Catering & food
Public sector contract notices in catering & food, from Find a Tender.
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S/WP - Food to Go
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a supplier of ready-to-eat food products including sandwiches, paninis, toasties, salads and wraps. The contract is worth £3.4m over an unspecified term.
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Pontarddulais Comprehensive School ~ Catering Tender
Pontarddulais Comprehensive School in Swansea needs a catering contractor to provide meals for 850 pupils. The contract runs three years from September 2027 with an optional three-year extension.
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EPOS system for Carmarthenshire County Council's leisure service
Carmarthenshire County Council wants an EPOS system for cafés and restaurants across multiple leisure facilities. The system must handle catering, retail, ticketing, and membership, with real-time back-office management and stock control.
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Romero Catholic Trust Catering Framework
Romero Catholic Trust is establishing a catering framework to supply food services across their schools. This is a framework agreement rather than a single contract.
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Whalley Range 11-18 High School Catering Tender 2026/27
Whalley Range 11-18 High School is seeking a catering provider for all catering services at the school. The contract will run from April 2027 for an initial 3 years with two optional 1-year extensions.
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Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme Framework
London Borough of Hounslow is establishing a four-year framework for holiday activities and food provision to eligible children and young people during school holidays, with Department for Education compliant enriching activities, physical activity and meals. The framework will operate across four geographical lots, with suppliers appointed to deliver services via call-off contracts.
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Provision and Distribution of Bread and Baked Goods
Gateshead Council needs bread and baked goods supplied and distributed to commercial kitchens and schools. The contract is worth £200,000.
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Outsourced Catering Tender - Ivy Education Trust
Ivy Education Trust wants an outsourced catering contractor to provide food and staffing for their schools. The service must deliver quality while offering value for money to the trust, parents and pupils.
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Catering Services - Palladian Academy Trust
Palladian Academy Trust wants a single catering supplier for all thirteen of its schools (one secondary, twelve primary) in the Bath area. The supplier must gain admitted body status to two Local Government Pension Schemes.
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PAN3281 - Supply and Delivery of Confectionery, Food and Related Products
Leicester City Council wants confectionery, sweets and savoury foods delivered to De Montfort Hall and Haymarket Theatre. Products must be high-quality branded items meeting UK food safety standards.
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Catering Services for Four Extra Care Schemes
VIVID Housing needs catering services for four extra care schemes in Hampshire housing over 200 older residents, including people with dementia and complex health needs. The service must provide nutritious meals, support social interaction, and promote wellbeing across all four sites.
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The True Learning Partnership Framework Catering Tender 2026/27
The True Learning Partnership seeks to establish a multi-supplier framework for catering services across its schools. Between 1 and 3 contractors will be selected; 5 schools are initially included, with potential for others to join later.
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Trace, Evaluate and Reinforce (TracER)
The Department for Transport is seeking to improve assurance of Explosive Trace Detection (ETD) screening for detecting explosive trace contamination. The work is titled Trace, Evaluate and Reinforce (TracER) and is valued at £135,000.
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Learning Community Trust Tender for Catering Services
Learning Community Trust wants a catering contractor for two schools at a single campus in Shrewsbury. The contract runs three years from April 2027, with options to extend.
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Convenience and impulse foods including confectionery
Ipswich Borough Council is buying confectionery, snacks, bread, sandwiches and crisps for the newly refurbished Ipswich Regent Theatre and Corn Exchange, plus other council events and retail opportunities. The contract is split into 5 lots, with each lot explicitly welcoming both national brands and smaller local suppliers.
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Kirklees College - Vending Machines
Kirklees College wants to supply and manage vending machines across all seven of their sites. The contract covers the machines themselves and ingredients for them.
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Catering Services
West Mercia Police seeks a catering services provider. The contract runs from 1 April 2027 and is worth £425,000.
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Managed Catering Services (Living+)
Places for People seek a catering provider for their Living+ Extra Care schemes. The service will start at a limited number of sites and expand to cover all PfP Extra Care schemes during the contract term, operating both tenancy-based and pay-as-you-dine models.
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PURCON 5035 Retail Supply Partnership
UEA needs a supplier to stock and manage its campus convenience shop, providing products, logistics, EPOS systems, and business support. The university is not open to franchise arrangements.
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Horsham District Council - Markets Operator
Horsham District Council wants a single operator to run Carfax and Bishopric/West Street Markets in Horsham town centre. The operator will manage day-to-day running, marketing, and development of the markets while supporting local producers and generating income for the council.
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St Anne's Catholic Primary School
St Anne's Catholic Primary School is tendering for a catering service to provide school meals. The contract requires compliance with food safety and nutritional standards, value for money, and sustainability commitments.
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Museums Catering Food Supplies
Norfolk Museum Services wants a single supplier for ambient, chilled and frozen foods plus fresh vegetables, fruit and salads for their museums. This is a straightforward food provision contract, though local government reorganisation may affect its future.
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18/1368 Fresh Meat - Supply and Delivery
Moray Council is buying fresh meat products for its school catering service. The contract runs for a period unspecified in the notice, with an annual value around £1.9m.
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South Africa Conference
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is sourcing a conference venue in South Africa for approximately 400 delegates in 2027, plus accommodation for around 100 people, and end-to-end event management and technical delivery for a hybrid international conference.
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Supply of Food Service- (Multiple Lots)
Anchor Hanover Group is appointing suppliers for three lots covering fresh produce and dairy; frozen and chilled foods; and commercial café/restaurant supplies. National coverage of mainland England is required.