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Hackney Families and Children's Centres Hubs Catering Service 2025

London Borough of Hackney · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 00:11.

Opportunity overview

Children’s Centres and Family Hub provide a range of family support services from a single location; working closely with schools, GPs and other local service providers. Their services generally also include childcare for 0-5 year olds. Most children’s centres which provide childcare will be open from 7:45am in the morning until 5:45pm in the evening, Monday to Friday, a minimum of 48 weeks a year.

Classification

  • CPV55520000 — Catering services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN766798
Status
planning
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning
Has Renewal
Yes

Contract period

Ends
1 Oct 2028, 00:59
Starts
1 Oct 2025, 01:00
Max Extent Date
1 Oct 2029, 00:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
55520000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Catering services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
015511-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
16 Apr 2025, 12:11

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
1 May 2025, 00:59
Description
This is a PIN (A Prior Indicative Notice) Pre- Market Engagement for the following. London Borough of Hackney is in the process of developing a tender for catering service (Lunches & Snacks) for children under 5 (Early Years) at Hackney’s Families and Children Centre Hubs. The Service Provider must offer Early Years catering services which are in line with the School Food Trust Recommendations for Food & Drink for Under 5s and the Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering. A prerequisite for this tender It is essential that you have Early Years Catering experience The purpose of the pre-market engagement is to gain an understanding of Catering Service Providers who are experienced in Early Years Catering and would like to bid/Express an Interest when the tender is published. We are seeking a contract that can provide high quality meals that meet the Early Years nutritional guidelines for Children under 5 to be delivered in Hackney children centres and family hubs and school maintained children centres. As well as a contractor that will work with the Council to further Hackney’s Sustainability agenda to reduce food waste and carbon emissions. This will be through achieving a number of targets including Creating climate friendly meals Carrying out a food waste baseline audit on an annual basis to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030 from 2025 baseline data. Sending annual food purchase data to the Climate team and reduce food related emissions by 38% by 2030 from 2024 baseline data It is likely that the contractor will need to have admitted body status for LGPS Please note at this stage, any information gathered through the pre-market engagement may inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please also note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any provider participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any provider at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. The framework will run for 3 years and include an option to extend for a further year and will commence in October 2025. Please register your interest on the London Tender Portal to be notified when the tender is published towards the early or Mid May https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=ab783395-011a-f011-8136-005056b64545&p=2241eb95-058a-e511-80f7-000c29c9ba21 This is not a call for competition.

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PRZC-5592-DDDV
Name
London Borough of Hackney

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI41
Country
GB
Locality
Hackney
Postal Code
E8 1DY
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Hackney Service Centre, 1 Hillman Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PRZC-5592-DDDV
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
LBH Rehilah Hamid
Telephone
+44 2083563000

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Hackney · UKI41 · E8 1DY · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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