Official UK procurement notice
Free School Meals – Holiday provision 2021/22
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply and Delivery of Supermarket vouchers to deliver the Cabinet Office Winter COVID Grant Scheme extension.
CPV: Benefit services · Child allowances · Family allowances
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Award of a contract for up to £1,076,000 for purchasing of meal vouchers in order to…Awarded
Award of a contract for up to £1,076,000 for purchasing of meal vouchers in order to allocate such vouchers to eligible families for use during 2021 school holidays that aren’t covered by the Holiday Activity and Food Grant in 2021/22
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 9 Jun 2021, 14:09 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2021, 14:09 BST
- Authority reference
DN547415- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-012934- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b9f7Find 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 council has awarded the supermarket vouchers contract in reliance on the grounds for making a direct contract award provided under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, that is, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by unforeseeable events, the time limits for completing a regulated procurement procedure cannot be complied with. This is because the 3rd national lockdown and consequent school closures were unforeseen and Government funding announcements were at very short notice, hence there was insufficient time to plan and conduct a shortened tender process and enable mobilisation and implementation ahead of the beginning of the Easter holidays on 1st April 2021, the extension to the Winter Grant received on the 4th March 2021.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auriga Services Limited,SME | £1,076,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Free School Meals – Holiday provision 2021/22 · Auriga Services Limited,SME
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2021
- Value
- £1,076,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Auriga Services LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.