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Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals (2025)[E11]

United KingdomDURHAMDurham County Council[E1]

Deadline[E4]
Buyer's deadline: 5 Mar 2025, 10:00 UTC. UTC: 5 Mar 2025, 10:00 UTC.
Value[E12]
GBP 1,500,000
Procedure[E8]
Open procedure (above threshold)One stage: bids go in by the deadline
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What they want

The Council wishes to seek multiple Providers to deliver Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals within the boundaries of County Durham. All providers must meet DfE framework of standards as below: • Food Provision • Enrichment Activities • Physical Activities • Increasing Awareness of Healthy Eating, healthy lifestyles, and positive behaviours • Signposting…

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Published[E9]
12 Feb 2025
Source
UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked
2 days ago
About the requirement · From the notice
The Council wishes to seek multiple Providers to deliver Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals within the boundaries of County Durham. All providers must meet DfE framework of standards as below: • Food Provision • Enrichment Activities • Physical Activities • Increasing Awareness of Healthy Eating, healthy lifestyles, and positive behaviours • Signposting and referrals and supporting families • Safeguarding • Policies and Procedures This project utilises DfE funding which is for school aged children in receipt of benefits related free school meals. Sessions do not need to be exclusively for children in receipt benefits-related Free School Meals. Alternative funding may be sourced by the organisation to fund children ineligible for DfE funding i.e parents/carers may be charged for sessions by the activity organisation. Providers will be asked to bid and submit a proposal for Easter Holidays 2025. Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the Easter 2025 holiday provision, may be extended/varied to cover delivery in the Summer and Christmas school holiday period. At the sole discretion of the Council, providers will be identified and approached for Summer and subsequently Christmas delivery, this is likely to be dependent on successful achievement from Easter 2025 delivery under this contract and Commissioners professional judgement. If Successful Providers meet the threshold that the Commissioner deems as successful delivery, they will be emailed a proposal form for completion for the next school ho…[E5]

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  • Delivery location: North East, United Kingdom.[E6]

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Eligibility and requirements

  • DetailDelivery location: North East, United Kingdom.[E6]
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Buyer

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Durham County Council

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Evidence12 facts from the notice · Show

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  1. E1

    The buyer is Durham County Council.

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  2. E2

    The notice is classified under CPV 80000000 (Education and training services).

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  3. E3

    Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.

    “England”

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  4. E4

    Tenders must be submitted by 5 Mar 2025, 10:00 UTC.

    “2025-03-05T10:00:00Z”

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  5. E5

    The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

    “The Council wishes to seek multiple Providers to deliver Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals within the boundaries of County Durham. All providers must meet DfE framework of standards as below: • Food Provision • Enr…”

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  6. E6

    Delivery location: North East, United Kingdom.

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  7. E7

    This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.

    “tender”

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  8. E8

    The procedure is: Open procedure (above threshold).

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  9. E9

    The notice was published on 12 Feb 2025.

    “2025-02-12T12:01:39Z”

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  10. E10

    Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  11. E11

    The notice is titled "Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals (2025)".

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

  12. E12

    The stated value is GBP 1,500,000.

    “1500000 GBP”

    Document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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Updates

  1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC

    The deadline (2025-03-05T10:00:00.000Z) has passed.

    Source document 7a16e6ff-b816-4cb5-b103-1c75e290dab1-825584