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title: "Dynamic Purchasing System for Holiday Activity Fund"
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# Dynamic Purchasing System for Holiday Activity Fund

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dynamic-purchasing-system-for-holiday-activity-fund-ocds-h6vhtk-042a76). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Department for Education (DfE) has granted Local Authorities funding to provide Holiday Activities with Food (HAF) to cover the Easter, Summer and Christmas holiday periods from April 2021 to March 2025. The aim of the HAF programme is to support children and young people aged between 4 and 16 who are eligible for Free School Meals to access high quality activities and food free of charge over each of these holiday periods. The provision shall be via a pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System and is open to admitted providers throughout the period of validity which will initially be until end of March 2025 but could be extended dependent on future funding availability. Published lot titles: Physical Activity; Wellbeing activity; Nutritious meal; Nutritional Education.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Warrington Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/warrington-borough-council-ons-e06000007)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 February 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD61
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042a76`

## Before you bid
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- **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/dynamic-purchasing-system-for-holiday-activity-fund-ocds-h6vhtk-042a76#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dynamic-purchasing-system-for-holiday-activity-fund-ocds-h6vhtk-042a76#participate

## Description
The Department for Education (DfE) has granted Local Authorities funding to provide Holiday Activities with Food (HAF) to cover the Easter, Summer and Christmas holiday periods from April 2021 to March 2025.
The aim of the HAF programme is to support children and young people aged between 4 and 16 who are eligible for Free School Meals to access high quality activities and food free of charge over each of these holiday periods.
The provision shall be via a pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System and is open to admitted providers throughout the period of validity which will initially be until end of March 2025 but could be extended dependent on future funding availability.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Physical Activity
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Lot 1 Physical activity – Physical activity this can range from yoga, forest school, treasure hunts, as well as adventure activities and more common activities such as football, rounders and dance etc

### Lot 2: Wellbeing activity
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Lot 2 Wellbeing activity – Arts and crafts, music playing or making, playdough, storytelling, Drama etc.

### Lot 3: Nutritious meal
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Lot 3 Nutritious meal - must be included as part of the offer - Where possible we would like groups to link with community hub food providers. If, however you plan to provide food directly to young people please explain how this is being met, along w...

### Lot 4: Nutritional Education
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Lot 4 Nutritional Education – this does not need to be formal, it could as simple as trying new foods, growing vegetables, understanding colour codes on cereal boxes.  We seek family engagement in this area wherever possible and welcome family cookin...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000112-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-01-03T12:10:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-03T19:18:42.050Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042a76