AT1467 Holiday Activity Food Programme for Children
Estimated value
£5.0m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
21 May 2026
Description
Luton Council is seeking an organisation to co-ordinate the Holiday Activity and Food Programme in Luton, this includes ensuring suitable holiday provision is established for school aged children in line with the DfE guidance, work collaboratively with relevant partners and stakeholders, whilst ensuring provision meets the needs and demands of Luton's families and their children.
Scope
- Reference
- DN802695
- Total value
- £5,000,000 excluding VAT£6,000,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Sept 2026 to 30 Jun 2029Possible extension to 30 Jun 2031
Subject to grant funding being received from the DfE and requirement of service continuing. Currently only the funding for years 1-3 has been communicated with the Council.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 55243000
- Contract locations
- Luton, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT1467 - Quality | Quality questions to be completed and a minimum score of 3 to be achieved. | quality | 100.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
You will be required to have an annual turnover of at least £2,000,000 to meet the Conditions of Participation. A financial due diligence check will be undertaken by our finance department examining the above financial information and you will ranked as Low, Medium or High risk. If you are ranked as High risk you will be excluded from the tender process. If you are ranked as Low or Medium you will be accepted.
Safeguarding Delivery costs Management and administration costs Further details contained in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 16 Jun 2026, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 22 Jun 2026, 11:00 am
- Submission address
- Any clarifications and tenders must be submitted via the ProContract (Proactis) e-tendering portal at https://www.procontract.due-north.com
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure