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title: "School meals future market engagement"
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# School meals future market engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-meals-future-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04dbb3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Camden: "School meals future market engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £16,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Camden](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-camden-ons-e09000007)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £16,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04dbb3`

## 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/school-meals-future-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-04dbb3#tl-md)

## Description
The London Borough of Camden has adopted an ambitious Food Mission, for everyone in the borough to be eating “a healthy, nutritious and sustainable meal every day, with good quality, affordable food that is good for them and the planet” by 2030.
In support of the Mission the Council is investigating options for establishing an in-house school meals service in the future.
Under the current arrangements made by the Council a school meals service is delivered under a contract to over 40 schools (predominantly primary), serving approximately 8,000 meals per day. For primary-aged pupils all meals are free.
The Council is interested in discovering whether there are organisations who can support the Council’s strategic ambitions around food as a powerful tool for change and who might be interested in working with Camden as a strategic partner in providing some of the capacity that would be required in both the development (prior to go-live) and operational (live) phases.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Estimated Value:** £16,000,000

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003750-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-05T07:45:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T03:41:04.085Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04dbb3