Official UK procurement notice
Free School Meal Vouchers - Easter Holiday
Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe COVID Winter grant was initially issued in November and could be used up until 31st March 2021. In mid-late February, the DWP suggested through webinars that the grant could be used to purchase FSM vouchers before 31st March for use during the Easter holidays (after 31st March).
The City Council had previously understood the Easter holidays were outside of the scope of the Winter Grant Scheme, but following this new information from the DWP, elected to utilise some of the available resource within the grant to purchase FSM vouchers for eligible families for the Easter holidays. There was not enough time to go through a thorough procurement process, and Coventry schools already had existing arrangements in place to engage with the Wonde process, a decision was made to award in accordance with Reg32.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1COVID Winter grant to fund FSM vouchers for eligible pupils across CoventryAwarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 May 2021, 09:10 BST
- Last source update
- 11 May 2021, 09:10 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-010203- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02af4cFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
The COVID Winter grant was initially issued in November and could be used up until 31st March 2021. In mid-late February the DWP suggested through webinars that the grant could be used to purchase FSM vouchers before 31st March for use during the Easter holidays (after 31st March).
The City Council had previously understood the Easter holidays were outside of the scope of the Winter Grant Scheme, but following this new information from the DWP, elected to utilise some of the available resource within the grant to purchase FSM vouchers for eligible families for the Easter holidays. There was not enough time to go through a thorough procurement process, and schools already had existing arrangements in place to engage with the Wonde process.
Publisher note: Awarded in accordance with Reg 32 - Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wonde Limited | £297,549 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010203-2021-1 · Wonde Limited
- Signed
- 28 Apr 2021
- Value
- £297,549
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- TBAReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Wonde LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.