Holiday Activities and Food Service
Details
- Published
- 9 October 2025
- Submission
- 18 December 2025
- Source
- uk:procontracts
Tender description
Liverpool City Council is seeking a provider to deliver the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme for children and young people eligible for benefits-related free school meals. The service will run during Easter, Summer, and Christmas school holidays from June 2026 to May 2029 (subject to funding and extension options). The successful provider will: - Coordinate and manage citywide holiday provision, ensuring coverage and sufficiency. - Administer and manage grant funding (up to £3 million annually) for local delivery partners. - Provide programme management, training, safeguarding oversight, and quality assurance. - Deliver marketing, communications, and booking systems accessible to all families. - Monitor and evaluate outcomes, produce annual reports, and meet KPI and social value requirements. Keywords: holiday, grant, HAF, activities, food
Timeline
- Completed: Tender published9 October 2025Current notice
- Completed: Submission date18 December 2025
About the buyer
Liverpool City Council procures as a local authority for the city of Liverpool, with its approach set out in a published Sustainable Procurement Strategy. Most tender opportunities are advertised on the Proactis ProContract portal, where suppliers register to bid. Higher-value contracts also appear on the Central Digital Platform's Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023. Frameworks and approved procurement routes run through separate platforms alongside the main portal. Lower-value purchases are usually handled through a direct quotation rather than a full tender. Some health and social care commissioning instead follows the Provider Selection Regime.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Liverpool City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and software and information systems.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@liverpool-city-council.gov |
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