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Holiday Activity Food Summer 2026

Sunderland City Council

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13 Oct 2026 at 15:30

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Summary of the contracting process

Sunderland City Council procured holiday activity food services for its Holiday Active Food requirements, alongside hot and/or cold food for Together for Children Early Help individual services. The work is a combination of food provision and social support services, delivered in the North East of England. The requirement is tied to activities for children and families: suppliers need to provide meals appropriate to the holiday programme and food provision for the Early Help service. The contracting process names nine appointed providers, ranging from small businesses and community organisations to a larger leisure operator, indicating that the service was delivered through a group of suppliers rather than a single provider. The buyer is Sunderland City Council.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Active Families NE CIC, Keep Active, Michael Coghlan Football Coaching, Science Buddies, Sports and Leisure Management (Sunderland Lifestyle Partnership), Sportsking Coaching, Sunderland All Together Consortium, Vision Coaching and Washington Athletic Youth. The award date was 1 July 2026, and the contract period runs from 23 July to 28 August 2026. The awarded value is £1,335,276.59. The contract was let as a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system, using a selective procurement method. The process was for services and was presented as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. No separate lot breakdown or evaluation criteria are stated in the procurement information.

This award shows demand from Sunderland City Council for coordinated holiday food provision linked to children’s activities, as well as meals for individual Early Help services. A credible competitor would need to combine reliable food preparation and delivery with the ability to support activity programmes and meet the practical needs of children and families. The appointed group included coaching providers, a science activity provider, community organisations and a leisure operator, alongside specialist and community-interest organisations; suppliers with complementary local delivery capacity may therefore be well placed to meet a similar requirement. The buying route was a call-off from a dynamic purchasing system, so relevant experience in delivering food and associated holiday or early-help services, and the organisational capacity to serve multiple programme settings, would be commercially pertinent when this buyer next requires this service.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Holiday Activity Food Summer 2026

Notice Description

The provision of a hot food service as required to meet Holiday Active Food requirements and the provision of hot and/or cold food to be supplied for the provision of Together for Children Early Help Individual Service requirements To apply for the DPS visit https://open-uk.org Project # OPEN2024117 Dynamic Purchasing System for the Delivery of Holiday Activity Food Programmes and Early Help Services

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-8be354ab-abaf-4a33-98d2-71e952ab4dae
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/51afe6e5-1752-4f16-8cfa-38633e75378d
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85320000 - Social services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,335,276 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£1,335,276 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Oct 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Jul 20263 months ago
Contract Period
23 Jul 2026 - 28 Aug 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Sunderland City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SUNDERLAND
Postcode
SR1 3AA
Postcode Area
Sunderland
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC44 Sunderland
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England)
Local Authority
Sunderland
Electoral Ward
Millfield
Westminster Constituency
Sunderland Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
9
Supplier Names

Active Families NE CIC

Keep Active

Michael Coghlan Football Coaching

Science Buddies

Sports and Leisure Management SUNDERLAND LIFESTYLE PARTNERSHIP L

SportsKing Coaching

Sunderland All Together Consortium

Vision Coaching

Washington Athletic Youth

Further Information

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