How to win: Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Booking System

About this contract

The Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified Provider (the Provider) to deliver a cloud hosted booking system for the DfE funded Holiday Activity & Food Programme (HAF). It is anticipated that the contract will be for a period of 2 years with options to extend by up to 3 years. Any contract extensions will be dependent on DfE funding and subject to contract performance. The Council reserves the right to amend the scope of the support requirement for the extension periods.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £250,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 3 August 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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