HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) Programme

The Council seeks to secure the services of expert holiday club providers to support the Council’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme for the next three years. We are looking for providers who can offer high quality holiday schemes and activities for children who meet the Governments’ criteria for the programme e.g. children who are in receipt of income based free school meals and are aged between 5 and 16 years old. Sessions must also offer children hot healthy food for a main meal and healthy snacks throughout the day. Activities need to include physical activity and enrichment opportunities for all those that attend. The HAF programme is to run during the school Easter, Summer and Christmas holidays and the council needs to provide activities for at least four hours a day for four days a week for one week at Easter and Christmas and for four hours a day for four days a week for four weeks during the summer. Stringent data collection and a written report will need to be undertaken for each holiday period from each provider for monitoring purposes with data being feedback to the DfE. We plan to publish this tender week ending 18/02/2022. Ahead of this, we are holding a Market Engagement Event, including a Tender Response Workshop at 10:00 on Monday 14/02/2022 via Microsoft Teams. This will provide bidders with an opportunity to hear more about our plans and timescales and ask any questions they may have. If you wish to attend please email procurement@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk with names and email addresses for each attendee. Confirmation will be sent to you.