CO0587 - Essex ActivAte Programme (HAF) 2025[E11]

From the notice

The Department for Education has provided Essex County Council with funding in order to deliver the holiday activity and food programme (HAF) across Essex during the Easter, Summer and Winter school holidays. Active Essex will be managing the programme on behalf of Essex County Council. Active Essex and Essex County Council will also be managing the HAF programme on behalf of Thurrock Council. Across Essex and Thurrock the programme is called Essex ActvAte. Essex ActivAte will engage and support young people and families who are eligible for benefits based free school meals and families most in need. The programme will provide free and inclusive holiday clubs across the county that will include a range of fun physical and enrichment activities, a free nutritious meal, nutritional education and mentoring and support for the young person and whole family. The programme aims to improve health generally, including, crucially, mental health and aim to provide the families with the knowledge and support to live healthier, happier lives. We are looking for delivery partners or consortiums who can lead and deliver Essex ActivAte clubs across Essex and Thurrock during the main school holidays. The Essex ActivAte programme has now been running for 3 years, working with over 300 delivery partners to offer over 150,000 free spaces and hot meals per year. Over the next year of 2025, it is our aim to extend the programme so that every young person who is eligible for benefits based free school meals or is in need of this holiday support has the opportunity to engage in a loca…[E5]

• ConditionDelivery location: England, United Kingdom.[E6]
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1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:41 UTC

   The deadline (2025-02-17T09:00:00.000Z) has passed.

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1. E1

   The buyer is Essex County Council.

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2. E2

   The notice is classified under CPV 55240000 (Holiday centre and holiday home services).

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3. E3

   Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.

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4. E4

   Tenders must be submitted by 17 Feb 2025, 09:00 UTC.

   “2025-02-17T09:00:00Z”

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5. E5

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “The Department for Education has provided Essex County Council with funding in order to deliver the holiday activity and food programme (HAF) across Essex during the Easter, Summer and Winter school holidays. Active Essex will be managing the programme on behalf of Essex County…”

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6. E6

   Delivery location: England, United Kingdom.

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7. E7

   This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.

   “tender”

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8. E8

   The procedure is: Open procedure (above threshold).

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9. E9

   The notice was published on 31 Jan 2025.

   “2025-01-31T12:01:06Z”

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10. E10

    Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.

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11. E11

    The notice is titled "CO0587 - Essex ActivAte Programme (HAF) 2025".

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12. E12

    The stated value is GBP 4,200,000.

    “4200000 GBP”

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