Contract

Summer Holiday Activities with Healthy Food (2025)

  • Durham County Council

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-040702

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-051383 (view related notices)

Published 17 July 2025, 8:45am



Scope

Reference

002253

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.

This project utilises DfE funding which is for school aged children in receipt of benefits related free school meals.

All providers must meet DfE framework of standards as below:

• Food Provision

• Enrichment Activities

• Physical Activities

• Increasing Awareness of Healthy Eating, healthy lifestyles, and positive behaviours

• Signposting and referrals and supporting families

• Safeguarding

• Policies and Procedures


Contract 1

Supplier

Contract value

  • £175,000 excluding VAT
  • £210,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

16 July 2025

Contract dates

  • 21 July 2025 to 2 September 2025
  • Possible extension to 2 January 2026
  • 5 months, 13 days

Description of possible extension:

Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the Summer 2025 holiday provision, may be extended/varied 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 Summer 2025 delivery under this contract and Commissioners professional judgement.

If Successful Providers meet the threshold that the Commissioner deems as successful delivery, they will be emailed a proposal form for completion for the next school holiday period. The same evaluation criteria will be applied to the subsequent proposals.

There is also a possibility that DCC may acquire funding from different sources that may be used for main school holidays, half term holidays or funding for participants to attend that are not in receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals. Where this is the case successful providers will be updated regarding the scope of delivery.

Main procurement category

Services

Options

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

as above

CPV classifications

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Contract locations

  • UKC14 - Durham CC

Contract 2

Supplier

Contract value

  • £20,000 excluding VAT
  • £25,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

27 June 2025

Contract dates

  • 21 July 2025 to 2 September 2025
  • Possible extension to 2 January 2026
  • 5 months, 13 days

Description of possible extension:

Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the Summer 2025 holiday provision, may be extended/varied 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 Summer 2025 delivery under this contract and Commissioners professional judgement.

If Successful Providers meet the threshold that the Commissioner deems as successful delivery, they will be emailed a proposal form for completion for the next school holiday period. The same evaluation criteria will be applied to the subsequent proposals.

There is also a possibility that DCC may acquire funding from different sources that may be used for main school holidays, half term holidays or funding for participants to attend that are not in receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals. Where this is the case successful providers will be updated regarding the scope of delivery.

Main procurement category

Services

Options

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

As above

CPV classifications

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Contract locations

  • UKC14 - Durham CC

Contract 3

Supplier

Contract value

  • £28,000 excluding VAT
  • £30,800 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

25 June 2025

Contract dates

  • 21 July 2025 to 2 September 2025
  • Possible extension to 2 January 2026
  • 5 months, 13 days

Description of possible extension:

Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the Summer 2025 holiday provision, may be extended/varied 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 Summer 2025 delivery under this contract and Commissioners professional judgement.

If Successful Providers meet the threshold that the Commissioner deems as successful delivery, they will be emailed a proposal form for completion for the next school holiday period. The same evaluation criteria will be applied to the subsequent proposals.

There is also a possibility that DCC may acquire funding from different sources that may be used for main school holidays, half term holidays or funding for participants to attend that are not in receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals. Where this is the case successful providers will be updated regarding the scope of delivery.

Main procurement category

Services

Options

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

As above

CPV classifications

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Contract locations

  • UKC14 - Durham CC

Contract 4

Supplier

Contract value

  • £30,000 excluding VAT
  • £33,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

27 June 2025

Contract dates

  • 21 July 2025 to 2 September 2025
  • Possible extension to 2 January 2026
  • 5 months, 13 days

Description of possible extension:

Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the Summer 2025 holiday provision, may be extended/varied 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 Summer 2025 delivery under this contract and Commissioners professional judgement.

If Successful Providers meet the threshold that the Commissioner deems as successful delivery, they will be emailed a proposal form for completion for the next school holiday period. The same evaluation criteria will be applied to the subsequent proposals.

There is also a possibility that DCC may acquire funding from different sources that may be used for main school holidays, half term holidays or funding for participants to attend that are not in receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals. Where this is the case successful providers will be updated regarding the scope of delivery.

Main procurement category

Services

Options

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

As above

CPV classifications

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Contract locations

  • UKC14 - Durham CC

Contract 5

Supplier

Contract value

  • £100,000 excluding VAT
  • £120,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

9 July 2025

Contract dates

  • 21 July 2025 to 2 September 2025
  • Possible extension to 2 January 2026
  • 5 months, 13 days

Description of possible extension:

Successful Providers' contracts, as delivered under the Summer 2025 holiday provision, may be extended/varied 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 Summer 2025 delivery under this contract and Commissioners professional judgement.

If Successful Providers meet the threshold that the Commissioner deems as successful delivery, they will be emailed a proposal form for completion for the next school holiday period. The same evaluation criteria will be applied to the subsequent proposals.

There is also a possibility that DCC may acquire funding from different sources that may be used for main school holidays, half term holidays or funding for participants to attend that are not in receipt of Benefits-related Free School Meals. Where this is the case successful providers will be updated regarding the scope of delivery.

Main procurement category

Services

Options

The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.

As above

CPV classifications

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Contract locations

  • UKC14 - Durham CC

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition

Special regime

Light touch


Suppliers

Home on the Range Limited

Misty Blue Farm

Spennymoor

DL16 7HJ

United Kingdom

Region: UKC14 - Durham CC

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1

Michael Coghlan Football Coaching

5 Londonderry Mews

Sunderland

SR3 2AD

United Kingdom

Region: UKC23 - Sunderland

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 3

Motivation in Mainstream

Collingwood Buildings

Newcastle

NE1 1JF

United Kingdom

Region: UKC22 - Tyneside

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 4

SIMPLY SPORT LIMITED

  • Companies House: 05544343
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQZV-8343-BCYT

3 Acorn Walk

Durham

DH7 6EE

United Kingdom

Region: UKC14 - Durham CC

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 2

Steam Ahead CIC (trading as STEAM Ahead Education)

3 School Court

Bishop Auckland

DL13 4BS

United Kingdom

Region: UKC14 - Durham CC

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 5


Contracting authority

Durham County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMPB-8772-VYWM

Corten House, Dunholme Close

Durham

DH1 5WB

United Kingdom

Region: UKC14 - Durham CC

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government