Gloucestershire Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

The Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) is funded by the Department for Education to deliver activities and food to children and young people eligible for benefits related Free School Meals (FSM) during the three main school holiday periods. In Gloucestershire we are establishing a modified (pseudo) framework which has three lots, each with six district sub-lots: Lot 1 Six District Leads to cover Gloucester City; Cheltenham Borough; Tewkesbury District; Forest of Dean District; Stroud District and the Cotswolds, who will develop and deliver the programme each District. Only one provider may be appointed per district, providers can bid for more than one district. Lot 2 Activity Providers to cover Gloucester City; Cheltenham Borough; Tewkesbury District; Forest of Dean District; Stroud District and the Cotswolds, working with District leads who will develop and deliver the programme each District and countywide providers. Multiple providers may be appointed per district, providers can bid for more than one district. Lot 3 Specialist SEND providers to cover Gloucester City; Cheltenham Borough; Tewkesbury District; Forest of Dean District; Stroud District and the Cotswolds, working with District leads who will develop and deliver the programme each District. Multiple providers may be appointed per district, providers can bid for more than one district. Lots 2 and 3 will accept new applications assessed three times a year, approximately 10 weeks before the next HAF holiday. Exact dates will be confirmed once school holidays are, via the link in section I.3 of this notice. We expect potential providers to meet a number of minimum standards; these are detailed in the ITT. We advise all interested providers to read the entire ITT and all documents referenced or linked to within the ITT carefully, to inform themselves about the opportunity and whether they would be interested in submitting a response. Deadline for submitting a tender response: 14th June 2022 at 10am. Please login to Procontract via www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk and register your interest in the opportunity. All questions related to this contract should be sent using the discussions function which will be available once you have logged in and registered your interest Providers are invited to HAF Launch event. This event will provide you with information on how to apply for the HAF Programme. There will also be opportunities to ask us any questions you might have as we move from a grants process to a procurement process. Please ensure you have registered on Supplying the South West portal prior to this event: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Virtual event: 17th May 10am - 12pm - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/337332359167 Additional face to face event: 18th May 13:30 - 16:00 - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/335264895327 Virtual event 19th May 6pm - 8pm - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/337335328047