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title: "22 077 Holiday Activities & Food Programme"
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# 22 077 Holiday Activities & Food Programme

Buyer: CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-036b30

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## Summary

Cheshire East Council has concluded the procurement process for the "22 077 Holiday Activities & Food Programme" under the Light Touch Regime. The Council sought providers to deliver holiday activities and food schemes for eligible young people between 4-16 years old. The contract term is initially 15 months, with a possible 12-month extension. The services will be operational from December 2022, with an optional extension until March 2025. This opportunity is ideal for SMEs and voluntary sector organisations.

This tender offers significant business growth opportunities for organisations providing recreational, cultural, and sporting services targeting children's holiday-camp, school-meal, and social work services. Businesses catering to the specific needs of vulnerable children and young people may find this tender especially suited to their expertise. As the contracts are awarded based on quality criteria, service offer, food offer, service need, contingency plans, and social value are essential factors. The Council will exercise an optional extension in April 2024, subject to funding availability.

## Notice

Cheshire East Council is using the Light Touch Regime to source a number of providers to deliver a holiday activities scheme within easy access of families currently in receipt of Free School Meals in line with DfE (Department for Education), guidelines for this funding. The criteria of the DfE funding must be met by a suitable range of providers and the activities sessions must run for a minimum of 4 hours. Providers should provide a hot meal which could necessitate the use of sub-contracting. The DfE initiative enables Councils to coordinate a programme that provides eligible young people between the ages of 4 - 16 and up to age 25 if SEND applies, to receive healthy food and enriching activities during the Easter, summer and winter school holidays. The contract term will be for 15 months initially, with the option to extend by up to 12 months. All services will be operational from school holidays December 2022. The optional extension from 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 will be at the sole discretion of the Council, it will also depend on availability of continued funding. This opportunity is suitable for SME and VCSFE organisation (i.e. small - medium and the voluntary - charity, faith section). For the avoidance of doubt, the Contracting Authority points out that no weight will be attached to whether or not an economic operator is an SME/VCSFE organisation when selecting economic operators to submit tenders or in assessing the most economically advantageous tender.

### Lot Information

Main provision including SEND support if appropriate

Cheshire East Council is seeking a number of providers to deliver lot 1 holiday activities scheme within easy access of families currently in receipt of Free School Meals in line with DfE (Department for Education), guidelines for this funding. The criteria of the DfE funding must be met by a suitable range of providers and the activities session must run for a minimum of 4 hours. Providers should provide a hot meal which could necessitate the use of sub-contracting. As per the title of this lot 'Main provision including SEND support if appropriate' this may or may not also include support for vulnerable children/young people, as specified; there is a detailed specification of requirements. It is anticipated that the total value of this Lot over the full time period including the optional extension should equate to between PS1,400,000 to PS1,800,000 with an average session price of PS12.50 being targeted.

Options: The 12 month optional extension from 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 will be exercised at the sole discretion of the Council. In the event contracts are extended any extension shall be on the same terms and conditions of contract as the original contract period.

Specialist provision only (SEND)

Cheshire East Council is seeking providers to deliver lot 2 holiday activities schemes within easy access of families currently in receipt of Free School Meals in line with DfE (Department for Education), guidelines for this funding. The criteria of the DfE funding must be met by a suitable SEND-specific providers and the activities session must run for a minimum of 4 hours. Providers should provide a hot meal which could necessitate the use of sub-contracting. As per the title of this lot 'Main provision including SEND support if appropriate' this may or may not also include support for vulnerable children/young people, as specified; there is a detailed specification of requirements. It is anticipated that the total value of this Lot over the full time period including the optional extension should equate to between PS100,000 to PS300,000

Options: The 12 month optional extension from 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025 will be exercised at the sole discretion of the Council. In the event contracts are extended any extension shall be on the same terms and conditions of contract as the original contract period.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004700-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Feb 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Oct 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,513,490 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | SANDBACH |
| Post town | Crewe |
| Postcode | CW11 1HZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD62 Cheshire East |
| Local authority | Cheshire East |
| Electoral ward | Sandbach Town |
| Westminster constituency | Congleton |
| Delivery location | TLD62 Cheshire East |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 24 |
| Supplier names | CAUDWELL CHILDREN; CHESHIRE ARTS FOR HEALTH; CHESHIRE YOUNG CARERS; CODING COACH; CONGLETON EDUCATION COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP; CREWE ALEXANDRA; GENIUS TUITION; HOLIDAY ZONE; LEIGHTON ACADEMY; LSC (LITTLE SPORTS GROUP; MARLFIELDS PRIMARY ACADEMY; MILLFIELDS PRIMARY SCHOOL; MONKS COPPENHALL ACADEMY; MULTIFLEX SCHOOL SPORTS; MULTIFLEX SPORTS; NAR SPORTS; SANDBACH SCHOOL; SCHOLAR GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL; SPORT COACHING GROUP; SPORT WORKS; SPORTSCOOL CHESHIRE; ST MARYS CATHOLIC PS&N; THE SOCIAL FARM; WISHING WELL PROJECT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services
- 92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

### Codes

- 55243000 - Children's holiday-camp services
- 55523100 - School-meal services
- 80340000 - Special education services
- 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

## Release History

- 15 Feb 2023 at 17:21 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004700-2023
- 23 Sep 2022 at 15:54 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026768-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/regulation/74/made
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

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