Notice Information
Notice Title
BT197 - Chamberlain House Meals Service
Notice Description
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) has one contract that delivers a meals service to service users at Chamberlain House Day Centre. Chamberlain House is an in-house Day Centre service for older residents and supports up to 15 residents per day, five days per week Monday to Friday. Daily attendance is around eight (8) - 12 residents. Residents attend for a full day and most attend 3-5 days per week. Meal's consumption over a week is: - Eight (8) - 12 meals per day equating to 40 - 60 meals per week. - Meals are two courses The current contract is due to expire 30 September 2025. New contracts need to be in place from 1 October 2025. RBKC is looking to procure a new service contract to replace this so the Council can meet its statutory duty in meeting assessed, eligible needs, achieve value for money and maintain current high-quality standards. Commissioners wish to procure a single supplier to deliver nutritious, hot meals, which meet users' cultural and dietary requirements.
Planning Information
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is looking to procure a hot meals service for service users at Chamberlain House Day Centre. A Request For Information (RFI) is available to complete for interested organisations. To take part in the market engagement exercise, interested organisations should complete the RFI document which is available on the councils e-procurement tool ("Jaggaer"), reference SQ_30116 - BT197 - Chamberlain House Meals Service, and the link to Jaggaer can be found here: https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/02454597019716217883. Please copy and paste onto your browser. Further information can be found on the council’s website here: https://www.westminster.gov.uk/about-council/procurement/our-esourcing-and-contract-management-solution. This questionnaire will not form part of the formal procurement process. All responses are to be submitted via Jaggaer (online procurement portal ref: SQ_30116 - BT197 - Chamberlain House Meals Service, no later than17:00 hrs (GMT) on Tuesday 17th June 2025. The deadline for submitting clarification questions will be at 17:00hrs on Friday 13th June 2025. Our expectation is that a procurement will follow on conclusion of the market engagement exercise. It is to be noted that a UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice relating to the above has also been issued. Once registered, visit this link to find out more and complete a short questionnaire: https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/02454597019716217883
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0527fd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043130-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
15894200 - Prepared meals
15894220 - Hospital meals
15897300 - Food parcels
55300000 - Restaurant and food-serving services
55521100 - Meals-on-wheels services
75122000 - Administrative healthcare services
79342320 - Customer-care services
85144100 - Residential nursing care services
85312100 - Daycare services
85321000 - Administrative social services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £90,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £90,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Jul 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Buying Team
- Contact Email
- buyingteam@westminster.gov.uk, procurement@rbkc.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1E 6QP
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
- Delivery Location
- TLI3 Inner London - West
-
- Local Authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Electoral Ward
- Campden
- Westminster Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043130-2025
25th July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030915-2025
9th June 2025 - Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028127-2025
28th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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