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London Borough of Ealing Council

School Meals Contract

HospitalityCPV 55523100
Value£55.0m
Deadline
Published19 Dec 2025
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Sally Brown
sbrown001@ealing.gov.uk
020 8825 8514

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Please submit via Ealing atamis - https://ealinglbc-atamis.my.site.com/s/Welcome

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Contract value in context
£55.0mtotal contract value
median £606k
this tender£0£59.4m

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.

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The brief

The provision of catering services (school meals) to schools in the London Borough of Ealing.

The Ealing Schools Catering Consortium (ESCC), is a consortium of 56 primary and special educational needs (SEND) schools within the London Borough of Ealing that have grouped together to ensure the provision of high-quality meals to pupils and staff.

The ESCC has been operating successfully since 2003, and this service is open to all existing and any new schools in the borough.

The ESCC is looking to expand and this service will be open to any neighbouring boroughs, London Boroughs or neighbouring borough schools who wish to join the ESCC and existing member schools in this contract and who may wish to join during the term of the contract.

Previous Notice UK1 Pipeline Notice Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-075421 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05e4d4 Published 19 November 2025, 5:03pm Premarket Engagement - no premarket engagement was undertaken as this is a long standing and established service with no changes required to the existing delivery model.

Bidders will be encouraged to include in their tender bid any new or innovative ways of working or ways to increase in standards.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Ealing Schools Catering Consortium (ESCC), is

The Ealing Schools Catering Consortium (ESCC), is a consortium of 56 primary and special educational needs (SEND) schools within the London Borough of Ealing that have grouped together to ensure the provision of high-quality meals to pupils and staff.

02

No premarket engagement was undertaken as this

no premarket engagement was undertaken as this is a long standing and established service with no changes required to the existing delivery model.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fa81
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
084968-2025
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