Holiday Activity and Food Programme Management

Birmingham City CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-064ec8Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableclosed for bids
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Estimated value

£3.3m

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

05 May 2026

Deadline 04 Jun 2026

Description

Birmingham City Council (the "Council") is seeking to appoint an organisation to deliver the Holiday Activity and Food Programme. This holiday provision is for school aged children from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals. For 2026 to 2027, the HAF programme will remain in line with the existing FSM threshold, for the whole of the delivery year (April 2026 – March 2027). From September 2026, when the new FSM expansion takes place, HAF will not be expanded to children from households in receipt of Universal Credit for this delivery period. The contract is estimated to commence on 01 October 2026 and will be in place for a period of 2 years and 6 months (end March 2029) with the option to extend for a further 1 year subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.

Scope

Reference
P0912_2026
Total value
£3,286,000 excluding VAT
£3,943,199.01 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
30 Sept 2026 to 31 Mar 2029
Possible extension to 31 Mar 2030

Subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
15894210
79421000
79420000
55243000
85311300
Contract locations
West Midlands, 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.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Qualityquality60.00%
Social ValueSocial Value has been allocated a total weighting of 20%, which will be apportioned on the following basis: Qualitative share of the score (Social Value method statement questions):10% Quantitative share of the score (BBC4SR Action Plan): 10%quality20.00%
Priceprice20.00%

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
26 May 2026, 11:00 am
Submission deadline
04 Jun 2026, 11:00 am
Submission address
This procurement is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system 'In-tend' and organisations must ensure that they are registered users. The procurement process will be managed using this system and therefore all bids must be submitted by Tenderers via the 'in-tend' system. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function and you should not contact any individual directly either by email or by telephone. If you are already a registered user, you do not have to re-register. If you are unable to register with in-tend or are experiencing difficulties, please email the etendering@birmingham.gov.uk. Tender deadline submission is noon on 4th June 2026.
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Open procedure