We are ambitious for Children in Sutton and want to support all children to experience

positive outcomes. The London Borough of Sutton (‘the Council’) is commissioning Holiday

Activities and Food (HAF) Programme Provision funded by the Department for Education to

provide free holiday-enriching and physical activities with nutritious meals for children and

young people aged Reception to Year 11 receiving benefits-related free school meals. The

annual programme will cover the Spring, Summer and Christmas holidays.

Ambitious for Sutton provides a vision for the borough aimed at making Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family. The provision of HAF activities for children and young people will help to support families and give children the best start in life. The London Borough of Sutton intends to allocate contracted funding to providers for delivery of the HAF programme who are able to achieve the intended outcomes of the programme, offer wide ranging provision and demonstrate value for money.

The Council is setting up a Flexible DPS for the delivery of this service which will be commissioned in accordance with Regulation 74 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime for Health and Social Care).

The deadline for receipt of tenders for the DPS Round 1 is 12:00 26th May 2023

The Council is inviting Providers to join the Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to supply holiday club places to children resident in the Borough who are eligible to receive benefits-related free school meals. HAF holiday provision is for school aged children from reception to year 11.

Holiday clubs will take place during the Easter, Summer and Christmas school holidays and must provide each child with; a healthy meal; engaging and enriching activities; opportunities to be physically active; nutritional education.

The deadline for receipt of tenders for the DPS Round 1 is 12:00 26th May 2023