School Meals Scheme: 10 catering contracts awarded to Irish schools in one week, up to €2.2m combined

Ten separate School Meals Scheme catering contracts were awarded to schools and education bodies across Ireland between 15 and 21 July 2026, according to notices published to the Official Journal. Between them the awards carry a combined ceiling of €2,219,285.20 — though, as with most of these contracts, most of that figure is an estimated framework ceiling rather than guaranteed spend, not a fixed contract price.

The awards

Award date	Buyer	Winner	Value
21 Jul 2026	Gaelscoil Faithleann	Cappercullen Foods Ltd	€428,064.00 estimated value (framework ceiling)
21 Jul 2026	Rathmullan NS (St. Joseph's)	Norwest Classic Custom ltd	€100,062.00 estimated value (framework ceiling)
20 Jul 2026	Barnatra National School	Linda Togher	€52,416.00 estimated value (framework ceiling)
18 Jul 2026	Scoil Mhuire Naofa Rhode	The Lunch Bag Limited	€165,000.00 estimated value
16 Jul 2026	Donegal Education and Training Board	BoatHouse beach bites	€30,000.00 estimated value
16 Jul 2026	Holy Family Primary School	Glanmore Foods Ltd.	€321,300.00 estimated value (framework ceiling)
16 Jul 2026	Fahy National School	Secmor Ltd	€239,366.40 estimated value (framework ceiling)
16 Jul 2026	Scoil Eoin Phóil 11 Naofa	The Lunch Bag Limited	€312,748.80 estimated value (framework ceiling)
15 Jul 2026	Scoil an Linbh Iosa (Mercy Primary)	Bradcon Catering Ltd	€419,328.00 estimated value (framework ceiling)
15 Jul 2026	Bohola National School	Martina's Homemade Foods	€151,000.00 estimated value (framework ceiling)

Eight of the ten are framework ceilings — the maximum the school could draw down over the contract term, not a committed spend — while two (Scoil Mhuire Naofa Rhode and Donegal ETB) are recorded as estimated contract values outside a framework.

One winner, two schools

The Lunch Bag Limited is the only caterer to appear twice in the week's notices, winning separate hot-meals contracts at Scoil Mhuire Naofa Rhode (€165,000.00) and Scoil Eoin Phóil 11 Naofa (€312,748.80 framework ceiling) — together an estimated €477,748.80 across the two schools.

Looking ahead

Several more schools have hot and cold meal tenders closing this week under the same scheme, including Virgin Mary Boys National School (estimated value €150,552.00, deadline 22 July) and Anabla N.S. (estimated value €97,843.20, deadline 22 July) — both buyer estimates, not award values, since neither tender has closed yet.

Figures are drawn from notices published to Ireland's official procurement portal and aggregated by TenderMatch. Framework ceilings represent the maximum permitted spend, not actual drawdown.