Published date: 6 November 2024

Last edited date: 21 November 2024

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 11 December 2024

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous food products - 15800000

  • School meals - 15894210

  • Food parcels - 15897300

    • Kitchen equipment, household and domestic items and catering supplies - 39220000

    • Catering supplies - 39222000

    • Restaurant and food-serving services - 55300000

    • Catering services - 55520000

    • Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions - 55523000

    • School-meal services - 55523100

    • School catering services - 55524000

    • Child daycare services - 85312110

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

Any region

Procurement reference

tender_467998/1417304

Published date

6 November 2024

Closing date

11 December 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Department for Education is seeking early market engagement on the proposed Universal Breakfast Clubs offer. This programme seeks to establish a state-funded Breakfast Club in every primary school in England, providing both food and childcare. This provision will support the Department's objectives to support children's achievement and help parents access childcare.

The Department plans to run an extensive market engagement process in the coming months, giving a broad range of suppliers across a number of relevant markets the opportunity to offer valuable insight into the future development of this programme.

This market engagement will run alongside other engagement aimed at schools and stakeholders.

As part of this process, we are interested in gathering insight from suppliers and organisations of all sizes in the following areas, including industry bodies:
- School food and catering providers
- Food producers and wholesalers
- Existing breakfast club providers/sponsors or those interested in learning more about supporting the programme
- Supermarkets interested in supporting Breakfast Clubs provision
- Childcare Providers in the private, voluntary and independent sectors

We will use a number of different routes to gather feedback and insight, including questionnaires and in-depth sessions.

For suppliers interested in finding out more, please indicate your interest via the online form below.

https://forms.office.com/e/UYw3jfpKWM

The closing date for expressing interest at this stage is 9AM on the 11th of December.

Following on from the launch event on the 21st of November for school food and partnering, we will be holding a virtual launch event for childcare and private, voluntary and independent providers on the 12th of December at 13.00. Registration details will be sent to those who sing up with the attached form.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Breakfast Clubs Universal Offer Early Market Engagement Process

  • Early engagement
  • Published 6 November 2024, last edited 13 November 2024

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Finn Morgan

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

breakfastclubs.commercial@education.gov.uk