Published date: 15 March 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 16 April 2021, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Restaurant and food-serving services - 55300000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£23,700,000

Procurement reference

tender_247059/933482

Published date

15 March 2021

Closing date

16 April 2021

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 July 2021

Contract end date

31 July 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The supplier will be responsible for:
- recruiting Schools to participate in the programme from an agreed target list provided
- providing a plan for promoting the benefits of breakfast clubs and healthy eating to schools, parents and pupils
- providing breakfast provision to schools that adhere to the Government's School Food Standards
- the design, implementation and ongoing management of appropriate and accessible user interface channels to enable schools to order the breakfast provision
For more details regarding the specification, please see the Invitation to Tender pack which can be downloaded via Jaggaer.

SCHEDULED DATE FOR PUBLICATION OF CONTRACT NOTICE:

Tender documents issued - Monday 15 March 2021
Last day for submission of bidder clarifications - Tuesday 6 April 2021
Last day for DfE to respond to bidder clarifications - Friday 9 April 2021
Deadline for Tender responses to be received - 10:00 on Friday 16 April 2021
Department announcement of preferred bidder - Friday 4 June 2021
10 day standstill period ends - Monday 14 June 2021
Contract commencement - Thursday 1 July 2021

More information

Links

Additional text

This open tender competition is being run via the DfE's e-procurement portal, Jaggaer. Links to the site and related guidance can be found via the following link:

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

craig.heatley@education.gov.uk