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Published 11 Sept 2026, 15:16 BST
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Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Local Council
services
Below threshold
Below threshold - open competition
Special Regime: {"lightTouch"}
Provision of services to the community
Social services
Welfare services for children and young people
West Midlands (UKG)
Published value
£288,600
≈ £144,103 / year
Submission deadline
8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
26d 19h left
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
2 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
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What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council: "Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)". Published status: active. Published value: £288,600. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

Official Requirement Description:

Dudley’s approach to the HAF has been one of collaboration, in terms of delivering the national vision with local focus, and delivery has placed engagement with voluntary and community organisations and wider sectors at its heart. This has been to ensure the outputs required of the programme from the Department for Education (DfE) for HAF are achieved. The purpose of this contract is to appoint a Lead Delivery Partner to coordinate the HAF programme, administer grants, ensure compliance, and maximise outcomes, quality and reach.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published valueAED 288,600
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2029 (2 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Options / extension:
    Up to a period of 24months.

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITEDHolds 100% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£288,205 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 2 yrs (with extension options)
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    1Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 100%
    Supplier Concentration
    High ConcentrationIndicative
    NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITEDTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £104,220Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 1 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £104,220Indicative (n=1)
    Single attributable award retained · 32% of the sector median for CPV 75
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (1 active published awards)
    Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot); 1 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 75):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    NEC SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED1 win£104,220No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 75 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 11 Sept 2026, 16:54 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 64 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    3reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 1,087 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 110 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 75)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
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    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme - Market EventDudley Metropolitan Borough Council · 17 Apr 2026, 15:33 BST
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    same authority
    matching published text
    Coordination of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme in SomersetSomerset Council · 3 Nov 2025, 12:03 GMT
    		£450,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme FrameworkLondon Borough of Hounslow · 7 Sept 2026, 16:57 BST
    		£807,200
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Holiday Activities and Food Programme Junior Gym MembershipsLeicestershire County Council · 2 Mar 2026, 09:13 GMT
    		£170,100
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Newham Holiday Activities and Food 2023 (HAF)LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM · 23 Mar 2023, 16:43 GMT
    		£900,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodBelow threshold - open competitionLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusactiveProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regime{"lightTouch"}
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published11 Sept 2026, 15:16 BSTLast source update11 Sept 2026, 15:16 BST
    Classification (CPV)Provision of services to the community, Social services, Welfare services for children and young people
    Delivery areaLocation not published
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f85d

    How to participate & submission route

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    Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
    8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    		Clarification deadlineNone published in notice
    Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesEnglish (en)
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
    From official release
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:16 BST
    2. Submission deadline
      8 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:16 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PWYJ-3537-GLBW
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    Official Documents & Specifications (2)

    Official links; attachments are not copied