# School Meals Catering Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [London Borough of Merton](/buyers/london-borough-of-merton/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Caterlink](/contract-winners/caterlink/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £30,000,000
- Tender value: £30,000,000
- Award date: 15 July 2026
- Published: 21 July 2026
- Contract start: 3 August 2026
- Contract end: 2 August 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e6e3dd29-c362-4d46-8c44-baf4df980f1b-907480
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-532ef68b-7afb-4e22-b221-f58d7a94e52b

## Description

The Council is seeking to commission new school meals services on behalf of Primary, Special and Secondary schools within the borough\. The new service will serve the children and young people together with teaching and support staff with high quality nutritionally balanced and sustainably sourced meals for the period commencing in the Autumn term of the 2026/27 academic year\.

## Related contract awards

- [London Youth Games & London Mini Marathon Championship Coordinator](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-430e1c8e-bc5c-4214-9881-964742a40a4e): London Borough of Merton
- [Monitoring Support and Data Management Services for Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Sites](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0256c763-8f2b-4fc5-b131-58bd6a5f6fed): London Borough of Merton
- [Transformation Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a8bf687c-181c-48ac-a523-15f7dac736fb): London Borough of Merton
- [CA16633 - Birmingham Metropolitan College Tender for Catering Service](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6307616e-2c1e-4851-8609-a2104199c4ac): BMet College
- [CA16738 - Learning Community Trust Tender for Catering Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6f2b76d7-c1a3-4cba-9fcd-bfed659eb997): Learning Community Trust
- [CA16188 - The Dean Trust Tender for Catering Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-3742ec40-322f-47c7-a982-cf8ed4806e1e): The Dean Trust

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6e3dd29-c362-4d46-8c44-baf4df980f1b-907480)