Stale Pre-tender

Holiday Activity and Food Programme Management

Details

Value
£3,286,000
Topic
School meals
Published
12 February 2026
Submission
1 March 2026

Tender description

Birmingham City Council (the "Council") is seeking to appoint an organisation to deliver the Holiday Activity and Food Programme. This holiday provision is for school aged children from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals. For 2026 to 2027, the HAF programme will remain in line with the existing FSM threshold, for the whole of the delivery year (April 2026 – March 2027). From September 2026, when the new FSM expansion takes place, HAF will not be expanded to children from households in receipt of Universal Credit for this delivery period. The contract is estimated to commence on 01 October 2026 and will be in place for a period of 2 years and 6 months (end March 2029) with the option to extend for a further 1 year subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published12 February 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Birmingham City Council is the local authority for the city of Birmingham, and buys through Corporate Procurement, a central team that commissions services to deliver the council's priorities for residents. Contract opportunities for goods and services above a set threshold are advertised on Find it in Birmingham, the council's own portal. The same opportunities also appear nationally on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Every advertised contract is then processed through the council's own eTendering portal. Suppliers with questions about the process can contact the corporate procurement team directly by email.

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 Birmingham City Council's contract awards have been in transport equipment, transport services and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 15894210 · School meals
  • 55243000 · Children's holiday-camp services
  • 79420000 · Management-related services
  • 79421000 · Project-management services other than for construction work
  • 85311300 · Welfare services for children and young people

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