Award of DLEARN Free School Meal S1-S3 Expansion Evaluation
Details
- Buyer
- Scottish Government
- Supplier(s)
- IPSOS MORI UK LIMITED
- Value
- £121,020
- Topic
- Provision of services to the community
- Published
- 12 August 2025
Tender description
The Scottish Government has been progressively expanding eligibility for free school meals to ensure children and young people have access to nutritious food at school, supporting their wellbeing, learning, and development. This phased expansion now provides universal free school meals for all pupils in P1 to P5 and special schools, as well as eligible pupils in P6 and P7
Timeline
- Completed: Award date8 June 2025
- Completed: Award published12 August 2025Current notice
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
- 75200000 · Provision of services to the community
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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