Official UK procurement notice
SEND Specific Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals (Summer 2025)
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North East (UKC14)
Published estimate£300,000£300,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 29 May 2025awarded 27 Jun 2025
Awarded to ALD Hairdressing Training Academy Ltd
Contract term 1 moends 1 Sept 2025 · up to 4 Jan 2026 with extensions · starts 21 Jul 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council wishes to seek multiple Providers to deliver SEND Specific Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals within the boundaries of County Durham.
This project utilises DfE funding which is for school aged children in receipt of benefits related free school meals.
All providers must meet DfE framework of standards as below:
- Food Provision
- Enrichment Activities
- Physical Activities
- Increasing Awareness of Healthy Eating, healthy lifestyles, and
positive behaviours
- Signposting and referrals and supporting families
- Safeguarding
- Policies and Procedures
CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Lot awarding rule: Additional Selection and Award Criteria - Pass/Fail Proposal and Pricing - Pass/Fail
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 15 May 2025, 15:19 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jun 2025, 10:26 BST
- Authority reference
002353 SEND- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-021852- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0514c4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 May 2025, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 May 2025, 10:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
15 May 2025 → 21 Jul 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published15 May 2025, 15:19 BST
- Clarification questions by22 May 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline29 May 2025, 10:00 BST
- Latest notice published27 Jun 2025, 10:26 BST
- Contract starts21 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025- Tender notice published15 May 2025, 15:19 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published27 Jun 2025, 10:26 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete27 Jun 2025, 10:26 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £6,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jun 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALD Hairdressing Training Academy LtdSME | £6,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · ALD Hairdressing Training Academy LtdSME
- Signed
- 27 Jun 2025
- Value
- £6,000
- Period
- 19 Jul 2025 – 2 Sept 2025 · up to 2 Jan 2026 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the SEND Summer 2025 holiday provision, may be extended/varied to cover delivery in the Christmas school holiday period. At the sole discretion of the Council, providers will be identified and approached for Christmas delivery, this is likely to be dependent on successful achievement from SEND Summer 2025 delivery under this contract and Commissioners professional judgement. If Successful Providers meet the threshold that the Commissioner deems as successful delivery, they will be emailed a proposal form for completion for the next school holiday period. The same evaluation criteria will be applied to the subsequent proposals. There is also a possibility that DCC may acquire funding from different sources that may be used for main school holidays, half term holidays or funding for participants to attend that are not in receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals. Where this is the case successful providers will be updated regarding the scope of delivery.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ALD Hairdressing Training Academy LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender