Stale Pre-tender

Provision of Holiday Activity and Food Programme

Details

Buyer: Blackpool Council
Value: £2,250,000
Topic: Children's holiday-camp services
Published: 7 January 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Blackpool Council is seeking to put in place longer term arrangements with Providers of Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) schemes for benefits-eligible free school meal children, aged 4-16, who are in school, and other vulnerable children, aged 4-16, as defined by the Authority. This Framework is being created to purchase places and schemes to create a consortium of Providers that meet the Department for Education (DfE ) and Blackpool Councils' requirements for the HAF Programme.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published7 January 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

Blackpool Council buys as a local authority through its corporate procurement team. Larger contracts are split into smaller lots so small and voluntary sector suppliers can compete equally.

Healthcare services are commissioned separately under the Provider Selection Regime, with contracting activity summarised each year.

Over the past 5 years, most of Blackpool Council's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@blackpool-council.gov