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Notice published 30 Mar 2026

Procurement Act 2023 notice

Provision of Holiday Activity and Food Programme

Blackpool Council

Buyer
Blackpool Council
Latest stage
contract
Latest notice
30 Mar 2026
Stated contract period
Not stated to Not stated
Award period
Not stated to Not stated
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06011b
Procurement method
open
Official notice ↗

Payments Transparency Register ↗. Search the register for OCID ocds-h6vhtk-06011b. The Payments Transparency Register publishes payments under public contracts commenced after 31 March 2026 that fall under Section 70 of the Procurement Act 2023. Contracting authorities must publish information about any payment of more than £30,000, including VAT. Values on the register exclude VAT. This site does not republish those payments.

Held original notices: Contracts Finder to 9 November 2026. Find a Tender originals run from 24 February 2025 through 10 November 2026 exclusive, including the L1 gap package from 17 August 2026, with supplementary packages for part of 16 to 23 August 2026. The official notice may have changed. Check Find a Tender search if it cannot be opened.

Which stages have a stated date?

3 of the six stages have a date on the held notices. A gap means no held notice states that date; it does not mean the stage did not happen.

  1. Planning noticePublication date of the first held planning notice.
  2. Tender noticePublication date of the first held tender notice.
  3. Tender deadline
  4. Award dateNot stated on the held notice.
  5. Contract startNot stated on the held notice.
  6. Contract endNot stated on the held notice.

Source: held original Find a Tender notices 003898-2026, 028852-2026, read offline: stage notices, tender period, awards and the stated contract period.

What the held notices state

Tender deadline
13 Feb 2026
Process status
Complete
Regime
Procurement Act 2023, stated as UKPGA 2023/54
Procurement method
Open procedure
Stated reason for the method
Not stated on the held notice
Number of bids
Not stated on the held notice
Above the procurement threshold
Yes
Framework agreement
Yes

• The Authority reserves the right to appoint any number of suppliers, there will be no maximum, who meet all mandatory requirements within the Tender Return Document and submit all requested documentation. • Appointment will be based on compliance with the specification and responses to the method statements within the Appendix C Tender Return Document. Volumes of Work and allocation of work • Work will be allocated by direct award, geographically and based on the needs within each ward of Blackpool. Price for the sessions wil be a fixed fee

Marked suitable for small firms
Not stated on the held notice

Awards

  • Award 1 of 8. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • BLACKPOOL F.C. COMMUNITY TRUST: Large
    • BLACKPOOL CARERS CENTRE LIMITED: Large
    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Large
    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Large
    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Large
    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Small or medium enterprise
    • ROSSCON TRAINING LTD: Small or medium enterprise
    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Large
  • Award 2 of 8. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • BLACKPOOL CARERS CENTRE LIMITED: Large
  • Award 3 of 8. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Large
  • Award 4 of 8. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Large
  • Award 5 of 8. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Large
  • Award 6 of 8. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Small or medium enterprise
  • Award 7 of 8. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • ROSSCON TRAINING LTD: Small or medium enterprise
  • Award 8 of 8. Status: Active. Award date: Not stated on the held notice. Lot 1.

    • Supplier name withheld pending organisation review: Large

Suppliers named together on one award are joint. No share is stated.

Lots

Source: held Find a Tender notices 003898-2026, 028852-2026.
LotTitleStatusContract periodLatest possible end
Lot 1Not stated on the held noticeCompleteNot stated on the held noticeNot stated on the held notice

Options and renewal

  • Contract 1 of 8, renewal: Yes

    Subject to budget, performance and ongoing requirement.

  • Contract 2 of 8, renewal: Yes

    Subject to budget, performance review and ongoing requirement.

  • Contract 3 of 8, renewal: Yes

    Subject to budget, performance review and ongoing requirement.

  • Contract 4 of 8, renewal: Yes

    Subject to budget, performance review and ongoing requirement.

  • Contract 5 of 8, renewal: Yes

    Subject to budget, performance review and ongoing requirement.

  • Contract 6 of 8, renewal: Yes

    Subject to budget, performance review and ongoing requirement.

  • Contract 7 of 8, renewal: Yes

    Subject to budget, performance review and ongoing requirement.

  • Contract 8 of 8, renewal: Yes

    Subject to budget, performance review and ongoing requirement.

Source: held original Find a Tender notices 003898-2026, 028852-2026, read offline. Each field shows what the latest held notice stating it says. Not stated means no held notice for this process states it. A size is shown only where the notice states it for that supplier.

Contract period

No contract period with a start and a later end is stated. Option and renewal wording is shown above where a held notice states it.

Notice description

Blackpool Council is seeking to put in place longer term arrangements with Providers of Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) schemes for benefits eligible free school meal children, aged 4 16, who are in school, and other vulnerable children, aged 4 16, as defined by the Authority. This Framework is being created to purchase places and schemes to create a consortium of Providers that meet the Department for Education (DfE ) and Blackpool Councils' requirements for the HAF Programme.

Contact removal rule: contacts/1.

Separate stated values

Estimate 1

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 2

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 3

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 4

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 5

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 6

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 7

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 8

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

Award amount 9

Not stated

VAT basis unknown. No amounts are added together or allocated to individual suppliers. This is not a payment.

No ceiling or maximum amount is in this export. The official notice is the place to read one.

Held stage events

  1. : planning
  2. : tender
  3. : award
  4. : contract

Dates are the publication dates of the held stage notices. This is not a complete release history. The tender deadline is shown above where a held notice states it.

Suppliers

These names are joint. No share is stated.

This list gathers every supplier named on any held award. Each award and its suppliers are shown above. Names without an organisation identity remain withheld pending review.

Sources

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Publisher
Find a Tender
SHA256
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Licence
Not recorded in held file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded
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Publisher
Find a Tender
SHA256
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Licence
Not recorded in held file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded
Official notice 028852-2026
Publisher
Find a Tender
SHA256
277775be4d28a800dcf09b99be8e44a57ac36c7dce63354d4d3ff6a5af2a8a28
Licence
See held source file
Retrieved
Original retrieval time not recorded

Coverage and the source register.

What this export cannot show

Award values are not linked to a named supplier, and no ceiling or maximum amount is shown. Those facts stay on the official notice when the notice publishes them. A tender deadline, award dates, supplier sizes, lots, and option or renewal wording appear on contract pages only where a held notice states them. A held process counts as last at tender or planning only when that is the latest stage among the held releases. Where more than one supplier is named, the names are joint and no share is stated.