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School Meals Catering

School catering services
London (UKI63)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: London Borough of Merton: "School Meals Catering". Published status: planned. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityLondon Borough of MertonScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: London Borough of Merton
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for London Borough of Merton. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.5Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Alzheimers SocietyTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 3 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Alzheimers Society1 win£2,510,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityLondon Borough of Merton
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
Last source update10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSchool catering services
Delivery area
London (UKI63)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0512f0
What is being bought
Provision 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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
  2. tender value changed
    15 May 2025, 13:18 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    15 May 2025, 13:18 BST
  4. tender value changed
    14 May 2025, 12:12 BST
  5. Status changed to planned
    14 May 2025, 12:12 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    14 May 2025, 12:12 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    14 May 2025, 12:12 BST
  8. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Amended the contract start date and end date, procedure and latest date tender is likely to be published.
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
  2. Procedure published
    10 Jun 2025, 10:57 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

London Borough of Merton

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PLZQ-1654-VNHW
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published