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title: "Meals on Wheels"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0794fd"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Tower Hamlets"
published: "2026-10-30"
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# Meals on Wheels

Buyer: Tower Hamlets  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0794fd

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## Summary

Tower Hamlets is seeking a supplier to provide a Meals on Wheels service for selected residents in the borough. The service is intended primarily to address food insecurity and also to reduce social isolation. It involves preparing and delivering nutritious hot meals to residents’ homes every day, with choice and flexibility in meal selection. Meals must meet nutritional standards and cater for a wide range of dietary and cultural requirements. This is a catering service with a welfare-support purpose. The buyer is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and delivery is within its area in London.

Tower Hamlets invited offers through an open procedure for a single lot. The tender was published as a retender after an earlier tender was abandoned. The buyer set 13 November 2026 at 12:00 for enquiries and 2 December 2026 at 12:00 for submissions; the expected award decision date was 15 February 2027. The contract period is 1 March 2027 to 28 February 2029, with a discretionary option to extend once for 12 months, up to 28 February 2030. The estimated value is £3 million excluding VAT (£3.6 million including VAT). Evaluation is weighted 60% quality, 30% price and 10% social value. Bidders must meet legal, financial and technical participation requirements set out in the tender documents.

This opportunity is suited to food suppliers able to run a dependable, high-quality daily meal preparation and home-delivery operation. The buyer seeks a supplier with a proven track record, ideally in Tower Hamlets, and enough logistical capacity to deliver reliably to residents. Strong food production and distribution arrangements will be important, alongside the ability to maintain appropriate staffing and respond effectively to missed access, non-responsive clients, delays and service issues. Suppliers must be able to meet food safety and hygiene requirements and deliver meals to rigorous nutritional standards. The menu and service need to support a broad range of dietary and cultural needs while giving residents daily choice and flexibility. The procurement is marked as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

## Notice

This service will provide a selected group of residents with daily, nutritious hot meals delivered straight to their homes, primarily to address food insecurity and, secondarily, to ease social isolation. Therefore, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is seeking a food supplier with a proven track record, ideally within the borough, and the logistical capacity to sustain a reliable, high-quality delivery service. All meals must meet rigorous nutritional standards and accommodate a wide range of dietary and cultural requirements, while offering residents daily choice and flexibility in meal selection. This is for a 3 year contract.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: 1 x 12 month extension at the discretion of the Council

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103404-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Dec 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Mar 2027 - 28 Feb 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,000,000 |
| Lots value | £3,000,000 |
| 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 | Tower Hamlets |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | East London |
| Postcode | E1 1BJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Electoral ward | Whitechapel |
| Westminster constituency | Bethnal Green and Stepney |
| Delivery location | TLI4 Inner London - East |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 55520000 - Catering services
- 85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions

## Release History

- 30 Oct 2026 at 16:04 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103404-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/103404-2026
  30th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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