Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Durham County Council
County Hall
DURHAM
DH15UQ
UK
Contact person: Donna Iley
E-mail: donna.iley@durham.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC14
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.durham.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: www.open-uk.org
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.open-uk.org
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.open-uk.org
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals (2025)
Reference number: OPEN202593
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Council wishes to seek multiple Providers to deliver Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals within the boundaries of County Durham.
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
This project utilises DfE funding which is for school aged children in receipt of benefits related free school meals.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
92000000
98000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC14
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement is issued under an Open Tender process in line with Public Contracts Regulation 2015, under Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for contracts for social and other specific services (Light Touch Regime).
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
12/04/2025
End:
31/12/2025
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Sessions do not need to be exclusively for children in receipt benefits-related Free School Meals. Alternative funding may be sourced by the organisation to fund children ineligible for DfE funding i.e parents/carers may be charged for sessions by the activity organisation.
Providers will be asked to bid and submit a proposal for Easter Holidays 2025.
Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the Easter 2025 holiday provision, may be extended/varied to cover delivery in the Summer and Christmas school holiday period. At the sole discretion of the Council, providers will be identified and approached for Summer and subsequently Christmas delivery, this is likely to be dependent on successful achievement from Easter 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.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
05/03/2025
Local time: 10:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Courts of England & Wales
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/02/2025