Notice Information
Notice Title
Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme 2026
Notice Description
The Department of Education (DfE) has confirmed that all Local Authorities in England will receive funding to co-ordinate a local Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) during Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays of the 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29 financial years. The overall purpose of the funding given to Newham is to enable the Council to coordinate free holiday provision during the Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays for children and young people that are eligible for benefits-related free school meals. HAF holiday provision includes healthy food, access to positive activities and nutritional advice and guidance. Due to uncertainty around funding allocations and the compressed timescales for delivery, no full pre-market engagement will be undertaken for this procurement. This approach is intended to avoid creating unrealistic expectations within the market and ensure compliance with the available budget and timeline constraints. Some market engagement was carried out with current HAF providers. Conversations were also carried out with new providers who have shown interest in HAF previously. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=998899236
Lot Information
Universal provision for primary school aged children
This provision is for primary school aged children (aged 5-11 years inclusive) who are eligible for the service. These children will not have significant or complex special educational needs and / or disabilities, however, 12% of overall places must be available for children and young people who may need low-level SEND support. Funding will be allocated across all of the lots dependent on the need of the individuals using the service. Please note that the value is an estimated value only.
Universal provision for secondary school aged young peopleThis provision is for secondary school aged children and young people (aged 11-16 years inclusive) who are eligible for the service. These young people will not have significant or complex special educational needs and / or disabilities, however, 12% of overall places must be available for young people who may need low- level SEND support. A programme in this category must be designed so that it is appealing to participants and can achieve high levels of engagement. It should look very different to a programme aimed at the primary age range. Factors that should be considered are times of sessions, type of venue, food offer and types of activities. Funding will be allocated across all of the lots dependent on the need of the individuals using the service. Please note that the value is an estimated value only.
Specialist provision for children and young people with moderate special educational needs and / or disabilities (SEND).This provision is for children and young people with moderate SEND needs. In school, these children and young people will get support, which is extra to, or different from, the support given to most children and young people in their class. Those with significant or more complex needs may also need specialist support, which may come not just from the school but from health and care services too. Due to the high level of need and support required, universal HAF provision will be unsuitable for children and young people with targeted or specialist SEND needs. Lot 3 providers will be required to demonstrate that they have appropriately trained staff, staff to child ratios of 1-2 1-3 or 1-4, knowledge and experience to work with children and young people with severe, profound and multiple SEND needs. Funding will be allocated across all of the lots dependent on the need of the individuals using the service. Please note that the value is an estimated value only.
Specialist provision for children and young people with specialist and complex special educational needs and / or disabilities (SEND).This provision is for children and young people with complex SEND needs. Due to the high level of need and support required, universal and targeted SEND HAF provision will be unsuitable for children and young people. Lot 4 providers will be required to demonstrate that they have appropriately trained staff, staff to child ratios of 1-1 or 2-1, knowledge and experience to work with children and young people with severe, profound and multiple SEND needs. Funding will be allocated across all of the lots dependent on the need of the individuals using the service. Please note that the value is an estimated value only.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f10f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080749-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
55240000 - Holiday centre and holiday home services
55243000 - Children's holiday-camp services
55523100 - School-meal services
80000000 - Education and training services
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 29 Mar 2026 - 15 Jan 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement.support@newham.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 020 3373 1594
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E16 2QU
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- TLI4 Inner London - East
-
- Local Authority
- Newham
- Electoral Ward
- Royal Albert
- Westminster Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080749-2025
8th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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