Framework Agreement for the provision of Enfield Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

Tender description

The contracting authority has established an appropriate vehicle to utilise experienced and pre-qualified organisations to provide grant funded places at holiday clubs during the longer school holidays. These holiday club places will provide children with at least one nutritious hot meal each day, as well as a range of physical and enriching activities. This programme is targeted at school-aged children from reception to year 11 (inclusive) who receive benefits-related free school meals. This funding will be dispensed from the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme grant that has been allocated to London Borough of Enfield by the Department for Education (DfE). There will be no form of exclusivity or volume that is guaranteed under this Framework Agreement and the contracting authority will be entitled to enter into other contracts and arrangements with other suppliers for the provision of any, or all, of the requirements which are the same as, or similar to those specified under the established Framework Agreement. The services advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and chapter 3 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement process that applied to the services were specified in the original procurement documents accordingly. Lot 1: Lot 1 – Universal HAF provision with 12% of spaces for children and young peoplewith low level SEND The contracting authority requires a HAF arrangement to provide a wide range of opportunities for eligible children and young people (CYP) to take part in, that are local to where they live, and could be: - Face-to-face activities providing a range of activities; for at least four hours per day - Provision could include ‘open access’ activities that do not require advance booking, providing that the activity is targeted to geographic areas of highest need for the age group - An offer for children and young people who have SEND; this could include more specialist provision that is exclusively for children with SEND Organisations will be able to apply to run provision exclusively for HAF eligible children or offer several places within an existing provision that also offers paid places. HAF services shall take place during the Easter, Summer and Winter school holidays each year for a total of 6 weeks: - Easter = 1 week (4 days) - Summer = 4 weeks (16 days) - Winter = 1 week (4 days) Therefore, the contracting authority requires a good range of suitably qualified providers to cover locations across the borough of Enfield under this Lot in line with the original procurement documents. Additional information: Any renewal will be dependent on DfE funding beyond the term of this proposed Framework Agreement. Lot 2: Lot 2 – Specialist HAF provision for children and young people with targeted or specialist special educational needs and / or disabilities (SEND) The contracting authority discontinued the procurement process for this Lot (Lot 2) due to an insufficient number of compliant tenders. Additional information: Please note, the contracting authority did not award this Lot. The procurement process for Lot 2 was discontinued due to an insufficient number of compliant tenders.