Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- London Borough of Hillingdon · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Reward Gateway
- Value
- £680,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Luncheon vouchers (CPV 30199770)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 033029-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Jan 2026
- Published13 Apr 2026Published 80 days after the contract date
Description
The Meal Vouchers scheme is for School Holiday Meal Vouchers (children in government funded Hillingdon schools and children aged 5 and under, based on household benefit eligibility and Food Vouchers (Time limited vouchers to help low income households purchase essential food and goods from major supermarkets and high street retailers. The scheme is fully funded by the DWP and the contract will support the delivery of DWP-led workstreams (currently the Household Support Grant. The scheme has procured via the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Voucher Schemes Framework (RM6248) for a period of 38 months. Additional information: Desktop analysis completed in accordance with Framework Direct Award criteria
About the supplier
Reward Gateway: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 05696250).