Contract award · 5 Mar 2025

CO0587 - Essex ActivAte Programme (HAF) 2025

Essex County Council awarded “Essex ActivAte Programme (HAF) 2025” to 3Food4u, Ace Music Therapy CIC, Active Essex Foundation for £3.84m on 5 Mar 2025.

Hospitality & cateringEast of England

Value £3.84m
Winners3Food4u SME, Ace Music Therapy CIC SME +98 more

Open competition

Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Essex County Council · Regional or local authority
Value
£3,842,523.66
Procedure
Open procedure
Sector
Hospitality & catering · Holiday centre and holiday home services (CPV 55240000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date5 Mar 2025
  2. Published26 Mar 2025Published 21 days after the contract date

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 knowledg…

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