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title: "BT197 - Chamberlain House Meals Service"
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# BT197 - Chamberlain House Meals Service

Buyer: WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0527fd

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043130-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Planning, Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Aug 2025 |
| Future notice date | 4 Jul 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £90,000 |
| Lots value | £90,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1E 6QP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea |
| Electoral ward | Campden |
| Westminster constituency | Kensington and Bayswater |
| Delivery location | TLI3 Inner London - West |

## CPV Codes

### 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

### 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

## Release History

- 25 Jul 2025 at 12:15 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043130-2025
- 9 Jun 2025 at 11:31 - Planning - UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030915-2025
- 28 May 2025 at 13:14 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028127-2025

## 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

- https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com
- https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/02454597019716217883
- https://wcc.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/63860945019841697F7B
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/
- https://www.westminster.gov.uk/
- https://www.westminster.gov.uk/about-council/procurement/our-esourcing-and-contract-management-solution

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