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School Meals Catering Service

London Borough of Merton

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Morden
Delivery: England, United Kingdom
Contract value
£30,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
20 February 2026
Published
21 July 2026

Procurement

Contract period
3 August 2026 - 2 August 2029
3 years
Contract review date
31 March 2028
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 55524000 School catering services
  • 55523100 School-meal services

What happened

London Borough of Merton awarded this contract to Caterlink worth £30,000,000 on 15 Jul 2026. The contract runs until 2 Aug 2029.

Description

The Council is seeking to commission new school meals services on behalf of Primary, Special and Secondary schools within the borough. The new service will serve the children and young people together with teaching and support staff with high quality nutritionally balanced and sustainably sourced meals for the period commencing in the Autumn term of the 2026/27 academic year.

Additional information

1 extension option(s) available, 0 taken; up to 24 months in total

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Caterlink
Award value
£30,000,000
Award date
15 July 2026

Contact

Address
Civic Centre, London Rd, Morden, SM4 5DX
Contact name
Mr Murray Davies

Identifiers

Buyer reference
MRTN001-DN792355-07097506
Notice ID
e6e3dd29-c362-4d46-8c44-baf4df980f1b-907480
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-532ef68b-7afb-4e22-b221-f58d7a94e52b

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