Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 11 Oct 2021, 15:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Free School Meal Vouchers - Summer Holiday

Official notice

Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£898,198published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Aug 2021no call for competition
Awarded to Wonde Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

On June 20th, 2021 the LGS formally ended in-line with the published timescales of the grant, however on June 22nd the DWP announced a late extension of the LGS to September 30th, 2021. The extension period covered the school summer holiday period in July/Aug which the DWP acknowledged would be LA's focus for the majority of the funding. Unfortunately, the very late notice of extension meant that there was not sufficient time to carry out a procurement exercise by time vouchers needed to be issued. 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 published
Lot #1COVID Local Grant Scheme Extension (LGS) to fund FSM vouchers for eligible pupils…Awarded

COVID Local Grant Scheme Extension (LGS) to fund FSM vouchers for eligible pupils across Coventry

Delivery: West Midlands

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 Oct 2021, 15:05 BST
Last source update
11 Oct 2021, 15:05 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025365
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ea82 Find 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

COVID Local Grant Scheme (LGS) funding has being used to provide food vouchers during the school holidays to school age children who were eligible for Free School Meals (FSM). On June 20th, 2021 the LGS formally ended in-line with the published timescales of the grant, however on June 22nd the DWP announced a late extension of the LGS to September 30th, 2021. The extension period (and additional £1.2M allocation) covered the school summer holiday period in July/Aug which the DWP acknowledged would be LA's focus for the majority of the funding. Unfortunately, the very late notice of extension meant that there was not sufficient time to carry out a procurement exercise by time vouchers needed to be issued only 3 weeks later.

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
Awards 1
Awarded value £898,1981 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Wonde Limited£898,198 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 025365-2021-1 · Wonde Limited

    Signed
    31 Aug 2021
    Value
    £898,198
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityHealth Council House,Earl Street, COVENTRY, West Midlands, CV15RRContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.