ClosedRecreation and culture

GB-Watford: Play Scheme - School Holiday Activity Programme[E11]

Watford, United KingdomWatford Borough Council[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Watford Borough Council is seeking a Service Provider to operate and run a Play Scheme and Activity Programme within Watford for Children during the Easter and Summer Holidays. The Wat's On program offers open access activities for 5 to 15 year olds in both Easter and summer school holidays. It was launched in Easter 2017, and achieved more than 2000 attendances to its varied activity sessions.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 4 Oct 2024, 10:00 UTC+1. UTC: 4 Oct 2024, 09:00 UTC.
Published 22 Aug 2024.
Value: GBP 500,000
Buyer: Watford Borough CouncilSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab) ↗
Tender documents: The tender documents for this notice are on the buyer's own portal, usually behind a free supplier registration. We link to them and do not fetch them, so the report is based on the notice only.

This opportunity is closed and its deadline has passed. Reports are not available for it.

Deadline[E4]: 4 Oct 2024, 10:00 UTC+1
Value[E12]: GBP 500,000
Published[E9]: 22 Aug 2024
Procedure[E8]: Open procedure
Source: UK Contracts Finder (OCDS) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 8 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Watford Borough Council is seeking a Service Provider to operate and run a Play Scheme and Activity Programme within Watford for Children during the Easter and Summer Holidays. The Wat's On program offers open access activities for 5 to 15 year olds in both Easter and summer school holidays. It was launched in Easter 2017, and achieved more than 2000 attendances to its varied activity sessions. We aim to keep children safe at the same time as providing challenges through free open access multi skilled activities, adventurous and risky play and creative sessions. (Open access means that we can only supervise children and young people while they are on site and participating in the activities. Participants cannot be confined to the grounds or prevented from coming and going as they please). In Easter 2023 there were 35 sessions delivered across the borough in 12 locations. 2,543 children attended these sessions which was an increase of 192% from 2021. Summer 2023 there were 91 sessions delivered across 14 locations with 7,587 children attending an increase of 6.9% from the previous summer. Sessions included adventure play, stage school, arts & crafts, film school, food tech, gymnastics, games & coding, science lab and water wars. The proposed contract is for three years confirmed on an annual basis. Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the pro…[E5]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionDelivery location: East of England, United Kingdom.[E6]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC
The deadline (2024-10-04T09:00:00.000Z) has passed.
Source document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597

Evidence

12 facts

Every fact on this page comes from the published notice. Each entry shows the document and the field it was read from.

E1
The buyer is Watford Borough Council.
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
The notice is classified under CPV 92000000 (Recreational, cultural and sporting services).
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/classification/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
Contracts Finder publishes United Kingdom procurement.
“UK”
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
Tenders must be submitted by 4 Oct 2024, 10:00 UTC+01:00.
“2024-10-04T10:00:00+01:00”
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/tenderPeriod/endDate, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Watford Borough Council is seeking a Service Provider to operate and run a Play Scheme and Activity Programme within Watford for Children during the Easter and Summer Holidays. The Wat's On program offers open access activities for 5 to 15 year olds in both Easter and summer sch…”
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
Delivery location: East of England, United Kingdom.
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/items/0/deliveryAddresses/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
This is a call for competition. Suppliers can respond.
“tender”
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The procedure is: Open procedure.
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/procurementMethodDetails, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The notice was published on 22 Aug 2024.
“2024-08-22T11:20:08+01:00”
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/documents/0/datePublished, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E10
Contracts Finder gives the tender status as active.
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E11
The notice is titled "GB-Watford: Play Scheme - School Holiday Activity Programme".
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E12
The stated value is GBP 500,000.
“500000 GBP”
Document 40d3c877-e82b-46bc-b1fc-8a67ec02a777-779597, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

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