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title: "Holiday Activity Food Summer 2026"
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buyer: "Sunderland City Council"
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# Holiday Activity Food Summer 2026

Buyer: Sunderland City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8be354ab-abaf-4a33-98d2-71e952ab4dae

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/51afe6e5-1752-4f16-8cfa-38633e75378d |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 23 Jul 2026 - 28 Aug 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,335,276 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,335,276 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Sunderland City Council |
| Locality | SUNDERLAND |
| Postcode area | Sunderland |
| Postcode | SR1 3AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC44 Sunderland |
| Local authority | Sunderland |
| Electoral ward | Millfield |
| Westminster constituency | Sunderland Central |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85320000 - Social services

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 15:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/51afe6e5-1752-4f16-8cfa-38633e75378d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/51afe6e5-1752-4f16-8cfa-38633e75378d
  13th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://open-uk.org

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