Holiday Activities and Food Schemes 2025 Summer Provision
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Hampshire County Council has completed the procurement process for the "Holiday Activities and Food Schemes 2025 Summer Provision." This initiative, classified under the "Social work and related services" industry, had a tender ID of CS19177-H. It was conducted as a direct procurement method via a single tender action below the threshold.
The aim was to provide free holiday activities and meals for children eligible for free school meals across twelve locations in the South East, United Kingdom. The contract period is from 23 July 2025 to 2 September 2025, with ten suppliers awarded contracts to cover the identified gaps in service provision. This award stage was concluded on 17 June 2025, with information published on 8 July 2025.
This procurement offers significant opportunities for businesses aiming to deliver social services, particularly those with small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) status or voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) characteristics, as both are suitable for this tender. Companies involved in community engagement, child welfare, and education-related services or those already operating in the South East of England may find this contract beneficial for growth. With contracts awarded to diverse suppliers, including organisations like 360 Degree Sports Coaching CIC and Superstar Schools Ltd, the procurement showcases a chance for SMEs to collaborate with public sector initiatives, expand their service portfolios, and increase local community impact.
Hampshire County Council have run a mini competition to award call off contracts under the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme framework referenced CS19177. This mini competition will cover the Summer period for 2025 (23 July 2025 - 02 September 2025). The purpose of these services will be to deliver healthy free holiday activities for benefits-eligible Free School Meal children.
Following the exercise, gaps were identified for the 2025 Summer provision as applications were not received that would service the Authority's priorities in twelve locations. As such, the authority has had to award contracts to ten suppliers to address need in those twelve localities, These are single-tender direct awards.
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