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Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

Government ServicesCPV 75200000

Value£289k

Deadline8 Oct 2026

Published11 Sept 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 11 Sept 202627 days leftCloses 8 Oct 2026

Who to contact

corporate.procurement@dudley.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

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The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£289ktotal contract value

median £400k

this tender£0£22.3m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Government & Public Administration band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 5,438 valued Government & Public Administration tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Dudley’s approach to the HAF has been one of collaboration, in terms of delivering the national vision with local focus, and delivery has placed engagement with voluntary and community organisations and wider sectors at its heart.

This has been to ensure the outputs required of the programme from the Department for Education (DfE) for HAF are achieved.

The purpose of this contract is to appoint a Lead Delivery Partner to coordinate the HAF programme, administer grants, ensure compliance, and maximise outcomes, quality and reach.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

This has been to ensure the outputs

This has been to ensure the outputs required of the programme from the Department for Education (DfE) for HAF are achieved.

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12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

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