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Prior notice United Kingdom Services

Project to Improve School Food Procurement Practices

Reference ocds-h6vhtk-0569c3 · DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Prior notice. Estimated value: £2,000,000.

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Background The Government seeks to improve public sector food procurement (PSFP). Subject to legal constraints, it aims for half of all public sector food to be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards. The new National Procurement Policy Statement, published in February 2025, sets expectations for government contracts to favour products meeting higher environmental standards. This project supports these ambitions by improving school food procurement practices which will lead to enhanced food quality and sustainability, reduced food waste and primary and secondary pupils being better engaged with the food system. Schools account for approximately half of public sector food and catering expenditure and are therefore central to delivery of PSFP ambitions. This is particularly important given childhood obesity and persistent health inequalities. In England, about one in three children leave primary school overweight or obese; those in the most deprived areas face more than twice the risk of those in the least deprived; and lower-income children consume substantially less fruit, vegetables, oily fish and fibre. As packed lunches rarely meet the School Food Standa…

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FTS 100509-2026 23 October 2026

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