{"schemaVersion":"1.0","id":"ocds-h6vhtk-04db1b","title":"CO0587 - Essex ActivAte Programme (HAF) 2025","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.\nEssex ActivAte will engage and support young people and families who are eligible for benefits\nbased free school meals and families most in need. The programme will provide free and inclusive\nholiday clubs across the county that will include a range of fun physical and enrichment\nactivities, a free nutritious meal, nutritional education and mentoring and support for the young\nperson and whole family. The programme aims to improve health generally, including, crucially,\nmental health and aim to provide the families with the knowledge and support to live healthier,\nhappier lives.\nWe are looking for delivery partners or consortiums who can lead and deliver Essex ActivAte clubs\nacross Essex and Thurrock during the main school holidays.\nMaximum funding per project is £300,000","status":"complete","procurementStage":"tenderUpdate","buyer":{"id":"GB-PPON-PWVM-4844-NRQH","name":"Essex County Council","profileUrl":"https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012"},"value":{"amount":4200000,"currency":"GBP","formatted":"£4,200,000"},"deadline":"2025-02-14T12:00:00.000Z","publishedAt":"2025-02-03T15:53:36.000Z","classifications":["Holiday centre and holiday home services"],"locations":["UKH3"],"submissionGateway":{"url":null,"portal":"procontract.due-north.com","method":"{\"electronicSubmission\"}","electronicSubmissionPolicy":null},"lotsCount":1,"awardsCount":1,"documentsCount":0,"lots":[{"id":"1","title":null,"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.\nEssex ActivAte will engage and support young people and families who are eligible for benefits\nbased free school meals and families most in need. The programme will provide free and inclusive\nholiday clubs across the county that will include a range of fun physical and enrichment\nactivities, a free nutritious meal, nutritional education and mentoring and support for the young\nperson and whole family. The programme aims to improve health generally, including, crucially,\nmental health and aim to provide the families with the knowledge and support to live healthier,\nhappier lives.\nWe are looking for delivery partners or consortiums who can lead and deliver Essex ActivAte clubs\nacross Essex and Thurrock during the main school holidays.\nThe Essex ActivAte programme has now been running for 3 years, working with over 300 delivery\npartners to offer over 150,000 free spaces and hot meals per year. Over the next year of 2025, it\nis our aim to extend the programme so that every young person who is eligible for benefits based\nfree school meals or is in need of this holiday support has the opportunity to engage in a local\nclub.\nKey outcomes of each Essex ActivAte club are:\n• To provide free and inclusive holiday activity clubs for eligible young people\n• To provide a safe environment for young people to attend in the school holidays\n• To provide a fun, high quality holiday club experience for the young people\n• To support the social skills of the young people attending\n• To provide mentors and role model through the Essex ActivAte club staff\n• To ensure that young people have at least 1 nutritious meal each day\n• To provide education for the young people and whole family around eating more healthy, nutritious meals, on a budget\n• Providing signposting and support for the whole family so that they have the understanding and\nknowledge to improve their physical and mental health and wellbeing, support network and\nopportunities.\nPlease note, the Requirement Specific Quality responses will either 'Pass' or 'Fail' in line with\nwhether, in our assessment, they have the capability and capacity to meet the minimum requirements set out in the identified evaluation criteria stated under each question. This assessment will be made through an evaluation of the answers provided to the questions\nasked in this document.","status":"complete","publishedStatus":"cancelled","value":{"amount":4200000,"currency":"GBP"},"contractPeriod":{"start":"2025-04-06T23:00:00.000Z","end":"2026-02-27T23:59:59.000Z"},"suitability":{}}],"awards":[{"id":"011404-2025-CO0587 - Essex ActivAte Programme (HAF) 2025-1","title":null,"status":"active","suppliers":"3food4U, ACE MUSIC THERAPY CIC, ACTIVE ESSEX Foundation, AQ Basketball CIC, ATF Southend, AlphaBake Cookery, Alternative Movement LTD, Amazing Activities, Arts Outburst Ltd, Blackwater Gymnastics Club, Braintree District Museum Trust, Butterflies Club C.I.C, Bwild Adventures, CMXSC Ltd, Camp 4 Champs, Canvey Island Youth Project, Cast A ThoughtIC, Castle Point & Rochford SSP, Chafford Tots to Teens Childcare Services Ltd, Changing Lives Community Services, Chelmsford City Council South Woodham Ferrers Leisure Centre, Chelmsford City Football Club Foundation, Chelmsford Sport and Athletics Centre (Chelmsford City Council), Chelmsford Theatre, Child & Provide Active, Christina Marks School Of Performing Arts, Clacton Kayak Rental Ltd, Colchester United Community Foundation, ComputerXplorers Colchester, Crafty Katie Limited, Disability 4 Sport CIC, Essex Boys and Girls Clubs, Essex Elite Sports Academy, Essex Kids Camp, Essex Music Service, Essex Professional Coaching, Everybody Loves Music CIC, Family 1st Services, Football Fun Factory (Community 086) Limited, Fusion Lifestyle, Future Makers Limited, Futures Essex, GO LEISURE COLCHESTER LIMITED, Get With The Kids Vibe Ltd, Go Bananas Colchester Limited, HCL Activity Camps Ltd, Happy Healthy Minds Limited, Harlow Cultural Education Partnership (Harlow LCEP), Headway Sports, InterAct (Chelmsford) Ltd, JM & MB Coaching LTD T/A Premier Education, JTD ARTS LTD, Jack Of All Sports, Kidbusterz Ltd, Kidzactive, Kinetix Academy CIC, Little Musketeers Ltd, Little Sportsters Coaching, Making It Mindful CIC, Malearn Limited, Matipo Arts CIC, Mega Camps Ltd, Mercury Theatre, Michael Richardson Football Academy, MiniMe Mindfulness, Mistley Kids Club Ltd, Mobile Gym Fitness Ltd, Monarchs Childcare Ltd, MultiCoach Ltd, Multisports For Schools, Mushroom Theatre Company, Next Thing Education Camps Ltd, Nurture Den, Olivers Lodge, POP Essex, Playpalz Party and Softplay Centre Ltd, Premier Education 019, Premier School LTD, Premier Sports Coach Solutions, Rise Sports Ltd, Robwhen Coaching LTD trading as Super Star Sport OEL, Rosedan Lomo Limited, SCWE CIC t/a SportsCool West Essex, SRR Elite Cheerleading, SSS ESSEX LTD T/A Super Star Sport Essex, SSS Education Group LTD (T/A Super Star Sport), Safe Haven and Respite Environment (SHARE), School’s Out Activities, Silverbirch Animal Therapy S.A.T. 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