Tender

BT197 - Chamberlain House Meals Service

WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Tender

25 Jul 2025 at 12:15

Planning

09 Jun 2025 at 11:31

Planning

28 May 2025 at 13:14

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the Chamberlain House Meals Service, titled "BT197," is being led by Westminster City Council, with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea as an additional buyer. It aims to secure a single supplier to provide nutritious, culturally and dietary appropriate meals for service users at the Chamberlain House Day Centre in London. The procurement is tagged under the industry category of prepared meals and related services, with a gross value of £108,000. The procurement stage is currently active, with the tender period set to end on 13 August 2025. Westminster City Council seeks an open competition for this service, with a start date intended for 1 October 2025, following the expiry of the current contract on 30 September 2025. Key dates include the enquiry period ending on 11 August 2025.

This tender presents significant business growth opportunities for companies in the catering and food service sectors, especially those specialising in meal delivery services such as prepared meals, meals-on-wheels, and catering for community centres. The tender favours businesses able to deliver high-quality, customised meal solutions, thus ideally suited to advantageous businesses in delivering customer-care oriented and health-related meal services. Given the emphasis on quality, which accounts for 70% of the award criteria, this tender process welcomes entries from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) with a strong service offering in this industry.

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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

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL
Additional Buyers

THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA

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

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