Official UK procurement notice
Gloucestershire Winter Covid Grant Scheme 2020/21
Authority: Gloucestershire County Council- (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe supply of food, energy, water bills and other essentials under the Government Winter COVID fund.
CPV: Benefit services · Child allowances · Family allowances
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The supply of food, energy, water bills and other essentials for the COVID Winter…Awarded
The supply of food, energy, water bills and other essentials for the COVID Winter Grant Scheme
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, 14:38 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2021, 14:38 BST
- Authority reference
DN547399- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-012949- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ba06Find 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 contract in reliance on the grounds for making a direct contract award provided under Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 the unforeseeability of the second COVID lockdown announced on 31st October 2020 led to a decision by Government to require Councils to distribute the COVID Winter Grant fund with effect from 1st December 2020. Notification of the said decision was not received by the Council until 8th November 2020, hence the council did not have sufficient time to undertake a procurement exercise and then mobilise and implement an alternative solution in the time available. Moreover, Auriga Ltd had operated the Council’s Welfare Contract and assisted with the distribution of the Summer Emergency Assistance Grant for the council, in which case it already had in place the necessary resources and systems to provide the required services at short notice.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auriga Services Limited,SMEGloucestershire COVID Winter Grant Scheme – 2020/21 | £1,100,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Gloucestershire COVID Winter Grant Scheme – 2020/21 · Auriga Services Limited,SME
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2020
- Value
- £1,100,000
- 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 LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.