Planning

Children’s Activities Framework – Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) & Great Childhoods Ambition (GCA)

  • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-077081

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05e8d1

Published 26 November 2025, 9:30am



Scope

Reference

P633

Description

The Council is intending to undertake a procurement exercise for children's activities including Holidays Activities & Food (HAF) and Great Childhood's Ambition (GCA). In order to help inform such an exercise, the Council in undertaking this pre-market engagement stage to explore what is available in the market, seeking feedback and guidance from providers. There will be 2 supplier presentation briefing sessions held on Wednesday 17th December at 11:00 and 13:30. Each session is expected to last no more than 1 hour. A maximum of two representatives per supplier organisation may attend either session. For further information, please download and review the Pre-Market Engagement - Document for Suppliers. To confirm attendance to one of the sessions, please complete and submit Appendix 1 by the deadline of 12noon on 15/12/2025. Please note that the value and contract dates used within this notice are estimates and to be confirmed.

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £3,000,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2028
  • 2 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 55243000 - Children's holiday-camp services
  • 85312100 - Daycare services
  • 85312110 - Child daycare services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

15 December 2025

Engagement process description


Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

16 December 2025


Contracting authority

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYHH-2597-YVZG

Town Hall

Barnsley, South Yorkshire

S70 2TA

United Kingdom

Contact name: Katie Tomlinson

Telephone: +44 0126000000

Email: katietomlinson@barnsley.gov.uk

Website: https://www.barnsley.gov.uk

Region: UKE31 - Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government