Published date: 26 March 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 April 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

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Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

P0772

Published date

26 March 2021

Closing date

19 April 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

20 June 2021

Contract end date

31 December 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Council has been allocated a grant of £8.1m to coordinate and facilitate healthy food and enriching activities to disadvantaged children in Birmingham who are eligible for Free School Meals. The funding is available for activities in the Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays. This Procurement seeks a Programme management enabling partner for the detailed planning, preparation and overall management for the delivery of the Summer & Christmas programme.

Key objectives of the contract

As a result of attending this provision, we want children who attend to:
• eat more healthily over the school holidays;
• be more active during the school holidays;
• take part in engaging and enriching activities which support the development of resilience, character and wellbeing along with their wider educational attainment;
• be safe and not to be socially isolated;
• have a greater knowledge of health and nutrition; and
• be more engaged with school and other local services.

Programme Management: The organisation which will work in partnership with the Council to coordinate existing and new provision shall deliver the below:

1. Programme Management/Governance
2. Programme Design & Development
3. Programme Delivery management & coordination
4. Programme Standards & Assurance

The contract will commence in the first week of June 2021 to enable the planning of programme delivery in the school summer and Christmas holiday periods. The contract may be extended to cover Easter 2022 in April 2022 subject to funding and contract performance.

This procurement falls under the Light Touch Regime Design Procedure and the procurement process will be based on the open procedure. There will be an initial Selection Stage (due diligence assessment), with suppliers failing this stage not taken through to the tender evaluation stage.

The contract value is will not exceed £500,000.

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.

If you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this web site please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call CPS Helpdesk on 0121 464 8000.

Your completed tender submission should be returned by noon on 19th April 2021 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Mike Smith

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 7519

Email

mike.smith@birmingham.gov.uk