Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2025/26
A Tender Notice
by CHESHIRE EAST COUNCIL
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- 9 month
- Value
- £346K
- Sector
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Published
- 08 May 2025
- Delivery
- 01 Jul 2025 to 31 Mar 2026
- Deadline
- 23 May 2025 15:00
Concepts
Location
Cheshire East:
1 buyer
- Cheshire East Council Crewe
Description
Cheshire East Council is seeking to commission a number of providers to deliver face to face school holiday activities for young people in Cheshire East. The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme is a 'Department for Education' initiative enabling local authorities to coordinate a programme that provides school age young people between the ages of 4 - 16, and up to age 18 for eligible SEND young people, healthy food and enriching activities during the summer and winter holidays. There is potential for delivery periods during the October 2025 and February 2026 half term holidays, but these are subject to DfE approval and funding availability. Service vision: We currently have an operational service across Cheshire East, which we have the desire to extend and enhance. To improve the existing service, we will focus on the following priorities: 1. SEND 2. Teen 3. New geographical coverage 4. New activity types Tenders will be accepted under two LOTS - LOT 1 is for providers who are offering general HAF provision. LOT 2 is restricted to applications for specialist provision e.g., SEND, teen. The Cheshire East Holiday Activities and Food Programme provision currently falls within the following broad categories of activity offer and operate in the following general locations. Current activities and locations: > General sports camps LOT 1 Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Sandbach, Nantwich, Middlewich, Holmes Chapel > Generic holiday camps LOT 1 Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Scholar Green, Wilmslow > Creative holiday camps LOT 1 Sandbach > Farm based holiday camps LOT 1 & LOT 2 Haslington >Teen provision (LOT 2) - sports based & day out event activities Crewe, Macclesfield, Congleton, Nantwich, Holmes Chapel > SEND (LOT 2) Crewe, Wrenbury and day-out based provision across Cheshire East The Cheshire East Holiday Activities and Food Programme would like to expand their current offer and introduce new proposed activity provision - the programme would welcome tenders that offer a focus on, but not limited to the following - > Art and craft > Dance and movement > Drama > Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) > Languages > Specialist sports > Animal and nature-based holiday camps
Lot Division
| 1 | General HAF provision
We want to ensure that the young people who participate in this programme receive the following: • a safe environment • nutritious meals (improving their knowledge of health and nutrition) • engaging, enriching and physical activities which support the development of resilience, health and wellbeing • fun and friendly interaction • encouragement and signposting towards additional services and support available to them • a chance to develop new skills • have new experiences LOT 1 provisions providers are expected to deliver the entirety of their programme in line with grant conditions. This includes exciting, enriching and physical activities for young people, which are expected to be face-to-face. Provisions need to be inclusive and meet additional needs where appropriate within the scope of their funding/expertise. Providers are also expected to provide nutritional education and food education in addition to supporting families with appropriate sign posting to other services and or making referrals where appropriate. Providers must supply young people with at least one meal a day (breakfast, lunch or tea) and all food provided at the holiday club (including snacks) must meet school food standards. LOT 1 funding has a maximum funding cost of £21.00 per session per child |
| 2 | Specialist HAF provision
We want to ensure that the young people who participate in this programme receive the following: • a safe environment • nutritious meals (improving their knowledge of health and nutrition) • engaging, enriching and physical activities which support the development of resilience, health and wellbeing • fun and friendly interaction • encouragement and signposting towards additional services and support available to them • a chance to develop new skills • have new experiences LOT 2 provisions providers are expected to deliver the entirety of their programme in line with grant conditions. This includes exciting, enriching and physical activities for young people, which are expected to be face-to-face. Provisions need to be inclusive and meet additional needs where appropriate within the scope of their funding/expertise. Providers are also expected to provide nutritional education and food education in addition to supporting families with appropriate sign posting to other services and or making referrals where appropriate. Providers must supply young people with at least one meal a day (breakfast, lunch or tea) and all food provided at the holiday club (including snacks) must meet school food standards. … LOT 2 provides access to higher individual session costings to reflect the additional costing/provision that may be needed to support these groups of young people. LOT 2 provision can exceed £21.00 per session per child but costs must be justified. |
Award Criteria
| Qualitative Questions | Written responses |
CPV Codes
- 55243000 - Children's holiday-camp services
- 55523100 - School-meal services
- 85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
Other Information
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Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-050ea6
- FTS 019683-2025