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Free School Meal Provision, Food Vouchers

Food parcels
Scotland (UKM93)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: North Ayrshire Council: "Free School Meal Provision, Food Vouchers". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNorth Ayrshire CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: North Ayrshire Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for North Ayrshire Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6.9Bids / Report
22.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 165 active published awards; 158 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNorth Ayrshire Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Jul 2022, 09:14 BST
Last source update18 Jul 2022, 09:14 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationFood parcels
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM93)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0352d3
What is being bought
Free School Meal Provision, Food Vouchers
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Jul 2022, 09:14 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    18 Jul 2022, 09:14 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    18 Jul 2022, 09:14 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Free School Meal Provision, Food Vouchers
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    18 Jul 2022, 09:14 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST · £600,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Sodexo Motivation Solutions UK Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£600,000 · signed 1 Jul 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

North Ayrshire Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1083
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  • North Ayrshire Council
    buyer

    Cunninghame House, Friars Croft, Irvine, UKM93, KA12 8EE
    Procurement@north-ayrshire.gov.uk
    +44 1294324220

  • Kilmarnock Sheriff Court
    reviewBody

    Sheriff Court House, St Marnock Street, Kilmarnock, KA1 1ED
    +44 1563550024

  • Sodexo Motivation Solutions UK Ltd
    supplier

    Avalon House, Breckland, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, UK, MK14 6LD
    +44 8450509532
Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleSodexo has fair redemption fees and has not subjected North Ayrshire Council ("NAC") to any price increases since the voucher scheme was implemented back in 2020 despite rising supplier costs across other service areas. Sodexo has proved to be excellent value for money and provided an exemplar service which can be relied upon, particularly at short notice, and given the importance of this service to those entitled. The vouchers provided by Sodexo are only charged to NAC when they are used, and NAC are charged the face value for the voucher. Sodexo then charges a redemption fee per redeemed cost which covers support, invoicing, transaction fees and administration. This fee is a fixed fee per voucher and therefore the cost to NAC is variable based on the volume/amount of vouchers NAC procure and use. This fee has been held at constant prices for several years despite increased supplier costs in other service areas. The bulk of the costs is in the vouchers themselves. Sodexo redemption fees are reasonable and are considerably cheaper and quicker to execute than other available options. Sodexo provides a service which is currently unmatched in terms of competitive pricing.