Activate Essex Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) 2026-2028
Details
- Buyer
- Essex County Council
- Supplier(s)
105 suppliers
- 3food4u
- A Q BASKETBALL CIC
- Ace Music Therapy CIC
- Active Christian Trust (the Megacentre)
- Active Essex Foundation
- ARTS OUTBURST
- ATF Southend
- Braintree District Museum Trust
- BURNHAM RAMBLERS FOOTBALL CLUB LTD
- Butterflies Club C.I.C
- Bwild Adventures
- C KNIGHT DANCE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
- CAMP 4 CHAMPS LIMITED
- CAST A THOUGHT CIC
- Chafford Tots To Teens Childcare Services Ltd
- CHANGING LIVES COMMUNITY SERVICES CIC
- Chelmsford City Football Club Foundation
- Chelmsford Sport and Athletics Centre
- CHILD & PROVIDE COMMUNITY C.I.C.
- CMXSC Ltd
- COLCHESTER MERCURY THEATRE LIMITED
- Colchester United Community Foundation
- Crafty Katie Ltd
- Disability 4 Sport CIC
- EAST ANGLIA COACHING LIMITED
- Essex Boys and Girls Clubs
- Essex Elite Sports Academy ltd
- ESSEX KIDS CAMP LIMITED
- Essex Music Service
- ESSEX PROFESSIONAL COACHING LTD
- FRY SPORTS HOLDINGS LTD
- FUTURES CHANGING LTD
- FUTURES ESSEX LTD
- Get With The Kids Vibe
- GJLWSPORTS LIMITED
- Go Bananas Colchester Limited
- GOLF IN THE COMMUNITY CIC
- Happy Healthy Minds Limited
- HCL Activity Camps Ltd
- Holistic Education and Sport Support Services CIC
- Independence Project Limited
- InterAct Chelmsford Ltd
- JACK OF ALL SPORTS LIMITED
- Jtd arts ltd
- Kidbusterz ltd
- KidzActive
- Kinetix Academy CIC
- KWH FFF COACHING LLP
- LEAP AND LEARN SPORTS LTD
- LEGENDS LEARNING CENTRE LTD
- Let's Get Out C.I.C
- M.R.F.A.
- Making It Mindful CIC
- Maldon and District Community Voluntary Service
- MALDON GYMNASTICS CLUB LTD
- Malearn Limited
- Mega Camps Ltd
- MINIME MINDFULNESS CIC
- Mistley Kids Club Ltd
- MultiCoach LTD
- Mushroom Theatre Company Ltd
- Next Thing Education Camps Ltd.
- NURTURE DEN LTD
- OFJ SPRING TOPCO LIMITED
- OLIVERS LODGE LIMITED
- PARAGON TRAINING FACILITY C.I.C.
- Parents Dream
- Playpalz Party and Softplay Centre ltd
- POP Essex
- PRECISIONMULTISPORTS LTD
- Premier School LTD
- PREMIER SPORTSCOACH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- PRESTIGE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT LTD
- PROSPORTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
- RAINBOW CHILDREN'S CORNER LTD.
- Rise Sports Ltd
- ROBWHEN COACHING LTD
- Rosedan Lomo Limited
- SCHOOL'S OUT ACTIVITIES LTD
- SCWE CIC
- Silverbirch Animal Therapy S.A.T CIC
- SIMMPLY ACTIVE GROUP CIC
- SKILLS LINK PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT C.I.C.
- SOUTH EAST ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST
- South Woodham Ferrers Leisure Centre
- Southend United Community Foundation
- SPORTS COACHING SPECIALISTS LIMITED
- SSS Education Group LTD - T/A Super Star Sport
- STING PERFORMING ARTS LIMITED
- STRIKE ACADEMY LTD
- The Active Wellbeing Society
- The Ark Family Resource Centre
- The Future of Sport CIC
- The Holiday Club
- The Lighthouse Sports and Social Hub Essex Limited
- THE PE SPECIALISTS LTD
- The SLM Community Leisure Charitable Trust
- Thurrock Borough Council
- Time for Change AM Ltd
- TINY SPORTS SCHOOL LTD
- Wealden Leisure Limited
- WELLBEING 4 LIFE CIC
- Whipper-snappers Daycare Nursery and Kids Club
- Xtra Time Sports Development LTD
- YMCA Essex
- Value
- GBP 15,000,000
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Holiday centre and holiday home services
- Published
- 30 March 2026
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender description
The Department for Education has provided Essex County Council with funding in order to deliver the holiday activity and food programme (HAF) across Essex during the Easter, Summer and Winter school holidays. Active Essex will be managing the programme on behalf of Essex County Council. Active Essex and Essex County Council will also be managing the HAF programme on behalf of Thurrock Council. Across Essex and Thurrock the programme is called Essex ActvAte Essex ActivAte will engage and support young people and families who are eligible for benefits based free school meals and families most in need. The programme will provide free and inclusive holiday clubs across the county that will include a range of fun physical and enrichment activities, a free nutritious meal, nutritional education and mentoring and support for the young person and whole family. The programme aims to improve health generally, including, crucially, mental health and aim to provide the families with the knowledge and support to live healthier, happier lives. Bidders will be awarded funding from the overall grant fund to deliver their projects. ## Contract award Title: Activate Essex Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) 2026-2028
Timeline
- Completed: Award date23 January 2026
- Completed: Award published30 March 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date31 January 2029in 2 years
About the buyer
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Relevant CPV codes
- 55240000 · Holiday centre and holiday home services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@essex-county-council.gov |
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