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title: "Provider Panel for Holiday Activities with Healthy Food (2022 - 2025)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-030d5f"
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published: "2023-07-12"
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# Provider Panel for Holiday Activities with Healthy Food (2022 - 2025)

Buyer: DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030d5f

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## Summary

Durham County Council has initiated a tender process for creating a Provider Panel for Holiday Activities with Healthy Food from 2022 to 2025. The main focus is on seeking providers for services related to Easter, Summer, and Christmas holidays. The Council aims to establish a flexible arrangement for providers to join the panel over its lifetime, with the possibility of direct awards for future delivery during the agreement. Key dates include a tender period ending on February 18, 2022, and an expected start date at the beginning of the Easter School Holidays in April 2022.

This tender opportunity by Durham County Council presents a chance for businesses in the health and social work services category to expand their clientele. Providers offering activities related to healthy meals, enriching activities, physical activity, and nutritional education are encouraged to participate. The process involves open procedures for submitting bids electronically, with a contract period from April 2022 to January 2023, extendable based on funding. Businesses capable of catering to holiday activities with a focus on health and well-being are well-suited to compete for this lucrative contract.

## Notice

The Council wishes to seek a Panel of Providers that can undertake the following in the main holiday breaks i.e. Easter, Summer and Christmas. This will be an open and flexible arrangement to allow additional Providers to join the Provider Panel throughout its lifetime. However, at the discretion of the Council, the Panel may be closed should commissioners deem there be sufficient panel members to meet demand. The intention of the provider panel is, that as a bidder, you will include an initial proposal to cover one holiday period. Where you are successful and are awarded a contract for delivery you may then be considered for direct awards for future delivery over holiday periods throughout the lifetime of the Agreement. Any future direct award will be subject to performance, monitoring, geographical need, activity need, and commissioner approval of the activity. The direct awards can be utilised throughout the lifetime of the Agreement. Within the direct award there is capacity to undertake price refreshers and changes to activity delivery including venue and geographical demand zone. The Provider Panel Agreement provides for no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee by the Council(s) for Services from the Provider and that the Council(s) is at all times entitled to enter into other contracts and agreements with other Providers for the provision of any Services.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This procurement is issued under an Open Tender process in line with Public Contracts Regulation 2015, under Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for contracts for social and other specific services (Light Touch Regime). This will be an open and flexible arrangement to allow additional Providers to join the Provider Panel throughout its lifetime. However, at the discretion of the Council, the Panel may be closed should commissioners deem there be sufficient panel members to meet demand. The intention of the provider panel is, that as a bidder, you will include an initial proposal to cover one holiday period. Where you are successful and are awarded a contract for delivery you may then be considered for direct awards for future delivery over holiday periods throughout the lifetime of the Agreement. Any future direct award will be subject to performance, monitoring, geographical need, activity need, and commissioner approval of the activity. The direct awards can be utilised throughout the lifetime of the Agreement. Within the direct award there is capacity to undertake price refreshers and changes to activity delivery including venue and geographical demand zone. The Provider Panel Agreement provides for no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee by the Council(s) for Services from the Provider and that the Council(s) is at all times entitled to enter into other contracts and agreements with other Providers for the provision of any Services.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019882-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Feb 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Jul 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 5 Jan 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,000,000 |
| Lots value | £3,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | DURHAM |
| Post town | Durham |
| Postcode | DH1 5UL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC41 Durham |
| Local authority | County Durham |
| Electoral ward | Neville's Cross |
| Westminster constituency | City of Durham |
| Delivery location | TLC14 Durham |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 12 |
| Supplier names | AJX ACADEMY; CREATIVE KITCHEN; GROUNDWORK NORTH EAST & CUMBRIA; KALMA LIFE NORTH DURHAM & GATESHEAD WEST; KARBON HOMES; LINGOTOT; LISA MCGEE EDUCATION; NORTH EAST ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK (NEEN) TA OASES (OUTDOOR AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION SPECIALISTS; SHAPE PERFORMANCE; SJ SSC LIMITED T/A SPORTSCOOL DURHAM; SPORT WORKS; STEAM AHEAD CIC (T/A STEAM AHEAD EDUCATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 12 Jul 2023 at 08:05 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019882-2023
- 11 May 2023 at 07:09 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013393-2023
- 25 Jul 2022 at 15:07 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020203-2022
- 13 Apr 2022 at 12:49 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009901-2022
- 20 Jan 2022 at 15:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001734-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.durham.gov.uk
- http://www.nepo.org

## Provenance

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