Official UK procurement notice
DfC - Work and Health Group - Home Heating Oil Support Scheme
Authority: Department for Communities (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department (DfC) has an urgent requirement for a specialist delivery partner to
implement a closed loop voucher/prepaid card solution to support delivery of the 2026
Home Heating Oil Support Scheme. The solution is required to securely provide grant
funding voucher codes for our distribution to eligible households in Northern Ireland within
a fixed and compressed delivery timeframe.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2026, 12:16 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Jul 2026, 09:31 BST
- Authority reference
ID 6591481 - DAC 18/26- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071037- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ccd1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
This was in response to the Communities Minister secured Executive approval for a £36.4m funding package to deliver support to eligible households through a voucher-based scheme.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
27 Jul 2026 → 28 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends81 days ago27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published81 days ago28 Jul 2026, 09:31 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published16 Jul 2026, 12:16 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published16 Jul 2026, 12:38 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published28 Jul 2026, 09:31 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected28 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huggg LtdSMEFI1-26-16759: Government Procurement Services - Contract Management - Direct Award Contracts - Dept for Communities - DAC 18/26 - ID 6591481- DfC - Work and Health Group - Home Heating Oil Support Scheme29 Jul 2026 – 31 Dec 2027 | £569,500 | 16 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
DAC 18/26 - ID 6591481- DfC - Work and Health Group - Home Heating Oil Support Scheme · Huggg LtdSME
- Signed
- 28 Jul 2026
- Value
- £569,500
- Period
- 29 Jul 2026 – 31 Dec 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The value of this contract is below the relevant threshold of £5 million including VAT.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies and Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entitySupplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Huggg LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender