Official UK procurement notice
2425-0021 School Meals Services
Authority: Islington Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIslington 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.
CPV: Canteen and catering services · Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions · Catering services for private households · School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 18 Jul 2024, 11:49 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jul 2024, 11:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Aug 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN733238- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-022249- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
18 Jul 2024 → 19 Aug 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published18 Jul 2024, 11:49 BST
- Submission deadline19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened19 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.