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
- Liverpool City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited
- Value
- £428,262.17
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Food & drink · School meals (CPV 15894210)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 048683-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date19 May 2026
- Published26 May 2026Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
DfE have provided the Crisis and Resilience Support Funding to Liverpool City Council to support the most vulnerable families. This includes the provision of Supermarket Vouchers for those children eligible for FSM.
About the supplier
Blackhawk Network EMEA Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04155659).