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Activity Packs to accompany Christmas HAF Delivery

Hartlepool Borough Council

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01 Sep 2026 at 14:44

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Hartlepool Borough Council bought activity packs to support its Hartlepool Holiday Fun (HAF) programme during the Christmas periods of 2026 and 2027. The requirement is classified as goods, specifically educational equipment, and covers the provision of packs for children and young people taking part in holiday activities. Delivery is in Hartlepool, within the council’s area in the North East of England. The council is the buying organisation and the requirement is presented as a single package rather than separate workstreams. Businesses relevant to this opportunity are suppliers, manufacturers, distributors or pack assemblers of educational, recreational or child-focused activity materials. The requirement is focused on supplying physical packs for a publicly funded holiday activity programme, rather than delivering the activities or managing the wider HAF service.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded directly without competition because it was below the applicable threshold. The award was made to The Wonder Company Group Ltd on 1 September 2026. The awarded contract value is £17,352 excluding VAT, or £20,822.40 including VAT. The contract was signed on 1 September 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027. The tender had one completed lot and one active award. The evaluation basis is therefore the council’s direct-award decision rather than a competitive assessment of multiple bids. The selected supplier is a UK small or medium-sized enterprise. The contract remains active and covers activity-pack provision for the council’s Christmas HAF delivery programme.

This procurement shows Hartlepool Borough Council has a recurring requirement for ready-to-use activity packs and educational equipment to support holiday provision for children and young people. Suppliers best placed for a future requirement of this kind would be able to design, assemble, source or distribute complete activity packs, with content suitable for structured holiday activities and appropriate for the intended age groups. Credible competitors would need dependable access to educational and recreational materials, practical fulfilment and packing capacity, and the ability to deliver consistently to Hartlepool. Experience supplying councils, schools, holiday programmes or comparable children’s services would help demonstrate understanding of safeguarding-conscious public delivery, specification compliance and reliable distribution. The previous award to an SME indicates that the requirement can be delivered by a focused specialist supplier as well as a larger distributor.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Activity Packs to accompany Christmas HAF Delivery

Notice Description

Provision of Activity Packs for Hartlepool Holiday Fun (HAF) during Christmas 2026 and 2027

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06efaa
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082725-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

CPV Codes

39162000 - Educational equipment

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£17,352 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Hartlepool Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HARTLEPOOL
Postcode
TS24 8AY
Postcode Area
Cleveland
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC3 Tees Valley
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Hartlepool
Electoral Ward
Victoria
Westminster Constituency
Hartlepool

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

THE WONDER COMPANY GROUP LTD

Further Information

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