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# 2425-0021 School Meals Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2425-0021-school-meals-services-ocds-h6vhtk-047e6c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Islington Council: "2425-0021 School Meals Services". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Islington Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-islington-ons-e09000019)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 19 August 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Canteen and catering services, Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions, Catering services for private households, School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047e6c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2425-0021-school-meals-services-ocds-h6vhtk-047e6c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D4ccb1875-f044-ef11-812d-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2425-0021-school-meals-services-ocds-h6vhtk-047e6c#participate

## Description
Islington Council invites suitable expressions of interest from suppliers for the above. The council seeks a single provider to deliver a school lunches and early years meals (breakfast, lunch, light afternoon meal and snacks) service to 57 sites in Islington, employing staff at 49 kitchens and supplying food in line with the council’s food standards, as per national statutory standards and additional standards as particularly described in the specification.
The provider will be expected to manage delivery of around 11,000 meals per day to a variety of types and sizes of school and early years setting, serving a diverse population, with more than 200 kitchen staff involved in meal preparation and delivery.
The council and schools have significant social value ambitions across inclusive employment, net zero carbon agenda, population health and engagement in whole school development.
The contract requires the provider to pay staff at least London Living Wage pay rates and to pay sick pay to its employees from the first day of any absence due to sickness.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 55521000, 55523000, 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** Islington Council invites suitable expressions of interest from suppliers for the above. The council seeks a single provider to deliver a school lunches and early years meals (breakfast, lunch, light afternoon meal and snacks) service to 57 sites in ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022249-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-18T10:49:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T14:09:35.938Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047e6c