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Tender: Improvement of School Food Procurement to Increase Local and Environmentally Certified Supply

Released 8 days ago

Closes25 Nov 2026

Likely valueEstimate£80K to £1.0MInflation adjusted

LocationUnited Kingdom

AgencyDEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

SourceFind a Tender

CategoryFood & Beverage

19 days leftCloses Wed, 25 Nov 2026

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The Government is seeking a supplier to improve school food procurement practices to support public sector food procurement ambitions that, subject to legal constraints, aim for half of all public sector food to be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. The project will align with the National Procurement Policy Statement (published February 2025) and focuses on improving food quality and sustainability in schools, reducing food waste, and better engaging primary and secondary pupils with the food system; schools account for approximately half of public sector food and catering expenditure, and the work is positioned against concerns about childhood obesity and health inequalities (in England about one in three children leave primary school overweight or obese).

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