Tender Early Years Children & Families Hub Centres - Catering Service

Tender description

London Borough of Hackney’s Children & Education Directorate is seeking to appoint a qualified Catering Service Provider who has experience of (Lunches & Snacks) for children under 5 (Early Years) at a number of Hackney’s Families and Children Centre Hubs. The Service Provider must offer Early Years catering services which meet 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 We are looking for 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 The framework will run for 3 years and include an option to extend for a further year and will commence in December 2025. Suppliers must meet the Conditions of Participation to be invited to submit a tender. This includes Experience of delivering catering services to under 5 at a multi site Keywords: Early Years Catering