Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
HAF.Programme@education.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 12345678
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
National support service for local authorities to deliver the 2023 Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) programme con_17909
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a contract opportunity notice for the procurement of the Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) Local Authority Support Programme.
The scope of this contract opportunity is:
To invite potential suppliers to tender for the procurement of a support contract to provide support, advisory and performance monitoring services to assist local authorities with ensuring holiday provision for school-age children across England. The national support partner will be crucial to the success of the programme.
The support contract will start in April 2023. The duration of the contract will be 12 months and will expire on 31st March 2024. The contract is up to a total value of £1.2m exclusive of any VAT for this 12-month period. The Department reserves the right at its absolute discretion to extend for a further 12 months up to a total contract maximum contract value of £2.4m exclusive of VAT, subject to satisfactory performance, budget availability and internal approvals.
The Department will consider these services on a national level in England only.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £2,400,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Local authorities are being asked to ensure that the offer of free holiday club provision is available for children in receipt of benefits-related FSM in their area. We would not expect all eligible children to participate. The grant funding allocated to each local authority will be informed by the numbers of children eligible for benefits-related FSM in each area and the overall levels of participation experienced in our previous programmes from 2018 to 2022. We also encourage local authorities to make the holiday clubs available to any children not eligible for free school meals who can pay to attend.
As a result of the HAF programme, we want children who attend the provision:
- to eat healthily over the school holidays.
- to be active during the school holidays.
- to take part in engaging and enriching activities which support the development of resilience,
character, and wellbeing along with their wider educational attainment.
- to be safe and not to be socially isolated.
- to have greater knowledge of health and nutrition; and
- to be more engaged with school and other local services.
- We also want to ensure that the families who participate in this programme are signposted
towards other information and support, for example, health, employment, and education.
This ITT is for the procurement of a support contract to provide support, advisory and performance monitoring services to assist local authorities with ensuring holiday provision for school-age children across England. The national support partner will be crucial to the success of the programme.
The Supplier will be responsible for monitoring, supporting, and challenging all upper tier local authorities - currently there are 153 across England though that number may fluctuate to deliver the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme in the Easter, summer, and Christmas holidays 2023.
The overarching deliverables for this contract are:
1. Monitoring local authorities
2. Provide basic support for local authorities - planning
3. Provide basis support for local authorities - implementation
4. Provide intensive support for local authorities where required
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 100
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-032011
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22 March 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mott MacDonald Ltd
Croydon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,398,630
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court
London
Country
United Kingdom