Notice Information
Notice Title
Free Breakfast Club Programme Partnership Opportunity Open Call
Notice Description
Could your organisation partner with the DfE's Free Breakfast Club programme to ensure pupils start the day ready to learn? The Free Breakfast Club programme is one of the Department for Education's flagship policies, central to the Government's mission to break down barriers to opportunity for every child. Once fully implemented, it will deliver a free breakfast club in every primary school in England, giving millions of children the chance to start the day supported and ready to learn. From April 2025, the Department has funded free breakfast clubs in 750 early adopter schools across England, reaching ca.180,000 pupils of whom ca.79,000 are disadvantaged. This is part of a test and learn phase in advance of further roll out to schools with primary-aged pupils across England. Our clubs are fully funded to deliver 30 minutes of free childcare to working parents and a free breakfast to all pupils who wish to attend the club. But there is room to increase the impact. We believe that additional benefits can be delivered from working closely with partner organisations to support schools in enhancing their Free Breakfast Clubs delivery. There are many successful corporate and industry partnerships already occurring at local levels, and the Department seeks to build on this existing good practice by harnessing and coordinating to ensure equitable access at a national level. To this end, we want to start building relationships with organisations as part of the Free Breakfast Club programme. We are seeking offers from food providers that enable participating schools to maximise the value of their food spending through deals for the schools and to ensure securing food is as easy, reliable and flexible as possible. Attached to this notice is a Partnership Opportunity document that contains further information on this opportunity. We have also attached a Draft Sponsorship Agreement containing the applicable legal terms and conditions. The Department will be conducting a webinar via Microsoft Teams on 18 July from 11:00-12:00 for organisations interested in this opportunity. To register your interest in attending this event or if you have any questions, please email: breakfastclubs.partnering@education.gov.uk This notice relates to an opportunity which is not subject to the Procurement Act 2023. Accordingly, this notice is published on a voluntary basis for transparency purposes and to encourage market interest in the relevant opportunity.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-74f029a9-485b-4e10-9051-9c6ef3da0420
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c50e4f40-1f6d-43b2-a54f-45ea285d056d
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Other - Partnership Open Call
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
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- CPV Codes
15894210 - School meals
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Jul 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 18 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 14 Sep 2025 - 31 Jul 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c50e4f40-1f6d-43b2-a54f-45ea285d056d
31st July 2025 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
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http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breakfast-clubs-early-adopters-schools-in-the-scheme
List of Current Breakfast Club schools: -
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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