Holiday Activities with Food Schemes Register[E12]

From the notice

Hampshire County Council is seeking to establish a register of suppliers for the provision of funded Holiday Activities and Food Schemes (HAF). Once established the Council will then use the register to secure suitable suppliers to provide Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) schemes across Hampshire. This will replace to the current Holiday Actives with Food Schemes Framework which expires at the end of June 2027 The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme is a Department for Education (DfE) funded programme designed to deliver healthy free holiday activities for benefits-eligible Free School Meal children across the school holidays. School holidays can be pressure points for some families because of increased costs (e.g. food and childcare) and reduced incomes. For some children that can lead to a holiday experience gap, with children from disadvantaged families: less likely to access organised out-of-school activities; more likely to experience ‘unhealthy holidays’ in terms of nutrition and physical health; and more likely to experience social isolation.  The HAF Programme is targeted towards children and young people who attend school, aged 4-16, in receipt of benefits-related free school meals. The county currently has approximately 37,000 eligible children (subject to change). The Council is looking to work with multiple suppliers to ensure a range of activities in each district and that eligible children can access a local scheme Hampshire County Council require providers to have high regard to safeguarding and all bidders will be required to evidence compliance wi…[E5]

• ConditionThe legal basis is UKPGA 2023/54 (Procurement Act 2023).[E6]
• ConditionThe buyer marks lot 1 as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.[E8]
• ConditionThe buyer marks lot 1 as suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises.[E7]
• DetailLot 1 runs from 1 Jul 2027 to 30 Jun 2030, extendable to 30 Jun 2033.[E3]
• The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

• RiskBidding has not opened. Scope and dates can change before the call for competition.[E9]
• UnknownNo submission deadline we could read in the notice data.
• UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

1. First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC

   The source published a planning or prior information notice. Bidding has not opened.

   Source document 101872-2026

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

1. E1

   The buyer is Hampshire County Council.

   Document 101872-2026, field /buyer/name, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

2. E2

   The notice is classified under CPV 55243000 (Children's holiday-camp services).

   Document 101872-2026, field /tender/items/0/additionalClassifications/0/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

3. E3

   Lot 1 runs from 1 Jul 2027 to 30 Jun 2030, extendable to 30 Jun 2033.

   “2027-07-01T00:00:00+01:00 to 2030-06-30T23:59:59+01:00”

   Document 101872-2026, field /tender/lots/0/contractPeriod, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

4. E4

   The buyer's address is in United Kingdom.

   Document 101872-2026, field /parties/0/address/country, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

5. E5

   The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.

   “Hampshire County Council is seeking to establish a register of suppliers for the provision of funded Holiday Activities and Food Schemes (HAF). Once established the Council will then use the register to secure suitable suppliers to provide Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) schem…”

   Document 101872-2026, field /tender/description, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

6. E6

   The legal basis is UKPGA 2023/54 (Procurement Act 2023).

   Document 101872-2026, field /tender/legalBasis/id, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

7. E7

   The buyer marks lot 1 as suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises.

   “vcse: true”

   Document 101872-2026, field /tender/lots/0/suitability/vcse, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

8. E8

   The buyer marks lot 1 as suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

   “sme: true”

   Document 101872-2026, field /tender/lots/0/suitability/sme, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

9. E9

   This is a planning or market engagement notice. Bidding has not opened.

   Document 101872-2026, field /tag, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

10. E10

    The notice was published on 28 Oct 2026.

    “2026-10-28T09:47:18Z”

    Document 101872-2026, field /date, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

11. E11

    Find a Tender gives the tender status as planned.

    Document 101872-2026, field /tender/status, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

12. E12

    The notice is titled "Holiday Activities with Food Schemes Register".

    Document 101872-2026, field /tender/title, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

13. E13

    The stated value is GBP 21,000,000 excluding VAT.

    “21000000 GBP”

    Document 101872-2026, field /tender/value/amount, read 28 Oct 2026, 10:16 UTC · source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

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