--- title: "Holiday Activities and Food 2019" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2019-01-15" --- # Holiday Activities and Food 2019 Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is initiating the "Holiday Activities and Food 2019" tender, which focuses on providing coordinated holiday provisions including healthy meals and enriching activities for disadvantaged children. This procurement falls under the services category, specifically social work and related services, and an estimated budget of £9 million is available for the chosen organisations. The tender period is set to close on 7th February 2019, and the contract is expected to commence on 15th April 2019, concluding on 31st October 2019. The procurement method is an open procedure, allowing various parties to submit their bids. This tender presents significant growth opportunities for organisations involved in community services, catering, and children's recreational activities. Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) that can provide quality holiday provisions and engage effectively with local authorities will be well-suited to compete. By participating, potential bidders can contribute to improving the well-being of disadvantaged children and gain valuable experience in managing substantial grants aimed at community welfare. ## Notice Please note that this is a grant. Early in 2018, the government announced a programme of work to explore how best to ensure more children from disadvantaged families benefit from enrichment activities and healthy meals during the school holidays. The programme of work included a PS2m grant fund awarded to organisations delivering free healthy food and activities to disadvantaged children in the 2018 summer holidays, and the local coordination of free holiday provision grant fund for the 2019 summer holidays, which is the subject of this invitation to bid. The information we gain from our 2018 and 2019 programmes will provide us with valuable information about what works in supporting this emerging sector. School holidays can be particular pressure points for some families because of increased costs (such as food and childcare) and reduced incomes (such as loss of a free school meal, reduced working hours etc.). There is a growing body of evidence of a holiday experience gap - with children from disadvantaged families less likely to access organised out-of-school activities; more likely to experience 'unhealthy holidays' in terms of nutrition and physical health; and more likely to experience social isolation. Free holiday clubs are a response to this issue and evidence suggests that they can have a positive impact on children and young people and that they work best when they provide consistent and easily accessible enrichment activities, for more than just breakfast or lunch, and when they involve children (and parents) in food preparation. There is huge variation in existing provision in terms of the frequency and duration of provision, and the food and activities on offer. Stakeholders in this area value this diversity in provision but told us that the sector could benefit from support to improve the quality of provision, especially in terms of: * partnership working with other stakeholders in order to improve targeting and referrals, and to help providers link up with food providers; * greater coordination across local areas to help raise awareness of what provision is available and to identify any gaps or 'cold spots'; and * minimum standards or guidance. We are now inviting organisations to bid for grant funding to take on the role of testing the coordination of free holiday provision (including healthy food and enriching activities) for disadvantaged children during the 2019 summer holidays in up to 9 upper-tier local authorities. Up to PS9m is available in 2019-20 in this grant fund. The aims of this grant programme are to develop a more efficient and joined-up approach to free holiday provision for disadvantaged children; and to ensure there is enough good quality free holiday provision to meet the demand from children eligible for free school meals (FSM) in the local authority during the 2019 summer holidays. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1283df8a-1bac-4644-bd27-8027ce2bd867 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Jan 2019 | | Submission deadline | 7 Feb 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 14 Apr 2019 - 31 Oct 2019 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £9,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION | | Locality | SHEFFIELD, | | Post town | Sheffield | | Postcode | S1 2FJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield | | Local authority | Sheffield | | Electoral ward | City | | Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85300000 - Social work and related services ## Release History - 15 Jan 2019 at 14:46 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1283df8a-1bac-4644-bd27-8027ce2bd867 - 7 Dec 2018 at 09:41 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1283df8a-1bac-4644-bd27-8027ce2bd867 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1283df8a-1bac-4644-bd27-8027ce2bd867 15th January 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/06a3ed2a-6e41-4509-9f49-6de9ade13ae4 Invitation to bid - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a3a66c74-21e4-44b8-b7c2-0f006b5e339a Application form - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0169a868-25b6-45db-96b7-94bec55d8ad1 List of Local Authorities - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0a54c3ab-3d85-4887-b76c-f809956dc9c4 Question and Answer document ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9f17e492-3086-4a4a-90ed-31b5d5e27d65.json.