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title: "Holidays, Activities and Food (HAF) services DPS (SC240025)"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/holidays-activities-and-food-haf-services-dps-sc240025-ocds-h6vhtk-04c908"
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# Holidays, Activities and Food (HAF) services DPS (SC240025)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/holidays-activities-and-food-haf-services-dps-sc240025-ocds-h6vhtk-04c908). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent County Council: "Holidays, Activities and Food (HAF) services DPS (SC240025)". Published status: active. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Kent County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-county-council-ons-e10000016)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/holidays-activities-and-food-haf-services-dps-sc240025-ocds-h6vhtk-04c908#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c908`

## 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/holidays-activities-and-food-haf-services-dps-sc240025-ocds-h6vhtk-04c908#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3Daf32734b-99fd-ee11-812a-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/holidays-activities-and-food-haf-services-dps-sc240025-ocds-h6vhtk-04c908#participate

## Description
Kent County Council is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme. The HAF programme aims to provide healthy food and enriching activities for children and young people during school holidays. The DPS will be divided into geographical lots covering North, East, South, and West Kent, with opportunities for providers to bid for specific districts or parishes. The programme targets children aged 4-16 who are eligible for benefits-related Free School Meals (FSM).

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: North Kent
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: East Kent
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: South Kent
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: West Kent
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040731-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-18T11:10:22.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T04:33:40.424Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c908