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
- Social Security Scotland · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Allpay Ltd
- Value
- £336,033.81
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Other services (CPV 98390000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 045240-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
-
- Contract date27 Apr 2026
- Published18 May 2026Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that Scottish Ministers, acting through Social Security Scotland, intend to extend the current Provision of Best Start Foods contract from 03 June 2026 to 02 March 2027
About the supplier
Allpay Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02933191).