RFI - Healthy School Lunches (HSL) Innovations

Details

RFx ID :	34213921
Tender Name :	RFI - Healthy School Lunches (HSL) Innovations
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Open Date :	Thursday, 11 June 2026 2:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Close Date  :	Thursday, 9 July 2026 3:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Department/Business Unit :	Sector Enablement and Support
Tender Type :	Request for Information (Market research) (RFI)
Tender Coverage :	Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :	50000000 - Food Beverage and Tobacco Products 73130000 - Food and beverage industries 85150000 - Food and nutrition services 90100000 - Restaurants and catering
Regions:	New Zealand
Required Pre-qualifications :	None
Contact :	Andrew McLean lunches.procurement@education.govt.nz
Alternate Physical Delivery Address  :
Alternate Physical Fax Number  :

The Healthy School Lunch programme (the Programme) managed by the Ministry of Education is currently delivered as a universal programme to approximately 25% of students in schools across New Zealand. Under the Programme all students within a participating school are eligible for a Ministry-funded school lunch.

Daily lunches are currently provided to approximately 240,000 students across 1,015 schools and kura via several different models.


The Ministry is undertaking market analysis and research on innovative approaches to deliver a cost efficient, scalable Healthy School Lunch programme that supports students experiencing food insecurity regardless of the school they attend, as well as:

- improving sustainability, such as exploring options for localised ingredient sourcing, production and delivery suitable for clusters of schools

- minimising the impact of weather or other events, in particular for small or isolated communities

- increasing flexibility through innovative funding mechanisms and delivery partnerships.

Through this RFI we are seeking information on options to support the delivery of lunch solutions targeting groups of students in schools, within regions around New Zealand.

A market briefing will be held at 2pm, Tuesday 16 June. Briefing registration details are included in the RFI document.