--- title: "School Breakfast Support Provider Hammersmith & Fulham Pre-Market Engagement" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05f522" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f522" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f522.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f522.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FUHAM" published: "2025-12-12" --- # School Breakfast Support Provider Hammersmith & Fulham Pre-Market Engagement Buyer: LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FUHAM Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f522 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f522) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f522.json) ## Summary The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is currently in the planning stage for a tender titled "School Breakfast Support Provider Hammersmith & Fulham Pre-Market Engagement" within the services industry category, particularly focusing on school-meal services. The contract aims to support the delivery of free breakfasts at local schools, a programme which has been active for five years, covering 33 schools. The process involves market engagement activities, including a presentation of interest for eligible organisations in January 2026, with the contract set to commence in September 2026. Located in London, this tender is looking for organisations that can offer expert advice and direct breakfast food deliveries, valued at approximately £1,700,000 with a contract ending by August 2029, and potentially extending to 2031. This tender presents significant business growth opportunities for organisations with expertise in supporting school breakfast programmes and delivering breakfast foods. It is particularly suited for SMEs and VCSEs within or capable of operating in London, with a demonstrated track record in the education sector. The awarded organisation will have the opportunity to shape the future of breakfast provision in schools, integrating with the national programme and enhancing the educational environment. Businesses capable of providing expert advice on nutrition, delivering affordable and healthy breakfast foods, and monitoring programme efficacy and impact would be well-positioned to compete in this procurement process, thereby fostering community well-being and educational outcomes. ## Notice Free breakfast provision at schools ensure pupils start every day ready to learn, improving behaviour, attendance and attainment. For the past five years the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has pioneered the delivery of free breakfast provision at our primary schools and nurseries. Providing schools with advice, food and funding to establish free breakfast provision. This programme currently works across 33 schools, helping them to deliver over 750,000 nutritious, hunger focused breakfast meals per year though both breakfast clubs and extended provision at the start of the school day. With the Governments national free school breakfast clubs programme starting to roll out we want to ensure that young children in our borough continue to have the best start to the school day. Continuing to support out schools, whilst integrating and enhancing the national offer. We are looking for a Breakfast Support Provider, to manage this programme from September 2026. Providing schools with expert advice, support of running breakfast provision as well as providing direct deliveries of breakfast foods to schools. The market engagement process will include an Engagement session in January.. The requirements of the Breakfast Support Provider contract include: - Providing expert advice to schools throughout the school year. Supporting schools to run high quality, hunger focused and stigma free breakfast provision. This includes advice on childhood nutrition, catering equipment and communicating with children and their families on the breakfast offer and its benefits. - Supporting schools to seamlessly integrate and enhance the national free school breakfast clubs programme as it rolls out. With enhancements supporting better outcomes for children so that no child is left too hungry to learn. - Provide direct deliveries of affordable and healthy breakfast foods to schools that meet and exceed school food standards. - Support the provision of breakfast to vulnerable pupils outside term time. - Monitor and report on the delivery of breakfast provision in the borough and its impact. Including in-person monitoring visits to assess quality of provision. - Manage additional grants from the council or government for breakfast provision, to ensure they deliver value and avoid any duplication of funding. - The provider is not expected to staff or run breakfast clubs themselves. The council is keen to hear from: - Organisations with significant experience of supporting schools to develop breakfast provision, preferably in the London. That also have a track record of delivering breakfast foods either themselves or through partner organisations. ### Planning Information We are keen to hear from organisations with significant experience of supporting schools to develop breakfast provision, preferably in the London, That also have a track record of delivering breakfast foods either themselves or through partner organisations. If this is your organisation please residter your interest on our tender portal CapitalEsourcing and aim to arrange a teams meeting presentation in January date TBA. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082642-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 12 Dec 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 16 Mar 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,700,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FUHAM | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | West London | | Postcode | W6 9JU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | | Local authority | Hammersmith and Fulham | | Electoral ward | Hammersmith Broadway | | Westminster constituency | Hammersmith and Chiswick | | Delivery location | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products - 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services ### Codes - 15894210 - School meals - 55523100 - School-meal services ## Release History - 12 Dec 2025 at 16:13 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082642-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082642-2025 12th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.capitalesourcing.com - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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