Award of Setting the Table: Sample Menus and Recipes
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- Gina Gorvett Nutrition
- Value
- £6,300
- Topic
- Health and safety services
- Published
- 9 May 2025
Tender description
The Scottish Government Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Division is responsible for overseeing commitments on expanding funded ELC provision with 1,140 hours of high quality funded ELC available to all three and four-year-olds and eligible two-year-olds. This includes the delivery of a free meal for every eligible child as part of the ELC day.Setting the Table, nutritional guidance and food standards for early years childcare providers in Scotland, was first published in 2015 then updated in 2018. The current refresh has been commissioned to ensure that the publication takes account of the most up-to-date scientific evidence and nutritional guidance.The Division wishes to commission the production of nutritionally analysed sample menus for children aged 1 to 5 years (for 2 weeks), which meet the revised nutrient and food and drinks standards for early years that are currently being developed by a technical working group. The group comprises experts from key agencies including Public Health Scotland, Food Standards Scotland and the NHS.
Timeline
- Completed: Award published9 May 2025Current notice
- Completed: Award date9 May 2025
About the buyer
The Scottish Government is a devolved central government department that buys through its Scottish Procurement and Property Directorate. Regulated procurements across the Scottish public sector are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national portal set up in 2008. Bids are usually submitted through PCS-Tender, the national eTendering system it funds. The directorate also runs frameworks covering construction, corporate services, ICT, professional services, utilities and HR. Many of these frameworks are open to the wider Scottish public sector as well as central government. The Supplier Development Programme offers free tender training to SMEs and third sector organisations.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Scottish Government's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and research and development.
Relevant CPV codes
- 71317200 · Health and safety services
- 85140000 · Miscellaneous health services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
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| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@scottish-government.gov |
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