Tender: TVI Learning – On‑Site School Catering Services for Thames View Infants (May 2026–Jul 2029, option to 2031)

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TVI Learning is seeking a supplier for high-quality on-site catering services at Thames View Infants to deliver a 100% hot meal offer for 360 pupils (Reception–Year 2), an 18-place nursery (30 hours) and around 80 teaching and support staff under a three-year guaranteed performance contract from 25 May 2026 to 31 July 2029, with an option to extend to 31 July 2031. The contract (annual current value £192,264; total value £963,120) requires fresh, locally sourced ingredients prepared on site, a flexible seasonal and multicultural menu including themed days, lunchtime service between 11:45 and 13:00 with swift in/out service and the hall cleared and cleaned by 13:10, plus hospitality billed separately. The supplier must support the school’s whole‑school food ethos and specialist provision, including a 27-place High Needs Provision and a specialist Lunch Club for children with restrictive diets or sensory sensitivities, provide adequate staff ratios for service, meet London Living Wage requirements, hold employers' liability and public liability insurance of at least £5 million, and have a minimum annual turnover of £1 million. Additional notes: there are three permanent incumbent catering staff currently within the Local Government Pension Scheme, the current contractor is Juniper Ventures, the process is a two-stage Competitive Flexible procedure, and the successful tenderer will be required to pay the RIVA tender fee upon contract award.