Tender

Summer Holiday (2024) Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals

  • Durham County Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-014996

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0458b6

Published 10 May 2024, 1:30pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Durham County Council

County Hall

DURHAM

DH15UQ

Contact

Donna Iley

Email

donna.iley@durham.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC14 - Durham CC

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.durham.gov.uk

Buyer's address

www.nepo.org

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

www.nepo.org

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.nepo.org

Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at

www.nepo.org

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Summer Holiday (2024) Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals

Reference number

DN721332

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 92600000 - Sporting services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Council wishes to seek multiple Providers to deliver Summer Holiday Activities with Healthy Food for Children in Receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals within the boundaries of County Durham.

All providers must meet the required DfE framework of standards.

There are two sources of funding available for Fun and Food Summer programme 2024:

1) DfE funding is for school aged children in receipt of benefits related free school meals - anticipated budget is £1,000,000

2) Durham County Council funding is for school aged children not eligible for DfE funded places but who have been identified as having other vulnerabilities identified (see service specification) - anticipated budget is £175,000

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,175,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC14 - Durham CC

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This procurement is issued under an Open Tender process in line with Public Contracts Regulation 2015, under Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for contracts for social and other specific services (Light Touch Regime) with no standstill period.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £1,175,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in days

30

two.2.14) Additional information

Tender Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.nepo.org using reference DN721332.

There may be an opportunity that successful Providers' contracts may be extended to cover delivery in the Christmas school holiday period. At the sole discretion of the Council, providers will be identified and approached for Christmas delivery, this is likely to be dependent on successful achievement from the Summer 2024 delivery and Commissioners professional judgement.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

31 May 2024

Local time

10:00am

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The High Courts of England and Wales

Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom