who addresses these criteria specifically gains a clear advantage.
How large the communal catering market is, who supplies it and which contracts are being re-awarded is shown in our study on the Market studies page.
A convincing catering concept, a hygiene concept under HACCP, required certificates such as organic, a transparent calculation per meal and comparable references.
Source: EU Official Journal (TED), own analysis, as of 10/2026. Procedures below the EU thresholds are published nationally and come on top.
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From 54 connected procurement portals: the EU's Official Journal (TED), the German public procurement data service (Datenservice Öffentlicher Einkauf) with procedures below the EU thresholds, national platforms in five further countries and 44 portals of federal states, cities and public companies. You will find the full overview under Portal search. More on this under Finding tenders.
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