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School Meals Contract

Forecast · PlanningNo open deadline

Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £14,700,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time): No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
Published: 5 Oct 2026
Region: Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The objectives of this project are to have successfully procured a school meals service which meets the needs of governors, schools, pupils and their families by the deadline agreed with governors and schools.

Funding for this contract is made up as follows:

Paid Meals: Meal price collected from parents directly by contractor.

Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM): schools are allocated £2.61 per pupil/per day and calculations are based on census day uptake. Schools are invoiced directly by the contractor.

Pupil Premium Free School Meals (FSM): schools are allocated the meal price (currently £523.28 per pupil per annum), and calculations are based on census day uptake. Schools are invoiced directly by the contractor.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

15894210
55523100

04/ History

Releases of this notice

2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

5 Oct 2026
Planning notice
Planning notice published 5 October 2026.
Release 093788-2026
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5 Oct 2026
Planning notice
Planning notice published 5 October 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 093791-2026
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.

06/ Questions

About this notice

Reading Borough Council published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £14,700,000.

07/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0780b7
Source: Find a Tender
Stage: planning · Planning
Last verified: Mon 12 Oct 2026, 08:13 BST
Read at: Fri 16 Oct 2026, 18:15 BST

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