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
- West Berkshire Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Blackhawk Network EMEA Ltd.
- Value
- Not published
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Luncheon vouchers (CPV 30199770)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 043785-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date9 Jul 2025
- Published29 Jul 2025Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
West Berkshire is calling off a provider for the Free School Meals Vouchers Scheme. This provides the facility for schools to be able to access food vouchers for use by parents/guardians of pupils who are eligible for FSM during 7 weeks-5days a week, of the school holidays each year. This contract has been awarded as a call-off from the Crown Commercial Service Framework RM6248 Payment Solutions 2 Lot 3, following evaluation of the 5 Providers on the Crown Commercial Services Framework. Direct award followed the evaluation of the responses, without further competition. The contract value specified in this notice is the anticipated upper amount payable for this service. Additional information: It is anticipated that the call off from the Framework will be for 3 years and 3 months. The call off allows multiple purchases throughout the year, depending on required need. The Household support fund, which the purchase and contribution of the vouchers is depending on has been allocated again…
About the supplier
Blackhawk Network EMEA Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04155659).