Official UK procurement notice
School Meals Catering · UK public procurement notice
Authority: London Borough of Merton (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of School Meals Catering Service - referred to as the 'Service' - is currently delivered across 42 Merton Primary and Special schools within the borough.
The supplier may provide catering for school pupils and staff primarily (but not necessarily exclusively) during the lunchtime period. The Service is currently provided to up to 39 primary schools and 3 special schools situated on 44 sites within the London Borough of Merton. This is subject to confirmation.
The supplier would provide healthy and nutritious meals for each school, freshly cooked each day on site using high quality ingredients in accordance with a termly menu agreed with the Council and the schools.
Additional services for further sites may be required.
Under the terms of the Contract, the supplier would also be responsible for the maintenance (but not replacement) of kitchen equipment.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 May 2025, 12:12 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031184- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0512f0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
14 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published14 May 2025, 12:12 BST
- Latest notice published10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
- Tender notice expected392 days ago1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts89 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 May 2025- Pipeline notice published14 May 2025, 12:12 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published15 May 2025, 13:18 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BSTUK1
- Procurement method changed10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
Published amendments (1)
Amended the contract start date and end date, procedure and latest date tender is likely to be published.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender