Holiday Activities with Food Schemes

Tender description

Hampshire County Council invites applications from (new suppliers) suitably experienced organisations who wish to be considered for selection to tender for the provision of Holiday Activities and Food Schemes.<br />The Department for Education (DfE) is funding local authorities to provide free places on holiday activity schemes for one week at Easter and Christmas and for four weeks in the summer school holidays.<br /><br />The Framework commenced on 1st July 2022 and will be for a period of three years with the option to extend for a further two years.<br />Following the initial opening stage, the Framework will be reopened on a biannual basis in October and January. The Authority also reserves the right to reopen the Framework at other times.<br /><br />Interested parties should register their interest in the project via the In-Tend website https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire, and complete and submit the tender return document together with any supporting information requested by 14.00 hrs on Friday 2nd February 2024.<br />Clarifications should be submitted by 5pm on Friday 19th January 2024. <br /><br />How to obtain the Tender Documents<br />The Tender documents can be accessed when logged into In-Tend by selecting ‘View Details’ on the relevant tender advert and clicking the ‘Express Interest’ tab. Once in the tender there are five tabs – ‘Tender’, ‘ITT – documents’, ‘Correspondence’, ‘Clarifications’ and ‘History’. Select the 2nd tab (ITT - documents) where you will find useful information under ‘Tender Details’ continue to scroll down to the heading ‘Tender Documents Received’ where you will be able to view / download the documents.<br /><br />Please download all the documents and read very carefully.<br /><br />Opting In and Opting Out<br />Please note you are required to ‘Opt In’ before you can access the ‘My tender Return’ to start populating your response. <br /><br />PLEASE NOTE you are required to ‘Opt In’ to view & complete the Questionnaires for this project. <br /><br />The ‘Opt Out’ functionality will also be available throughout the duration of the tender process. Opting out will give you the option of declaring you no longer want to receive any further communication in relation to this tender along with the opportunity of providing comments and feedback for this decision.<br /><br />You can choose to ‘Opt In’ at any time during the tender process if you initially decided to ‘Opt Out’.<br /><br />Further Guidance<br />In addition, guidance on how to participate in a tender – download and upload documents / returns and if required, register your company (free of charge), can be found on the In-tend site under the ‘Help’ or ‘Information for Suppliers’ buttons.<br /><br />Receiving Notification Emails<br />To ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain `@in-tendorganiser.co.uk` to your Safe Senders list.<br />