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Project to Improve School Food Procurement Practices

Project to Improve School Food Procurement Practices is a UK public sector tender from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (UK-wide), with an estimated value of £2m (excluding VAT). The closing date is .

In our daily copy of Find a Tender and Contracts Finder data (), 23 open tenders share CPV 55524000; the median stated value for that CPV code is £2.9m.

Project to Improve School Food Procurement Practices. Source: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder
BuyerDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (London)
Published
Closing date, 12:00 UK time
Estimated value£2m (excluding VAT)
CPV code55524000 — School catering services
CPV categoryHotel, restaurant and retail trade services
Contract typeServices
ProcedureOpen procedure
RegionUK-wide
Location—
Marked suitable forSMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), VCSEs (voluntary, community and social enterprises)
SourceFind a Tender, notice 102127-2026

Read the full notice and documents on Find a Tender

Summary from the notice

The Government seeks to improve public sector food procurement (PSFP). Subject to legal constraints, it aims for half of all public sector food to be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. The new National Procurement Policy Statement, published in February 2025, sets…

Official summary as published on Find a Tender (shortened).

How this procurement works

This is an open procedure: any interested supplier can submit a full tender by the closing date.

Who can bid

The buyer marked this tender as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. That is a signal the buyer expects smaller organisations to be able to bid, but you still need to meet the requirements in the notice.

Closing date

27 days left: the deadline for tenders is , 12:00 UK time (as of ). Late submissions are normally rejected; check the notice for the exact time and how to submit.

Next steps

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  2. Open the official notice, follow the link to the buyer's tender portal and download the documents.
  3. Check that you meet the selection criteria (experience, insurance, finances) and send clarification questions early.
  4. Prepare your response, including any social value questions, and submit before the closing date.

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