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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Islington Council

2425-0021 School Meals Services

HospitalityCPV 55510000 55523000 55524000 55521000
Value£42.0m
Awarded19 Aug 2024
Published18 Jul 2024
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£42.0mtotal contract value
median £606k
this tender£0£45.4m

This is a large award for Hospitality & Catering — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,335 valued Hospitality & Catering tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Islington 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.

Key requirements

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The provider will be expected to manage

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.

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OCID
23f8a886-d533-46cd-9a56-a9a9d7fbb494
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
ISL001-DN733238-53703721
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