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# 1,438,520

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1-438-520-ocds-h6vhtk-03839d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** A support contract to provide support, advisory and performance monitoring services to assist local authorities with ensuring holiday provision for school-age children across England. The national support partner will be crucial to the success of the programme. The Department reserves the right at its absolute discretion to extend for a further 12 months up to a total contract maximum contract value of £2.4m exclusive of VAT, subject to satisfactory performance, budget availability and internal approvals. The Supplier will be responsible for monitoring, supporting, and challenging all upper tier local authorities - currently there are 153 across England though that number may fluctuate to deliver the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme in the Easter, summer, and Christmas holidays 2023.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** £2,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 December 2022 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,398,630 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1-438-520-ocds-h6vhtk-03839d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03839d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1-438-520-ocds-h6vhtk-03839d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/1-438-520-ocds-h6vhtk-03839d#participate

## Description
A support contract to provide support, advisory and performance monitoring services to assist local authorities with ensuring holiday provision for school-age children across England. The national support partner will be crucial to the success of the programme.
The support contract will start in April 2023. The duration of the contract will be 12 months and will expire on 31st March 2024. The contract is up to a total value of £1.2m exclusive of any VAT for this 12-month period. The Department reserves the right at its absolute discretion to extend for a further 12 months up to a total contract maximum contract value of £2.4m exclusive of VAT, subject to satisfactory performance, budget availability and internal approvals.
The service is on a national level in England only.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,400,000
- **Description:** Local authorities are being asked to ensure that the offer of free holiday club provision is available for children in receipt of benefits-related FSM in their area. We would not expect all eligible children to participate. The grant funding allocate...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2023 to 31/03/2024

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008638-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Mott MacDonald Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-12562`
  - Value: £2,398,630 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008638-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,398,630
  - Signed Date: 22/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008958-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-28T12:05:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T21:39:38.879Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03839d