Hampshire County Council ran a mini competition in October 2024 for the Christmas provision, calling off of the Holiday Activities & Food Schemes Framework, referenced CS19177. The purpose of these services will be to deliver healthy free holiday activities for benefits-eligible Free School Meal children. Following the exercise, gaps were identified for the 2024 Christmas provision as applications were not received that would service the Authority's priorities in eleven locations. As such, the authority has had to award contracts to suppliers to address need in those eleven localities, These are single-tender direct awards.