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Provision of Best Start Foods

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Scotland (UKM)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Social Security Scotland: "Provision of Best Start Foods". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySocial Security ScotlandScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Social Security Scotland
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Social Security Scotland. 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
4Bids / Report
20% 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: 10 active published awards; 10 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthoritySocial Security Scotland
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
Published11 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
Last source update11 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationOther services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-069abe
What is being bought
This notice is to confirm that Scottish Ministers, acting through Social Security Scotland, has extended the current Provision of Best Start Foods contract from 04 June 2026 to 02 March 2027
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    11 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    18 May 2026, 10:17 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    18 May 2026, 10:17 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    18 May 2026, 10:17 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    This notice is to confirm that Scottish Ministers, acting through Social Security Scotland, has extended the current Provision of Best Start Foods contract from 03 June 2026 to 02 March 2027
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    11 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 27 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · £336,034
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
allpay Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£336,034 · signed 27 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Social Security Scotland

Contracting authority GB-FTS-66869
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  • Social Security Scotland
    buyer

    3rd Floor, Agnes Husband House, 17 South Union Street, Dundee, UKM, DD1 4BF
    Procurement@socialsecurity.gov.scot

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court
    reviewBody

    27 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LB

  • allpay Limited
    supplier

    Whitestone Business Park Whitestone, Hereford, UKG11, HR1 3SE
Documents (0)
Official links; attachments are not copied
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No linked documents are published
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe continued provision of services under the current contract is essential to ensure that Social Security Scotland can continue to provide Best Start Foods benefit payments until a replacement contract can be put in place. A competitive process is underway to identify and put such a replacement in place, by March 2027. The extension of the current term is considered to be proportionate in the circumstances based on previous experience, and taking into account the need for a contingency to account for potential delays.