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School Meals Catering Service

London Borough of Merton · published 21 Jul 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release IDe6e3dd29-c362-4d46-8c44-baf4df980f1b-907480
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-532ef68b-7afb-4e22-b221-f58d7a94e52b
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-50611
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£30,000,000
award field
Tender value
£30,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
55524000
School catering services
Delivery
England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Council is seeking to commission new school meals services on behalf of Primary, Special and Secondary schools within the borough. The new service will serve the children and young people together with teaching and support staff with high quality nutritionally balanced and sustainably sourced meals for the period commencing in the Autumn term of the 2026/27 academic year.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release21 Jul 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published20 Feb 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published2 Aug 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published2 Aug 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

Caterlink

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 21 Jul 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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