Official UK procurement notice
CE6145: Dry Food Provision
Authority: Tower Hamlets
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis project is to purchase low-cost staple food items delivered to the Food Hub and distributed to local food banks and food aid organisations. This will ensure food banks are adequately stocked to support the most vulnerable residents in need of assistance. The model involves purchasing low-cost food, and leveraging donations of redistributed food, to acquire the highest possible volume of food and provide it to food bank partners via deliveries.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2026, 15:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Mar 2026, 15:18 GMT
- Authority reference
CE6145- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-027427- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060908Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Entering into a contract with the supplier will provide access to 750kg pallets of food from the supplier at a value of approximately £455 per pallet, providing approximately three times as much food for pound spent than other businesses currently contracted by the council. This is a unique model of operation with no available competitors that could compete for the contract. There is no other mechanism presently, such as an extant framework agreement that would enable this procurement. The council's key performance indicators require provision of the equivalent of 2.8million meals in food by weight. This contract will enable delivery of this aim.
- Risks
Inability to provide the required goods within the time frame requested.
Failure to provide goods of sufficient quality
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Jan 2026- Transparency notice published19 Jan 2026, 15:47 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Mar 2026, 15:18 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| His Church LtdCE6145 Food Hub, Dry Food Provision1 Feb 2026 – 31 Jul 2026 | £250,000 | — | Awarded |
Contracts
CE6145 Dry Food Provision · His Church Ltd
- Signed
- 9 Feb 2026
- Value
- £250,000
- Period
- 9 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- His Church LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender