Official UK procurement notice
Meals on Wheels · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Tower Hamlets
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service will provide a selected group of residents with daily, nutritious hot meals delivered straight to their homes, primarily to address food insecurity and, secondarily, to ease social isolation. Therefore, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is seeking a food supplier with a proven track record, within the borough or direct neighbouring boroughs, with the logistical capacity to sustain a reliable, high-quality delivery service. All meals must meet rigorous nutritional standards and accommodate a wide range of dietary and cultural requirements, while offering residents daily choice and flexibility in meal selection.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 11 May 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Catering services · Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
The legal and financial capacity conditions of participation will be clearly set out in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Technical & professional ability
The technical ability conditions of participation will be clearly set out in the Invitation to Tender document.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality and Social Value: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality and Social Value: Written quality responses = 50% Food tasting = 10% Social Value = 10%
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
The legal and financial capacity conditions of participation will be clearly set out in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Technical & professional ability
The technical ability conditions of participation will be clearly set out in the Invitation to Tender document.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 11 May 2029
- First published
- 6 Mar 2026, 12:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2026, 10:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
CE6148- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-054566- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06640eFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Details of payment terms can be found in the tender pack
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All bidders need to be registered on Proactis/Due North in order to access this opportunity through the London Tenders portal.
Timeline
6 Mar 2026 → 12 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Planning notice published229 days ago6 Mar 2026, 12:30 GMT
- Market engagement208 days ago27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement Notice is to provide advance notice to the marketplace for the upcoming tender opportunity. The intention of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is to engage with potential providers to help the Council understand the current market and to help develop a robust and attractive tender and to identify interested providers to ensure the submission of strong bids.
Providers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise should register their interest free of charge via the Proactis Procurement Portal www.londontenders.org ↗ (Project Reference No. DN804600) where the Market Engagement Brief containing further details, along with the questions, will be available.
Suppliers should submit their responses to the questions via the Proactis message function no later than 5pm on Friday 27th March 2026.
- Next notice expected189 days ago15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published133 days ago10 Jun 2026, 10:03 BST
- Clarification questions by112 days ago1 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline103 days ago10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by43 days ago8 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts10 days ago12 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published6 Mar 2026, 12:30 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published10 Jun 2026, 10:03 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active10 Jun 2026, 10:03 BST
- Procurement method changed10 Jun 2026, 10:03 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST10 Jun 2026, 10:03 BST
- Tender notice published10 Jun 2026, 10:14 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Error with the award criterion values. Updated the award criterion to the correct percentages
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender