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title: "Holiday Activities and Food Programme 22-25"
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# Holiday Activities and Food Programme 22-25

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-22-25-ocds-h6vhtk-032571). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bedford Borough Council: "Holiday Activities and Food Programme 22-25". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: £1,500,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bedford Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bedford-borough-council-ons-e06000055)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 April 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Children's holiday-camp services, Holiday centre services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032571`

## 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/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-22-25-ocds-h6vhtk-032571#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fbedford%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-22-25-ocds-h6vhtk-032571#participate

## Description
Bedford Borough Council (‘the Council’) has received government funding to deliver the Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) for children and young people in the Borough who are aged 5-17, are a resident of Bedford Borough and who are eligible for Income Related Free School Meals (FSM). The HAF programme will also be accessible for Looked after Children (LAC) and children of families that have no recourse to public funding within Bedford Borough.To commission multiple providers, the Authority is setting up a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (ps-DPS), a process similar to that described in Regulations 34 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). However, the Authority reserves the right to deviate from the formalities of the procedure given the flexibilities permitted by the regulation 74 - 77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (as amended) in the conduct of procurements for the ‘Light Touch Regime’ (LTR).

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 – Regular Activity Delivery Model
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 55243000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** For bidders who already will be delivering an activity programme as contained within the specification over any Easter, Summer, and Christmas holiday periods and are able to offer sessions free of charge to children eligible for income related Free S...
- **Contract Period:** 06/06/2022 to 06/06/2025

### Lot 2: Lot 2 – Bespoke Activity Delivery Model
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 55243000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** Bidders within this Lot will be expected to work with the Council to develop and commission bespoke projects which may have a slightly different delivery model from Lot 1 (e.g. family activities, residential, bespoke sporting or creative arts provisi...
- **Contract Period:** 06/06/2022 to 06/06/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007895-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-03-23T15:42:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T12:29:14.194Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032571